30 Ways to Play with Balloons

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A while ago, Henry and I had a little Balloon Extravaganza.
Balloons are a blast! Get them out all year round!

Since then, I've been on the lookout for fun ways to play with balloons.

Here are 30 Ways to Play with Balloons:

Through activities, art, experiments, and crafts!

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balloon activities :

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3rd Birthday Balloon Wreath

When I saw a birthday wreath over at In Between Laundry, 

I decided I had to make one (sort of like it) for Henry's birthday today!

I plan to use this wreath over and over again for upcoming birthdays 

and switch out the numbers for each kid.

I modified the wreath (obviously) to use what I had on hand.

Here's what Henry and I did to make the

3rd Birthday Balloon Wreath:

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Blowing Balloons!

Fan + Balloon + a Preschooler = repeated fun!

All I got to show is this short 12 second video 

of Henry dumping his balloon from his bucket.

He dumps it in front of the fan in our upstairs hallway.

The balloon blows down the hallway.

Henry runs after it.

And repeat.

[Sometimes it blows down the stairs which provides even more entertainment!]

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Balloon Art

In continuing with our balloon extravaganza :

we painted balloons today.

We painted them two ways :

[1] paint before blowing up the balloons

[2] paint blown up balloons

I liked painting the balloons beforehand the best.

It had a sense of mystery.

What will this look like when it gets big? 

Henry wasn't as interested as I was 

in painting the balloons before they were blown up.

He only made one.

He spent most of his time painting 'lines' on the blown up ones.

[I wish I counted how many times he told me: 'Mom, I'm painting lines.']

Then I blew up the ones we painted before blowing them up.

Henry was excited to see what happened then!

His was completely covered when it was little.

But once it blew up : it was barely marbled! 

and only on half - the line it pretty distinct.

I painted dots on mine.

When I blew it up, Henry noticed :

"Mom, your dots are getting BIG!"

Not art that will stick around long like the 12x12s.

But a fun medium to try!

There's 30 Ways to Play with Balloons 
to get you even more inspired!

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Activity Course with Balloons

Every child I know has a fascination with balloons.

At every birthday party, every kid wants to take one home.

They are usually the highlight of the party.

[unless you have one of these at your party.]

So this week I thought :

Why do the balloons only come out at birthday parties?

They bring lots of entertainment in just being balloons.

But there's so much more you can do with them!

[Check out the previous post : Balloon Badminton.]

I asked Henry what he wanted to do today.

As usual, his answer was to build a road with his mat.

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Balloon Badminton

What can you do with a couple of balloons?[Ideas are welcome!]
I blew up a couple balloons and the first thing we did was:play Balloon Badminton!

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