The trampoline is not only a jumping equipment, it is also a good area for children and families to interact, exercise, and play.
Through the different trampoline games, children can not only release energy, but also exercise balance ability, the coordination ability, and reaction speed, it is also can develop abilities of teamwork and social contact. Whether you are playing it with friends and parents, or challenge your limits, all of the fun trampoline games can make a simple jump become full of creativity and laughter activity.
The following are 20 most interesting trampoline games, both include lots of classic play ways, and add more creative new games.
1. Jump score challenge
Required items: None(could ready to prepare a score sheet and pen)
How to: Choose one or more referees, and the other players jump on the trampoline one by one to show jumping skills. Every player can show various actions within the specified time, like high jump, spin jump, sitting jump, and creative actions. The referee scores the game according to height, creativity, stability, and overall performance, and usually uses 0-10 points.
Fun Tips: Each round can set up a different theme, like “maximum jump”, “the coolest spin”, and “best creative performance”. Theme changes can let the competition become more fun, and can also encourage players to try different actions.
2. Monkey in the Middle
Required items: Soft ball or sponge ball
How to: Two players stand at the edge of the trampoline to pass the ball back and forth, a player in the middle playing the “monkey” role. Players on both sides need to keep passing the ball, and the goal of the “monkey” is jumping to steal the ball during the ball passing. If the “monkey” successfully steals the ball, the last person to pass the ball will become a new “monkey”.
Fun Tips:For increase difficulty, you can request that the passers must use only one hand or pass the ball when jumping.
3. Trampoline Dunk
Required items: Trampoline basketball hoop and basketball
How to: The players try to dunk on the trampoline in turn, and use the elasticity of trampoline to jump into the air, then finish various dunk actions. Every player has a fixed number of times to try. The referee scores the game by the action height, creativity, completeness, and ornamental.
Fun Tips: Can set up a lot of challenges of different difficulty. If there are some basketball fans, you can also imitate the favorite star player to finish the signboard dunk moves.
4. Crack the egg
Required items: None
How to: A player sits in the middle of the trampoline, knees crossed over chest, hug the legs with both hands, and the body curled up, this is a “egg”. The other players jumping around the trampoline, by bouncing to bring vibrations, and try to make the “egg” lose balance or release the posture. Once the “egg” is broken, next players serve as the “egg”.
Fun Tips: Can use a timer to record each player’s time of persistence.
5. Bubble Pop
Required items: Bubble water and bubble sticks
How to: Blowing a lot of bubbles around the trampoline, the players jumping on the trampoline and popping the bubbles as much as possible. Every match needs to set a fixed time, After the time has expired, add up a number of bubbles each person pops.
Fun Tips: You can add some challenge rules, like only using your foot to pop the bubbles, and the game will be more fun.
6. Jump to the beat
Required items: Music player or audio
How to: After playing the music, all players need to jump by the music rhythm on the trampoline. When the music suddenly stops, all players must stop immediately. If a player is still moving or losing balance, the player will be eliminated.
Fun Tips: Playing different types of music, like slow songs, pop musics, and the rhythm songs is very fast, increasing the challenge.
7. Water balloon dodge
Required items: Water balloons
How to: A player stands on the outside of the trampoline to throw the water balloon. The other players need to keep jumping, moving, and changing direction to dodge the water balloons. If hit by a water balloon, then you need to change the players.
Fun Tips: For security, you can set a rule of cannot hit to head and face.
8. Balance challenge
Required items: Timer
How to: The players try to keep various balancing postures, like standing on one leg, and half-squatting position, and record the time the players insisted on. Due to the trampoline will keep to shake, the players keep balancing more difficult than on the ground.
Fun Tips: You can increase difficulty, such as standing on one leg with eyes closed, and raising both hands to keep balancing.
9. Dodgeball bounce
Required items: Soft ball or sponge ball
How to: The players are divided into two teams, and throw the ball back and forth on the trampoline. The goal is to use the balls to hit the other players and dodge the other attacks at the same time.
Fun Tips: You can draw a central line on the trampoline, and the two sides cannot cross the line.
