Water balloons: how to make your own bright decor

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:46

Small water balls are often used for decorative purposes, they are poured into transparent beauty vases, used in children's games. Amazing balloons are interesting and enjoyable crafts.

What are water balloons

The balls are somewhat reminiscent of colorful water droplets. Decorative water balloons can be ordered online. In the package, they look like multi-colored grains.

How to use balloons

Prepare a bowl of water (distilled is best), unpack the balloons and place them in the water. At first, there will be no changes, but after a few minutes the balls will begin to increase in size. Soon they will completely absorb water and swell. Strain them to remove any remaining water.

It is recommended to store the balloons in a plastic container, so they can serve you for several weeks.

If any of them dry out, just put them in water. But if an unpleasant smell appears, try rinsing the balls and putting them in clean water. If the smell persists, the balloons will unfortunately have to be thrown away.

Some people like to just touch the balls - they are so nice and slippery to the touch! Picking up helium or water balloons has a calming effect on the nervous system. This is a great way to calm the kids, as long as they don't put balloons in their mouths.

The balls perfectly absorb moisture, so they are poured into pots with flowers or into vases, where there are already plucked flowers. There is no need to add water.

Kids learn colors and counting easily with them.

Materials needed to make balloons at home

Now you will learn how to make your own water balloons. To do this, you will need school knowledge of chemistry and accuracy when forming a rounded shape of blanks.

So, to make water balloons, you will need the following materials and substances:

• 2 teaspoons baking soda (sodium bicarbonate);
• vinegar;
• transparent bowl;
• medium pot;
• small plastic container (heat resistant);
• half a cup of calcium bicarbonate;
• half a cup of iodized s alt;
• mixing spoon;
• food coloring in one or more colors.

Also make room in your freezer and make sure you have a free burner on your stove.

Making balloons together

Now you can get to work.

1. Stir 1 tsp. baking soda with a few drops of vinegar. You will get sodium acetate, the same pop that is used to raise the dough.
2. Placefizz in the freezer for 10 minutes. Time it right!
3. Pour half a cup of calcium bicarbonate into a bowl and add sodium acetate. A violent chemical reaction will begin, in which the contents of the glass will try to splash out. Wait for the mixture to sink, start gently stirring the solution with smooth movements.
4. Add half a cup of iodized s alt and mix well until completely dissolved.
5. Pour the solution into a saucepan, put on fire, bring to a boil, boil for 7 minutes, stirring constantly.
6. Pour the resulting mixture into a plastic container and leave for 15 minutes to turn into a gel.
7. Pinch off some of the resulting substance and pull it out of the container. Contact with air causes the gel to harden and hold its shape. Gently round out, roll into small balls.
8. To color them, dilute the food coloring with water and dip the balloons in for a few minutes.

This is how water balloons are made at home. Simple, fast, and most importantly - interesting. Such an experiment can be done with children, along the way telling them the basics of chemistry.

Quick way to make balloons

If you want faster results, there is another way to get water balloons.

You will need clear silicone glue and cold water.

1. Squeeze some glue into a small bowl and add a couple of teaspoons of water (it all depends on how much glue you squeezed out and whatbead volume want to receive).
2. Stir the adhesive substance well, remove it from the container, continuing to knead it in your hands. Knead no more than 30 seconds, as it quickly hardens. Make a small cake.
3. Holding with your fingers, attach the cake to the faucet, turn on the water at a low pressure. The balloon will begin to expand as it fills with water.
4. Remove it from the faucet and connect the edges. The balloon is ready!
5. To dye it, dilute the dye of the desired color with water and stir well. Fill a syringe with a needle with colored water. Gently stick the needle into the balloon and pour in the contents. Do not be afraid, the hole is small, nothing will flow out of the balloon.

How to make your own water bombs

Surely many of you played with bombs in your childhood: several teams throw each other balloons filled with water. It was a fun and dynamic game, as you had to constantly dodge the water attack directed at you. After the fun, it was necessary to change clothes, as no one left the game dry.

You can fill ordinary balloons with water. Just pour water into them and tie them up - you will get quite large water balls. Everything is pretty simple! Now we know how to inflate a water balloon.

They can be used for various games. But don't try to throw them off the balcony - passers-by downstairs won't like it.

Here's how to make balloon water bombson your own and become an active participant in a fun game!