Pay R35 for a game of paintball with 100 balls and gear at Paintball Heaven, valued at R70 (save 50%)

During childhood, most people experienced that urge to cover everything they saw in colour, often smearing the dinner table with pretty shades of ketchup and mustard or stringing tinsel and twinkling lights over more than just the Christmas tree. Unfortunately, later in life, there are fewer and fewer excuses for making that kind of brightly coloured mess, other than decorating the house for the Christmas season. Paintball Heaven gives you the perfect reason to paint the town multi-coloured, no matter what season it is with a paintball game with 100 balls and gear for R35.

With four fields that have been the scene of more than a few fun-filled outings and score-settling throw-downs between co-workers battling for the title of King of the Water Cooler, Paintball Heaven promises an action-packed adventured for any armed artists. An excess of structures to hind behind, duck under, climb on top of or lean on create the perfect arena for some sharp-shooting or dodge-ball with a twist. Of course, a rousing game of paintball is good for more than just practicing your aim or releasing pent-up aggression by raining hot paint down on your co-workers and friends. a good all-out paint-splattered throw-down also offers its own type of cardio work-out and a forum for over-the-hill Expressionists to relive their glory days. It’s also great for relieving those stresses brought on by Christmas shopping and crowds.

Providing all the gear you need for pummelling your nemesi with explosive paint-pellets – and a hundred of the actual pellets too. While they do provide you with gear, ensure to dress appropriately – the paint may wash out of, but no matter how gifted of a sharpshooter you may be, you are going to get dirty.

Whether you’re looking for a bit of an adrenalin rush with your friends, or you’re having a work-function and you just have the urge to take justifiable pot-shots at your boss, hailing down balls of paint on everything in sight is probably the most exciting way to do it. If you lead your team to a stunning enough victory and your boss isn’t too angry, you might even finally win the title of King of the Water Cooler.

Paintball Fact: The first use of the ‘paintball gun’ was documented in Scotland in the early 1970s when a firm of interior-decorators were asked to create an abstract writing environment for a budding author, which they achieved by loading gas-powered guns with balls of different coloured paints.