Making a Splash with Splash Cards
Have you ever taken the time to read the ads on top of a gasoline pump while filling up your car? Not the brochures, but the large displays usually advertising the merits of that station’s gas or a photo of fast food to tempt you into the convenience store. Ever think about the elements those signs are exposed to? Beating sun, rain, snow, etc…how do they hold up? That’s one of the miracles of modern co-polymers, the ability to withstand diverse environments without degradation. But you mostly see these products in advertising markets, not in toys. Until now.
Splash Cards by Winning Moves uses this plastic ‘foam’ to produce a deck of cards that can be used in almost any environment. Targeted towards the ‘wet’ crowd, they are perfectly suited (pun intended) for bathtub, shower, hot tub or swimming pool play. Because they’re a regular deck of cards, you can use them to play any standard card game. AND, with the addition of a unique play environment like a pool, it allows you to customize your game in unique ways. Let me show you one example.
One of our favorite card games to play as a family is War. You know, the simple game where you flip over a card and whomever has the highest wins them all. If there is a tie, then you go to war with each other. Each player deals three face-down cards from their stack to the pot, exclaiming “I”, “de” & “clare” as they lay each one down.
Then the next card is turned face up and “war” is yelled. Again, highest card wins. With the addition of a swimming pool we were able to add some fireworks to the war, slamming down the last card and creating an ‘explosion’!
Inevitably when playing war someone gets eliminated well before the other players. At home at a table they (I in this case) would have to sit there and wait until the game was finished in order to play again. Since we were in a pool, I was able to leave the girls to finish up and grab a float to take photos from!
Splash cards comes in an included mesh bag to aid in drying when the day is done. There are a couple things we would like to see changed to make this a perfect gift idea. First, because they are foam with a matte surface, once they get wet they tend to stick together in the water, making simple things like shuffling quite difficult. A clear coating might alleviate some of these issue. In addition, we would have liked to have seen larger graphics on the number/suit side. One of the games we invented included swimming underneath them with goggles on and trying to pick the card you’re looking for – basically a modified version of “Go Fish”. With the natural distortion of the water, the smaller numbers and suits were a little hard to read from below.
But other than these two minor grievances, this is a much better water toy than noodles, sponge balls or dollar squirt guns. Pick up your own deck directly from Winning Moves or from Amazon. There are a couple different designs to choose from and I’m sure will be a splash at your next pool party!
And still in time for the swimming season, you can win a $75 Winning Moves Games gift code right now from SahmReviews.com. You can use it to purchase your own Splash Cards or anything else available on their site! Enter below and tell us where you’ll use the Splash Cards first!
Those cards look so fun! Children are so delightful and to watch them play and laugh is a gift!
What a great idea! My family (5 sisters) had a pool when growing up, these cards would have been amazing item to have. I am looking forward to sharing this with some friends.
That looks really fun. I love that you can play with them in the pool.
Wow! Those are so cool! I would use those in my pool 😀
What a clever idea! It looks like your kids are really having a good time in the pool playing with their splash cards.
That is a great idea. Fun for both kids and adults. Will be great at my next pool party.
My daughter would be in awe if she saw this.. she plays cards with her friends everyday and when they get wet they are gone.
That’s a really neat idea. I love spending time in the water but tend to participate in activities that tire me out fast. It’d be nice to have these and be able to just hang out in the water.
Now, that’s awesome, super awesome. I guess it’s a brilliant idea, I will give it up to the manufacture of this Splash Cards. Who would have thought you can play cards while swimming?
Sounds fun! I know that the kids like to play games and snack during lifeguard breaks. It’s so neat how the cards float!
How awesome! This is such a great idea.. I’d love to have these!
These look amazing! My girls love cards and I bet we could all have fun with these in the pool!
Wow, these look awesome, I can think of quite a few families who would love a deck of cards for the pool!
It would be so awesome to be playing cards in the pool. Kids and adults would really enjoy the splash cards.
So cool! I had no idea there were such things as splash cards!
