Target Practicing
Teaching Our Children: Target Practicing Skills
A few weeks ago the girls were reminiscing about our adventure earlier this year to the local Shooting Range so we decided to take out Daddy’s paintball gun and have them try target practicing off the back porch. They almost always hit the tree they were aiming for even if it was in different spots. The paintball gun was lighter so they could hold it themselves and it gave us another opportunity to discuss gun safety as well as a chance for them to target practice for a little bit.
I think Brina actually enjoyed the paintball gun more. It was really easy to see if she hit her target. “Splatting” the tree brought several triumphant giggles as they hit their unsuspecting target.
Each girl had their own color of paint to make it easier to see where they had hit the target. This activity was a great way to teach kids learning about gun safety and target practicing without having to deal with as much danger or gun powder residue. The girls had a blast and were very pleased with being able to hit the target.
Family Outings: Teaching About Gun Safety & Target Practice
We have been teaching the girls about gun safety because we have a lot of family members who hunt, fish, and target practice. Recently we took the girls to the Shooting Range to teach them a little more about gun safety and to target practice. We think it’s important to demonstrate to the kids safety with the serious items such as guns. It was quite the fun adventure for the family. Daddy was patient and good with showing the girls the basics. Karlie was ready to put up a target in the house for practicing with her nerf gun. They both wanted to know if Daddy would take them back to the range again. Glad they had fun. The range was a busy place and great opportunity to spend quality time with the family. It was pretty cute seeing Jake in hot pink ear plugs too.
Here are a few pictures from our Family Outing to the Shooting Range: