Our new ping pong table is exceeding all our expectations for family fun. Everyone in the family loves playing it including my daughter, son husband and I. It is a great, active thing we can all do together.
Ping Ping Table Tips for Families
Where to Keep It
We have no room in our house for one, so we got an outdoor version. It resides on our driveway, and when it rains it easily folds up and gets rolled into the garage. You are lucky if you have a basement space or spare room in your home where you can keep it. A good friend of mine, just stuck hers inside on top of her breakfast table as it was such a hit with her kids. They have tons of family fun in their breakfast-rec room now!
Ping Pong Play dates & Parties
Kids love coming over to play ping pong. It is a great thing to keep kids active and outdoors. If you have a bunch of kids or families over, organize an informal ping pong tournament for fun!
Where to Buy It
Keep an eye out for ping pong tables at garage sales. Sports Authority has a great selection of indoor and outdoor versions. Indoors go for about $200 and outdoors for about $600. The outdoor versions are very light weight if you are looking for one you can move around a room easily. The brand we bought is a Kettler from Germany and we are so far very pleased with it and enjoying lots of family fun with it.
You can also just get the tops you place onto a big table or there are also smaller versions fro tight spaces.
Tips
Pay the extra and get the professional to come put it together. I think it cost us around $90 for that and it was well worth it. I watched as two guys took many hours putting it together. Buy extra paddles. Go for the orange pin pong balls as they are much easier to see while playing.
When starting out, especially with young kids, don't keep score. Just work on being able to hit it back and forth for a decent amount of time before really competing.
Ping Pong tables can make great surprise birthday gifts, Father's Day Gifts, Christmas gifts and more. They are great gifts for girls and boys alike.
Enjoy lots of family fun this summer with your ping pong table.
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