What a great invention. Playing cards in the pool.
Wow! Those are some awesome cards to withstand water. Thanks for the giveaway. =)
This is such a neat idea for a pool game! I am trying to talk my husband into getting a pool for our house. Maybe this will work, he loves his poker!!!1
Its certainly a new idea but I can’t see myself playing a serious game without the cards floating off. Could be fun for a literally “GO FISH!” though!
Despite the couple of things that could use improvement (great suggestion on the clear coating!), these do sound awesome. We’d use them at the lake first, it’s where we spend most of our water time these days. 🙂
This looks like a lot of fun. I have never played card games in the pool before. Thanks for sharing
That’s pretty cool. That would be a new one for me, playing a card game in a pool.
Okay, I have seen all the usual pool toys, but this is something new I haven’t seen! This would have been a blast at pool parties when I was a teenager. I would love to get a set of these for my kids. Go fish would take on a whole new meaning!
My boys love to play card games too and can often be seen playing War with one another. They would love to be able to take this game anywhere.
What a great idea! This could be a relaxing time in the water when everyone is little tired, but the kids still want to be in the water. Everyone’s still having fun, but calm at the same time.
What a great idea. I can imagine bringing the splash cards to the hot tub!
OK this is supper cool! I am going to share with all my friends, what an awesome thing for the pool! OMG I have to get these, just in time for christmas presents.
those looks so fun here with my family! we love swimming this another activity we can do
These cards are awesome, we enjoy playing with cards, and now you just gave the kids and I one more reason to stay in the pool!
We have these cards and the kids play with them in the bathtub! Love Winning Moves games!
in the local city pool
I can imagine the fun children would have with this game in the pool. Wicked invention!
I love the concept of these! Summer is almost over, so I think they’d get the most use in the bathtub. Especially for when my kids have to soak from being extra grubby.
This is so cool! We would totally play cards in the pool!
Playing cards in the pool – this would be fun for adults, too, especially at a party or a social gathering. I never gave much thought to how those outside ads would not fade in the sun. Isn’t technology wonderful?
Now, that’s awesome, you can play in the pool!
What a great idea! I would love to play in a pool with my son like that! Although clear cards might be easier to use like you say.
That is so cool I have never seen floating playing cards before. These look like they would be really fun.
We got a pool, so this alone looks super cool! Def will have to bookmark this company and check it out later on, we gotta get our pool fixed first, haha.
These are cool! Wish we’d had them at my last family reunion. We got drenched and had nothing to do except sit and watch the rain because we didn’t want to get our books or electronics wet. If we’d had these, we could have played cards. I’m going to get some of these before our next reunion.
Wow, these look great fun. And might even help encourage my son to stay in the water for longer!
What a cool thing to bring on trips for the kids to play with in the pool or at the beach.
What a fun game for kids! My cousins would absolutely love this!
Now I certainly never be able to get the kids out of the pool. Those cards look like so much fun!
We’ll be playing cards in the pool.
this looks like fun. Although i am not sure if my kids would want to play cards in the pool. will have to try it.
I would use them first in our neighborhood pool
I would use it first in the bath tub with my 10 and 17 month grandbabies and then right into the pool for the bigger kids to play with!!thanks for such a great giveaway
These are awesome! Now I need to get a set of Bohnanza cards printed with the same material! Love it!
I would probably give them to my grandson.
these are AWESOME, I need to buy a bunch
this looks like a fun pool activity! must try 🙂
Super cool.. Looks like a great fun activity:-)
Holy Macaroni! Those are awesome. I want some for pool, bathtub, spa….when i do the dishes…anytime. Thanks for the education. Im sharing this with all my friends.
This is so cool! I can’t wait to try them out. Thanks for sharing, I learned something new today! Please visit The Candid Nation at candidnation.blogspot.com.
I would use them in the backyard by the swimming pool.
We would use this in my mother in law’s pool!
We would use them at the lake. Thank you
This would get a lot of use in my pool 🙂