10. Copycat jump
Required items: None
How to: The first-place player needs to do a move on the trampoline, like the spin jump and the sit jump and the second-place player needs to copy this move, then add a new move. The third player needs to repeat the first two actions and add a new action. And so on.
Fun Tips: You can add some fun poses, the whole game will be filled with laughter, and also play with families and friends.
11. Freeze jump
Required items: Music player or phone speaker
How to: when playing music, all players can jump freely on the trampoline, and can also add rotation, side jump, and high jumps. When the music suddenly stops, all players must keep still. If someone moves or loses balance after the music stops, and the player will be eliminated.
Fun Tips: You can ask the player to put a fun pose when the music stops, it can let the game more fun.
12. Follow the Leader
Required items: None
How to: Choose a leader, and stand in the middle of the trampoline. The leader needs to do a lot of jumping actions, likes turning around and jumping, sitting jump, and quick jumping with both feet. The other players need to copy these actions. If someone cannot, they will be eliminated.
Fun Tips: You can set a difficulty level for the actions, this level will become more and more challenging for the game.
13. Trampoline tag
Required items: None
How to: Choose a player as the “chaser”, and the other players need to jump and dodge on the trampoline. The chaser needs to touch other players during the jumping process, and a player will be the new chaser who was touched.
Fun Tips: You can set up a “safe area”, the player stands in the safe area and won't get caught, but cannot stay too long.
14. Jump and catch
Required items: Soft ball or sponge ball
How to: A player stands outside the trampoline, and throws the ball above the trampoline. The players on the trampoline need to catch the ball when jumping in the air. If you catch the ball successfully and can get one point, then throw the ball back to play again.
Fun Tips: To increase difficulty, you can request players to catch the ball in the air after rotating or turning.
15. Trampoline dance battle
Required items: Music player
How to: Playing the music, the players need to jump and dance at the same time on the trampoline to show off dancing and jumping creativity. It can be showed by a single person, and can also two-person duel. The referee scores the game by the rhythm, creativity, and performance.
Fun Tips: Each round can change different styles of music, like pop music, electronic music, and slow-paced music, and makes dancing more fun.
16. Jump the line
Required items: Rope or chalk
How to: Draw a line or hang a rope on the trampoline surface, and the player needs to jump from one side to the other, and cannot touch the line. You can increase difficulty, for example, increase jump distance or skip multiple lines in a row.
Fun Tips: You can play a knockout match, and increase difficulty per round.
17. Balloon volleyball
Required items: Balloon and rope
How to: Pull a rope as a “net” in the middle of the trampoline, and split players into two teams. The two teams need hands or body to hit the balloon over the net, let the balloon land in the other area. And the balloon has landed, then the other side scores.
Fun Tips: To make the game more fun, each team can touch the balloon only three times.
18. Trick challenge
Required items: None
How to: The players show a jumping skill in turn. Next player must complete previous actions first, and add a new action. As more and more actions, and the difficulty is also increasing.
Fun Tips: If someone forgot the action sequence or cannot finish the actions, they'll be eliminated.
19. Jump count challenge
Required items: Timer
How to: Set a time, for example, 30 seconds or 1 minute. The players need to finish as much as possible to jump continuously within the specified time. And cannot stop or lose balance when jumping, otherwise need to restart the count.
Fun Tips: You can try more different jumping ways, like a single-leg jump or a spinning jump, it will be more fun.
20. Night trampoline game
Required items: Fluorescent sticks, small lamps, or LED lights
How to: Playing this game in the evening or at night, and use fluorescent sticks and lamps to decorate the trampoline. The players can have a simple chase game, a jumping competition, and a team mini-game. The light and night atmosphere will make the trampoline experience more special.
Fun Tips: You can tie the fluorescent sticks to wrists or ankles, this will form more beautiful lighting effects when jumping.
These trampoline games can let the simple jump become full of fun activities with creativity and interaction.
If you want the trampoline to become more fun, why not to try these games, and according to children’s ages and the number of people to adjust. It only needs a little bit of creativity, and the trampoline will become the favorite outdoor activity center for children.
