{Fun & Educational Water Gun Targets}

Hello, Hello, WTYFGH readers! I’m Sky and my blog is called Capital B– it’s a fun little spot where I share my crafty creativeness… yes, that’s a word ;)… and life surrounded by five awesome boys… yes, one of those five is my young-at-heart hubby! I recently met Meredith, just before she had her new little guy, and was taken with her charm in an instant! I’m thrilled to be here sharing a project that my boys look forward to every summer.

I’m guessing I’m not the only one that gets frustrated being the recipient of the kiddo’s water gun cross fire, right? It’s a rather rare occasion that I’m up for running around getting soaked for the afternoon like they are. A couple of years ago, I quickly designed a few sheets of letters and pictures that my older son enjoyed, then laminated them, for him to aim at instead! New ones were made last year too- my boys loved them and seem to start asking about them in April or so. And today, I’m sharing this years versions with you!

There are ten sheets, each with a fun picture, a shape and a number or letter that kids can aim for! I used some cute digital papers from the awesome Summertime Designs to cutesify the targets- I love the patterns and textures!

These are a good way to help my little guy, who will start preschool in the Fall, learn a few basic letters (M, R, L, H, E), and also for my older son, who is six, to stay practiced up a bit with some larger numbers (3, 5, 10, 25, 400). The shapes included also are rectangle, square, triangle, circle, octagon, crescent, lips, arrows, stars and hearts. They have no idea they’re being tricked into learning while they play 😉

For these to be usable in your own yard, print the document that includes all ten sheets. If you don’t want them all, pick and choose your page numbers before printing:

10 Fun and Educational Water Gun Targets

For this next step, if you have a laminating machine at home, by all means, use it! I don’t, so I sandwiched my sheet between two section of contact paper and trimmed with scissors…

I went through two entire rolls of contact paper, which I bought at Dollar Tree. Then attach the now waterproof sheets to something sturdy- I chose these small buckets my husband had snagged from his work. Taping them directly to you swingset, porch, trampoline, etc, would work too.

Once you’ve got your targets scattered all over the yard, the fun begins! I know my boys are always frothing at the bit for me to get done with these already!

We like to play a game where Mom or Dad shouts out what thing to shoot and then they run for that target and spray it! My husband gives them several in rapid succession that they can shoot at and keep running! The great thing about these ones- something I haven’t done in years past- is that there are three options to shoot on each target! So the games can last much longer since there are really 30 different options.

Of course, shooting each other still in the process makes it even more…

I do make sure to bring mine inside for the night so they don’t get soaked by the sprinkler system, but otherwise, they hold up great to being blasted with the water guns!

Hopefully these will be fun for your kiddos and keep you a bit more dry in the process!

I would love to see you over at Capital B as well- come on over to find even more creative goodness like this:

Thanks again, Meredith, for having me!

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