Pool party games for kids are a great way for them to enjoy the warm weather and get some exercise with their friends. Planning various games in advance can help you keep everyone busy and minimize the chance that someone might get bored.

Everyone loves to win a prize so, you will probably want to go to your local discount shop and get some little things to offer the winners of your activities. To keep up with the theme of the day you have planned, try finding water related prizes. Swimming masks, beach balls, water noodles as well as water balloons are often a big hit as prizes.

When choosing what to do with your guests, do keep their age in mind. In most cases, girls and boys like to dive under the water in search of hidden treasure. You will want to divide the girls and boys into a couple of different groups and then get them to collect as many of the treasures they can find as fast as they can. In the end, the team that has the most treasures is the winner.

Racing rubber duckies is a lot of fun, easy activity for most children. All you need to do to get started is mark some rubber ducks so they all look different and then have each child swim from one side of your pool to the other with the duck. The trick to the game is that they can only use their nose to make the duck move. The first one to get their duck to the other side wins.

There are a surprising number of floating water games now available on the market. Tennis, golf and basketball are just a few of the many options that you now have to choose from when you are planning your day. These activities are played the same in water as they are on land.

An ice cube race can be a lot of fun. Throw ice cubes into the water, put the children into teams and have them collect all of the ice cubes before they melt. What makes it more challenging is to only allow them to use their feet. The team with the most ice cubes in the end will be the winners.

Water relays can be a lot of fun. Divide the children into teams and pick an item of your choice to have them race back and forth through the water. The first team to get to the finish line first wins. You can use any number of items for the race, a lot of people like to push watermelons, water noodles or beach balls but, the choices are endless, just use your imagination.

Safety is always important when arranging pool party games for kids so, take the time to be sure you know exactly how many guest you will have and that you have a proper ratio of parents per child. Have a lot of adults on hand and have them assigned to various corners of the water to watch the swimmers. It is important to avoid over crowded in the swimming pool to keep people safe.