The beach is already a blast for you and your family. It’s a chance to get some sun, build amazing sandcastles, or make a splash in the waves.
You might not have realized that you’ve been missing out on some great beach games. Games that will bring out the competitiveness and extra excitement at the beach for you and your family.
7 Games Your Family Can Play at the Beach
Here are 7 great beach games that won’t cost you a lot of money. They are the games that you might not have thought about when you’ve gone on past trips to the beach.
Beach Volleyball
Volleyball is the most popular sport that you will find on the beach. At most beaches, you can find volleyball nets set off to the side. Even if you’re visiting a beach that doesn’t have volleyball netting, you can buy a cheap smaller one that will provide the same amount of fun.
Water Bucket Relay
Kids love relay races, especially when they can get wet. Take a large bucket filled with lake or ocean water, and have your family transport water soaked sponges from it on their heads to a smaller bucket. The first team to fill up their bucket wins, and enjoys getting wet in the process.
Beach Darts
The neat thing about playing beach darts, is you don’t have to bring anything to be able to play. Simply create a large dart board in the sand, and use seashells as your playing darts.
Beach Frisbee Golf
All you really need for this game is a good flying disc or frisbee. Set up a little course and use any object as a target to aim for. Whoever comes the closest first wins each hole.
Beach Bowling
Bring some plastic pins you could find at the dollar store and any good type of ball will do the trick to bring your A-game of bowling to the beach.
Sand Horseshoes
Playing horseshoe at the beach can be fun. Just make sure you have plenty of space to throw, so you don’t clunk a seagull on the head.
Portable Cornhole
Everyone loves cornhole, so why not bring it to the beach. Portable cornhole boards made of pvc pipes is an easy way to not take up so much space in your trunk, and keep you from getting tired carrying it across the beach.
Looking for some fun snack ideas to pack? Energy bites are always a hit in our family, and pack some protein in to keep those busy bodies fueled all day. Plus, they are easy to bring and you don’t need a fork! A container of homemade Snack Mix is good for grab and go nibbling throughout the day. Pack a water bottle for each person and bring an extra gallon- it’s not fun for anyone when someone gets dehydrated.
If you want some down time, portable games like our mini diy tic tac toe reusable game are perfect to toss in your beach bag, along with a deck of cards.
Melanie S says
These are some great ideas. We live pretty close to the beach so we tend to spend a lot of time there during the summer when weather permits
Jane says
Thank you for sharing these fun games to play while waiting on the beach.
rika says
I love these ideas! My family lives about 20 minutes away from the beach. My kids enjoy playing sand castle and frisbee.
Jenn @ EngineerMommy says
There are so many great ideas here in this post. We’re going to the beach over the weekend. I want to try the bowling one for sure!
Beth says
We always love playing frisbee at the beach, but mostly we make sandcastles.
Brandy says
These are all great ideas for what a family can play at the beach. I haven’t gone to the beach in a while, I hope we can make it to the Atlantic Ocean before summer is over for us though. The ocean beach is the most beautiful of all, to me. I love being able to play games and enjoy family time at the beach, so these ideas are quite helpful!
Kathy says
These are all wonderful game ideas. My kids and I have played many of these before and they love them. We haven’t tired beach bowling yet though. That will be a new fun one for us.
Lian Wright says
These are al great ways for families to have fun while at the beach. My family would love beach bowling. It would be fun to try and get strikes on the sand.
Lynndee says
Such a great list. Playing beach volleyball is always fun. Back in my hometown, I always play it with my siblings and relatives even though we were not good at it. LOL.
Rena says
These are great! Wish I had this a couple of weeks ago when we took our whole family to the beach to celebrate my daughter’s 27th birthday. I’m pinning for next year!
cait says
what an awesome list- i def love to think of a few of these to bring with us to the beach 🙂 we always have a bast going!
Ruth I says
I love nothing more than going to the beach. Those activities sounds quite physical. I am sure it’s fun and hilarious to try those.
Kita Roberts says
These game are so much fun to play! I hope I could have time to play with them soon. I am sure all of us will enjoy the beach even more.
Nancy at Whispered Inspirations says
These are such great ideas! Such a fun list, we are hitting up the beach next week, so we will use these. Thank you!
Rachel says
I think I could get pretty competitive with beach darts! I am definitely going to suggest this game next time we go to the beach.
Pam says
These are some great ideas for having fun at the beach. I think I would like beach bowling.
Terri Steffes says
We love playing games at the beach! We are all about volleyball but I think the bowling would be so much fun!
Denise says
With the end of the summer coming, I love these ideas to do at the beach to make the summer one to remember. They are so interactive that everyone can get involved.
Amber Myers says
What a fun list! We’ll have to play some of these the next time we’re at the beach. We always love going.
Paige Cassandra Flamm says
These are all great ideas! I’ll have tor remember this for our next trip to the lake!
Paige
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