Outdoors ยท Water play

Sprinkler limbo

Set the sprinkler going, hold a pool noodle or broom low, and limbo through the spray.

  • Ages 3โ€“12best for 4โ€“9
  • Under 30 minabout 5 mins of prep
  • Prep on the dayplan below
  • Freenothing to buy
  • Backyardon a hot day
  • Some helplow mess

Plan it

Good planning makes a good day. Tick things off as you go.

1On the day

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You'll need

From home

  • Sprinkler
  • hose
  • pool noodle or broom
  • music
๐Ÿช„ Wizard's tip

Put music on. Limbo without music is just bending over in the wet.

How to do it

  1. Turn on the sprinkler.
  2. Two people hold the bar.
  3. Everyone limbos under it through the spray.
  4. Lower the bar each round.

Younger kids: Hold the bar high and let them run under the sprinkler.

Older kids: Lower the bar every round; last one standing wins.

โš  Safety Stay within arm's reach of under-5s around any water, even a bucket. Empty buckets and paddling pools straight after play. Watch for slippery grass.

Builds Gross motor & coordinationConfidence

Clean-up 5 minutes.

Make it a bigger day Part of a backyard water Olympics.

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Sprinkler limbo