squishy balloon painting
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Stress balls. Do you remember those? It’s been years since I’ve come across one. Are they still around? Filled with mystery gunk they were great to squish. These squishy balloons are DIY versions.
With the help of a funnel and a chopstick to push stubborn bits through, I filled balloons with what we had in our pantry: salt, lentils, dried peas, flour and rice. It was harder than I thought and took much longer than I anticipated. I’m glad I prepared these the night before instead of 5 minutes before the activity with kids around.
E enjoyed squeezing the balloons.
I placed some paint on paper plates and little hands were in there in no time.
Paint squishy heaven.
Dip squishy balloons into the paint and stamp/drag on a large piece of paper.
The squishy balloons can be washed, dried and used again.
Production of Christmas wrapping paper has commenced.
Lesson learnt: you don’t need to spend lots of money to have fun.
E: 15 months
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Absolutely love these, I have so many preschoolers that still need this tactile experience –this is a great mixture of art and sensory! Thanks
Hi Claudette. Happy to share. Would love to see and hear how it turns out with your preschoolers.
I love this. I made some ‘sensory balloons’ for my son (aged 2). We filled them with conkers, rice and water. He loved the feel of them but I didn’t know what else to do with them. Wish I’d seen your post earlier.
It sounds ridiculous, but I don’t think we have conkers here in Sydney. I see them everywhere on other mummy blogs though. How did you manage to get all those things into the balloons?
Getting the conkers in was easy, you just stretch the neck of the balloon and pop them in, i think we put about 4 or 5 in each balloon. Water went in with a funnel and rice went in with a funnel and a whole lot of poking. If you don’t get conkers you could try walnuts – they are a similar size.