Wet Outdoor Games: A few suggestions for what to do with the young children midway through summer vacation.

• Storm

  This is a game with the water sprinkler. Turn on the sprinkler low. One person stands by the faucet. Everyone else is a ship at sea. Small, old towels are placed around the sprinkler -- one less than the "ships". The ships start by sailing around the sprinkler. When the faucet person yells "STORM", all the ships try to get to a towel island. The one left out at sea becomes the next faucet-person.

• Empty the Bucket

  This is a race requiring each player to empty a bucket with a sponge. On the word "go", each person dunks his or her sponge and squeezes it over their own head. The person to empty their bucket first by dunking and squeezing wins.

  On your mark, get wet, dress!

  This game requires four pieces of old clothing and a bucket of water for each contestant. The clothing is dunked in the water and the race is to see who can get wet-dressed first.

• Heads Up

  This is a race requiring only a paper cup full of water for each person. The cups are balanced on top of the head and the race begins.