look over the shoulder into a wishing well

If you ever had hair longer than shoulder-length, you’ve done the George Washington (emerged from underwater with your hair flipped down over your face, then rolled it back over your head to for a stylin’ Colonial-era ‘do).

Who needs fancy dive sticks or expensive torpedoes when you’ve got a public pool and a kid with goggles? Just in case you’re a little afraid of what Junior might find, however, take a handful of coins and toss them in the water to focus his search. Just be sure to change the “it” person every so often to keep from having pouty popsicles in the pool. When tagged, a player must stand frozen like a popsicle until another un-tagged player can thaw him out by swimming underwater between his legs. Start with one person as “it,” and have him or her tag the other players, who are swimming. If you’ve ever played freeze tag on dry land, this is exactly that, only in the shallow end of the pool. Let the players keep their coins as a prize or collect them all and toss them again. The players then dive into the pool to collect them before they land on the bottom. This version, however, involves lining participants up shoulder-to-shoulder with their backs to the pool while someone throws a handful of loose coins into the water. Similar to Treasure Dive, Wishing Well sends players on a search for coins at the bottom of the pool.

Look over the shoulder into a wishing well