We are trying to savor every last minute of summer – and what better way to cool off than with a water balloon fight?! You can pick up a few bags at the dollar store, and I was amazed at how long they kept our girls entertained! I’m talking over two hours of trying to fill them up, tie them, and do all sorts of experiments.
Here’s the first one that didn’t go as planned! Just had to roll with it…literally.
I honestly didn’t plan on teaching at all during our Sunday Fun Day, but we ended playing and experimenting quite a bit. Some of the concepts we talked about were:
- Less and more
- Sink or float
- Comparing volume with varying size balloons
- Which is heavier, the one filled with water or air?
- And for the little one size terms like: small, medium, larger, big, little, full etc.
Other Water Balloon Ideas!
Of course if I had consulted Pinterest I would have found these awesome ideas for water balloons! Check out some of these cool projects like:
Fantastic Fun and Learning has 50 ideas for water balloon play!
The Measured Mom wrote Water Math & Science Activities.
Or if you want to get messy, you can fill the balloons with water and food coloring to make sidewalk splat art! Here are five more ideas of how to paint with water balloons from Growing A Jeweled Rose.
Photo Courtesy Growing a Jeweled Rose
Enjoy these last few weeks of summer!
Love it!! Your girls are so cute! My friend told me yesterday that she saw this contraption that fills AND TIES 20 water balloons at a time! Since I did all the prep work for our fight the other day, I can say that I would have loved to have had that. I spent forever filling and tying and they were still gone in less than five minutes. Next time I’ll have to do what you did and make it more into a teaching time 🙂
The splash art with balloons might be my favorite.
And what an awesome video!
I remember having endless fun with water balloons as a kid.
When Emy threw the balloon in the pool I couldn’t stop laughing! I mean – my science experiment thwarted by a 2 year old?!
That video is adorable!! Your girls are the cutest!
We love water balloons! This summer we had 2 really EPIC water balloon fights. We probably should have tried a few experiments while we were at it 🙂
It’s so much fun Jen – I wish summer was longer! I mean it is in a warm climate, but the time with our kids.
Pinned! I’ve been looking for some fun stuff to do outdoors with the little one – she’s 2 and LOVES water. We’ve still got some time before it cools down around here so I’m pumped and ready to get this project started!! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Awesome, glad it helped!