Every few months, I get the opportunity to plan a fun activity for about 40 youth that go to my church. Finding activities that are exciting, budget-friendly, and made for large groups can be a little tricky. That’s why Glow in the Dark Dodgeball is one of my new favorite group games! Perfect for youth groups, family reunions, get-togethers, and birthday parties, everyone will have a hit (haha, get it?!?) playing Glow in the Dark Dodgeball. Affiliate links are used below for your convenience.
Glow in the Dark Dodgeball
Supplies:
– Glow sticks: You’ll want a pack of about 100.
– Plastic balls: You’ll have to estimate how many balls you’ll need based on the amount of players. These types of plastic balls can be found at the dollar store.
– Glow in the dark duct tape: I used 2 small rolls worth of duct tape for around 20 balls.
– Loud Music: This creates a fun ambiance for people to play.
– Fun lighting: In addition to the glow sticks and glow in the dark duct tape, we also used disco balls.
Instructions:
1. Divide the 2 teams by lining lit glow sticks in a row. To make sure they stay in place, tape them to the floor. As you can tell, trying to get pictures of everything in the dark was a bit tricky. But here you can see the line that we made to divide the two teams (as well as team players wearing the extra glow sticks).
2. Next, outline both of the team jails with lit glow sticks (tape these down as well). As I mentioned above, make sure to save enough glow sticks to give to the players (this helps the other team know where to aim).
3. Put your glow in the dark duct tape on the plastic balls. I decided to use this pattern so I wouldn’t have to use too much duct tape for each ball. But really, as long as there is duct tape on the balls, it doesn’t really matter how you apply the tape.
4. A little bit before you start dodgeball, you are going to want to charge the duct tape so it glows. To do this, you can either put the balls under a lamp (this is what I did) or hold them up right under florescent lighting. You may have to recharge half way through the game if the light starts dimming.
5. Turn out the overhead lights, pump, the music, divide into two teams and you’re ready to start!
Rules of the Game:
1. The goal is to be the last team standing without being hit by a dodgeball.
2. A player goes to “jail” if they are hit with a ball, hit another player from the opposing team in the head, or miss the dodgeball when trying to catch it.
3. Every time a team member catches a ball from the other team, the last person that was put in that teams’ jail is released back to the team.
4. Have fun!!!!
This sounds very creative. And very dangerous haha. I’m too old to want to participate in any activity that involves running in the dark!
this sounds like so much fun. I know the kids would love to do this.
This looks so cool and fun! My kids would go nuts for this!
It looks like so much fun! I can’t wait to try it out when my son’s friends come over next month!
This looks like so much fun! I can’t wait to try it out with our youth group too!!
We have a big family party next weekend and there will be a whole bunch of kids at my house! This looks like such a fun activity for them! Can’t wait to gather the supplies thanks to your blog post!
That’s a really fun idea! I’ll definitely try this for at our next family gathering!
Dodgeball does not bring back good memories for me although with playing it in the dark I could have hidden from the bullies with the balls. THAT is a good idea.
I love this idea – I bet my kids would absolutely love it!
I wish someone had planned cool stuff like this for me to do when I was a teen. This looks like so much fun! Great idea!
This sounds like a lot of fun. What a great way to make dodgeball more challenging.
Oh my gosh, that sounds like so much fun for my tweens. Anything glow in the dark is always a hit.
My kids love dodgeball. We can’t wait to try this.
Ah dodge ball, a childhood favorite of mine. Glow in the dark dodge ball sounds like a blast, would love to play!
I remember playing dodge ball when I was younger. I never thought of making it a glow in the dark game but what a great idea!
My kids are going to love playing this. I will have to get the supplies I need to set it up this weekend.
That sounds like so much fun! My kids would have so much fun doing this!
What a great idea. I know some teens who will love playing this.
Say what? This is crazy fun!!! My husband would love this LOL!
Now this would be a lot of fun! My kids would really enjoy playing this but then again so would I.
This idea looks like so much fun! I definitely need to do this one night with my kids.
No way! This is such a fun idea! OMG my boys would LOVE this so much!