How to Not Make a Pool Party Boring
Pool parties are an effective way to beat the heat while celebrating an occasion such as a birthday, or just to enjoy the summer. If not presented properly, though, a pool party can end up as a bunch of people standing around -- or floating -- and having a dull time. If you're hosting a pool party, liven things up and create a gathering that will make a splash with your guests. Does this Spark an idea?
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Play pool games. Marco Polo is a classic game; one person is deemed "it" and must close his eyes while calling out "Marco." The other players then swim around and call back "Polo," and "it" must try to tag a player by following the voices.
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Stock the party with pool toys. Provide rafts such as funny blow-up alligators or large island rafts that swimmers can share and use to hold their drinks. Swim noodles can provide for lighthearted play, such as swordfighting in the pool. Head to a pool supply store to see what fun items it has.
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Play some music to keep your party jamming while guests swim. To give your pool party a beach vibe, for example, play tropical island music. Whatever genre of music you choose, make it upbeat to fit the summertime theme of a pool party.
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Provide snacks and drinks for guests at a table set up far enough from the pool that it won't get wet. Playing in a pool can wear you out quickly. When this happens, guests can take a break and enjoy a snack, wait a bit, then dive back in for more fun.
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Tips & Warnings
Other pool games include tag, with players sitting on rafts; chicken fights, in which one player gets atop another's shoulders and fights another player who is also on someone's shoulders; and underwater charades. In underwater charades, contestants wear goggles and are allowed to speak as they act out their clue, because the water will distort their voices.
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