Balloon Game
FANNING THE BALLOON

FANNING THE BALLOON

This balloon game is a very basic but tricky relay race.
Each team will need 1 balloon and 1 folded newspaper folded into a square.
The object of this game is to move the balloon along a set course by fanning it with the square of newspaper.
The newspaper must not touch the balloon at any time.
The balloon must not touch the ground.
Should the balloon touch the ground or the newspaper, that player has to start the course again, or receive a penalty point.
This is a tricky game but very doable.

If the game is to be played in a Hall with pre teenage children, the balloon could be played on the floor, where the player has to fan the balloon around a set course, maybe some Cones place 6 feet apart from each other until they get to the finish line.

Variation. For younger players. It would be easier to play the game similar to ping-pong.
Have one player either end of the table, both of them holding the folded newspaper, and place a balloon in the middle of the table.
When the game begins, it is up to each player to try and fan the balloon to the opposite end of the table.
If the balloon drops on to the floor depending on which half of the table, that player loses a point.
To prevent both players continually fanning the balloon, instruct each player at the beginning of the game that they are only allowed one fan of the balloon, when the balloon is in their half.
The same rules as for table tennis as you cannot hit a ball twice.

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