We love using our Trampoline in creative ways! In the fall we love to jump in the leaves inside our Trampoline, in the spring we like to make chalk drawings inside our Trampoline – and in the summer we like to add water to our Trampoline play!
Over time we have created a few tried and true Trampoline Water Games that seem to be the most fun. Perhaps some of them will give you and your family some fun summer trampoline ideas!
– We like to start using the trampoline the normal way in the summer, jumping and doing tricks. But of course when its hot out, and your working hard, you get tired and hot a lot faster! It makes the introduction of the cool water a lot sweeter – when you let the kids get a little sweaty first! Then turn on the water!
1. Create a line of water to challenge the jumper to hop over without getting wet- Make the line of water higher and higher with each jump. Make it wiggle back and forth. How long can the jumper elude the spray?
2. Hands Free Spray – If your Trampoline has a place that zips up for exit and entry, try putting the hose nozel in that placce and zipping it up, facing the inside of the Trampoline. Zipped securely, our hose will stay spraying the jumper even while mom and dad do some weeding or sip Ice- T! Of course kids should be supervised at all times inside the Trampoline. But sometimes it’s nice to have your hands free!
3. Change the type of Spray – Use mist spray, use rain drop type spray – experiment! *One tip* for using the hard spray, is to hold the hard spray underneath the trampoline. It will bubble up on the trampoline floor and look like a fountain!
Other Trampoline Water Ideas:
- Toss Water Balloons back and forth, until someone drops one. The game will last longer than on the grass since the trampoline floor is softer!
- Hold the hose in such a way as to create a rainbow right inside your trampoline enclosure. My daughter loves jumping through the Rainbow spray!
- Do you have a sprinkler that’s low to the ground? Hook it up under your trampoline and let the surges of water delight jumpers! Plus, mom and dad don’t have to hold the water source!
- Start by making trampoline chalk drawings on your trampoline, and use water play as a fun way to clean it all off at the end!
How do you like to use your Trampoline! I’d love to hear your Ideas!
About Shannon SchmidShannon traded in her sensible NYC TV producer shoes (they were best for taking the subway), for a pair of Texas Cowboy boots when she married her best friend! He's at fault for making this Yankee a Texan! Shannon writes about all things that make a house a home. Her chief blogging inspiration is being the proud & slightly neurotic mom of a preschool age daughter.
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We just moved and have been thinking about getting a trampoline and this makes me want one even more, looks like so much fun!
@Mariah Leeson (@Giggles_Galore), We LOVE our Trampoline Mariah! SO many fun activities! I love having the enclosure s well – safety first! 🙂
I never would have thought to use water with the trampoline. Oh, everyone in Texas will LOVE that! 🙂
This totally makes me want a trampoline!! Looks like so much fun.
My sister in law just got a new trampoline for her two daughters. I know who is going to become their favorite aunt over the summer! What better way to cool down in the Texas heat and have fun!
We love our trampoline! We drew on ours with chalk last summer and was such a hit! Another thing we did was get one of those over the door clip on basketball nets and hang it from the top. The kids used water balloons to play basketball.
Ummmm…..Can I come over and play on the trampoline too?
Our kids LOVE taking the hose out to the trampoline! And the fun doesn’t get old: we got our trampoline when the girls were 2 and 5 and the loved it… Now they’re 12 and 15 and they STILL love it!
My kids spend about 1/3 of the day on their trampoline. We recently set up a sprinkler that rotates from side to side in the center of the trampoline and they had a blast trying to jump over the spray. I was worried it would make the surface to slick but it really didn’t cause a problem.
My kids love this trampoline games. They spent about 3 hours everyday playing it