Street art class!

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Do you like to draw? Would you like it if hundreds—even thousands—of people got to see your art? A Beginning Street Art class will be held at the Walltown Park Recreation Center (1308 W Club Blvd) on Tuesdays, July 10 through August 14, 6:15–8:15pm. You’ll learn how to use your creativity in a positive outlet that could lead to nice opportunities in this field. It will cost $18 for the series. Have your parent(s) call 919-560-4296 for more info and to sign you up.

Fun with balloons

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Here are some games you can play with balloons either inside or outside. Have fun with your friends!

​THE BALLOON CATCH DANCE
  • You’ll need: a bunch of kids • 1 blown-up balloon • a radio or something else that plays music (and someone to turn the music on and off) 
​Play the music, and while the music is playing, the kids should pass the balloon around. Then stop the music suddenly! The kid holding the balloon when the music stops should call out the name of one of the other kids and throw the balloon in the air. That kid needs to catch the balloon before it hits the ground. But if he doesn’t, he’s out and the game begins again.

THE BALLOON WADDLE RACE
  • You’ll need: kids • 1 blown-up balloon for each kid
​You can play this game anywhere. Decide where the starting line and the finish line is. The kids line up along the starting line and then place a balloon between their knees. They’re going to look so funny as they struggle to keep the balloon between their knees as they race to the finish line! If you have lots of kids, like in a summer camp, you can do this as a relay race. For example, you might have, instead of 5 individual kids, you might have 5 lines of kids with 3 or 4 kids in each line. So when the first kid runs to the finish line, he or she will then run back and hand the balloon to the next kid in line.

TIDY BALLOON GAME
  • You’ll need: kids • a bunch of blown-up balloons • 1 pool  noodle for each kid • 1 big empty box or laundry basket
Place the empty box or basket in the middle of the floor, and then surround it with the balloons. Then give each kid a pool noodle. Then on the word “GO!” the kids need to put the balloons into the box or basket using only the pool noodle. If they use their hands, feet, or bodies, they’re disqualified—but they can work as partners if they want to.

THE SPELL-IT GAME
  • You’ll need: a bunch of kids • a bunch of blown-up balloons • a magic marker or Sharpie marker
Prepare the balloons in advance. After blowing up the balloons and tying knots to keep them inflated, take the marker and spell out words on the balloons (one letter per balloon). You probably won’t know how many kids will play this game, so keep the words short (like DOG, CAT, and BUG). When it’s time to play the game, shout GO! or blow a whistle and have the kids to grab one balloon each. Then they’ll have to run around and spell words with their balloons.
Do British grasshoppers like to watch soccer?
No, they’d much rather watch cricket!
If you had a zombie soccer player on your team, what position would he play?
Probably the ghoulie!
What runs around a soccer field but doesn’t move?
A fence!
Why didn’t the dog want to play soccer?
Because he was a boxer!
Why is it so hard to play soccer with pigs?
Because they keep hogging the ball!