Have your balloons ready for a nice warm day. You can buy small water balloons or you can use ordinary party balloons (party balloons are more likely to burst when you catch them). Make sure everyone has been told that there is to be a water fight so they can bring spare clothes and those people who don’t want to be involved can get out of the way. Fill your balloons; this can take quite a while depending on how many children you have, some children will want to help. Put the balloons in boxes and buckets around the fight area and assemble your fighters. Tell children not to aim for faces. Go! Remember after to pick up the broken balloons so they don’t harm wildlife.

*Remember: always risk – assess your activities!