Blind man's Bacon
Adapted by [email protected] (Dan Mott) - Great Salt Lake Council
        • 2 Blindfolds
        • 2 Water pistols
This is a variation of the 'Steal The Bacon' game which plays best in a circle shape with each team forming half a circle. The two teams are of equal size so that there is a player on each team with the same number. When a number is called, the corresponding player for each team puts on a blindfold. After hearing the signal, the two blindfolded players move toward the center where a squirt gun is located. The object is to reach the squirt gun and squirt the other guy before he came make it back behind the protection of his team. Teams are allowed to shout instructions to the blindfolded players.
 

Dampeners
From> [email protected] (Jim Speirs) 'Games Galore', BSC publication
Two wet sponges or rags
Two Cubs sit about 2 feet apart on chairs in the centre of the den. They are blindfolded, face each other and each hold a wet sponge. The rest of the Pack must creep up, as directed by a Leader and pass between the seated Cubs. The seated Cubs can say 'freeze' at any time (within reason) and dab down with the sponge between the chairs. If hit places are changed. This can also be played outdoors on a fine day, using larger quantities of water, or water pistols.
 

Gladiators
        • 2 Solid foam rafts  6'x 3'x 5" thick
        • Helmets (we use goalie type)
        • 2 Jousting hitters (we use three foam pool noodles taped together with duct tape to make one solid foam hitter)
Contestants (gladiators) put on helmets and PFD lifejackets (optional). Board their foam rafts. The referee instructs them on how the game is played. Two rules 1) If a player loses his hitter during play or 2) if a  player falls from the standing position on to the matt; then play is temporarily stopped until they are up and ready to fight again. The referee holds the floating rafts together and calls "Go or Stop" as is needed.The winner successfully knocks his opponent into the water. Players must stay on their own raft during the contest. Helmets are nessessary to protect against ear injury while PFD's are to a degree protecting from mild bruising but more important stop players from hitting bottom in shallow water.
 

Underwater Rugby
From: [email protected] (Don McDonald & Frank Byl)
        • Pool area. We play across the shallow end of a standard 25 metre pool.
        • Water filled rubber ball (about the size of a basketball. This can be made using a cheap pump that is held under water to fill the ball. It is important to insure all the air is out of the ball.)
        • Some kind of goal is required at opposite ends.We use street hockey nets with weights on the net to keep them submerged. But a goal line could be used or touching the oppositions wall could serve as a goal.
        • Goggles are needed and it is helpful but not nessesary to use marking tape on the wrists to identify teams.
Teams of 10 play shifts of roughly 5 minutes. Like hockey lines (5 players in and the rest off, are rotated in as players tire orwant play time). To start play the teams have to be touching their wall or net. The ball is thrown in the middle and teams race to get it. Players try to get the ball in the opponents net but can only move the ball while swimming under water. And only as long as they can hold their breath. A player can not surface for air in possesion of the ball. So players try to pass or push the ball toward the net before going up for air. The result is a fast paced scramble for a ball, that every few seconds becomes free for the grabbing. Penalties are given for surfacing with the ball (the other team is given the ball and the offending team must step back 10 feet. This game is especially fun for over weight and out of shape kids because everyone is somewhat neutralized under water. As well, the game isn't dependent on good swimming ability. The ball moves slowly so that the fast pace comes from the constant changing of possesion as players run out of breath and must give up the ball. We also play the game with no holding of the body as it is to easy to just stand up in shallow water and grab a player who is about to score. We just play the ball. If a player holds another player a 2 minute penalty is levied and the team plays short handed for the 2 minutes. One other rule is if a wrestling match develops for the ball. It is restricted to the two players only. It is soon sorted out as one player runs out of breath and must let go. Otherwise too many players in a wrestle for the ball just stalls the game.
 

Water Balloon Catch
>From: [email protected] COM>
        • Balista or Catapult per team
        • Water balloons
        • Polythene Sheet per team
Using a large catapult three boys launch water balloons toward the objective. The objective is three boys holding a large polythene sheet or ground sheet, who will try and catch the water balloons. The team with the most catches wins.
 

Water Balloon Toss
        • An endless supply of balloons one-quarter filled with water.
Players form two lines facing each other about 2 metres apart. Players in line 1 each toss a water balloon to opposite players in line 2. Any players who have a balloon burst are out. After each balloon bursts, a new balloon is brought into play, both lines take one step backward and toss again. Repeat until only one pair of players remain. There are on the market very tiny balloons known as water bombs. If you are going to use vast quantities, then these may be more economical to buy than regular balloons.
Variation:
We do the same game at camp but use spare eggs.
 

Water Balloon Volley Ball
        • A volleyball net or a rope over which the balloons can be tossed
        • An endless supply of balloons a quarter filled with water
This is a very messy game and is therefore ideal for hot days at camp. Your net or rope is stretched between two poles or trees just above head height. You have two teams and one balloon a quarter filled with water. If you put too much water into the balloons then they tend to burst too easily. The object of the game is to lob the balloon over the net and try and soak the opposing team. There is a lot of strategy in this game on such things as catching the balloon without bursting it and ways of lobbing the balloon to make it difficult to catch. When the balloon bursts on one side then a point is awarded to the other side, and a new balloon is brought into play.
 

Water Bomb Fight
        • An endless supply of paper squares to construct water bombs from
        • A bucket of water per patrol
Each patrol is given the same number of sheets of paper and a jug of water. On the word go they have to fold the papers into water bombs. Fill them with water and splatter the other patrols. You will find the instructions for water bombs in any good origami book and also in many scouting books. This game is best played out of doors.
 

Water Pistol Fight
        • A water pistol or a washing up liquid squeezy bottle per team
        • A flack jacket made from a double sheet of newspaper with a hole in the centre for the players head to go through per team
        • A supply of water
This game should be played out of doors and could be a basis for a wide game. The trouble with shooting type games, is knowing when someone has been hit. This is the object of the newspaper flack jackets. Any hits on the jacket will be easily visible. Any players with wet patches on their flack jackets, are not allowed to fire on an opponent and must return to their home base for a replacement flack jacket. The team that has the most dry flack jackets at the end of the game are the winners. Obviously you can't use this idea if it is raining.

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