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Every parent will know how much fun their kids have with nerd guns, but will also know the chaos that can ensue from battles kicking off in enclosed spaces in the house. Foam darts flying everywhere, children using expensive televisions as cover, dogs being tripped over. It's mayhem.

Now though, there's a solution that will keep both parents and kids happy: Nerf Wars.

Micro Fitness, an award-winning children's fitness company,working alongside Glasgow Sport, have came up with the idea to encourage children ages 5-13 to take part in physical activity, but instead of doing sport, it's running around shooting Nerf guns.

Creating a warzone using inflatable tanks, forts, walls, barrels and castles, the arena is set up with safety as important as fun, with lots of different games and missions throughout the two-hour session to keep everyone entertained.

I took two of my kids, Hope (10) and Caleb (6) along to test out the action and both kids gave Nerf Wars a resounding thumbs up and wanted to know when they could go back again. Always a good sign.

(Image: Jules Boyle)

Both kids wore a go-pro camera headset for Glasgow Live to film the event, to give everyone an idea what it's like being in the thick of the action from a kid-sized perspective.

Hope said "I liked that it was an even split of boys and girls, with lots of jumping around the inflatable scenery. I had a great time."

Caleb agreed, though his focus was more on the hardware: "They had so many different types of Nerf guns to use, from big shotguns to the one-shot jolts. The cases of ammo were everywhere too, so you never ran out. It was awesome."

Nerf Wars will be at various Glasgow Club venues throughout the city until the end of October, before returning for a Christmas special in December.

Dates:

September

30: GC Tollcross

October

2: Emirates

14: GC Castlemilk

15: GC Easterhouse

17: Emirates

22: GC Kelvinhall

23: GC Drumoyne

28: GC Tollcross

December

28: Emirates

tickets are available here.