Autism Awareness Month

4/25/2016 (Permalink)

In Spirit of Autism Awareness Month here are some Sensory and Gross Motor Activities with Water Balloons. Have fun with the kiddos and water.

How to Freeze Water Beads in Balloons

Supplies:

Directions:  Attach a water balloon to a funnel to get the water beads inside.  While being careful to not push the balloon off the funnel, you’re your finger to push the water beads inside the balloon.  Next attach the balloon to the pump to fill with water.  The pumper is not necessary, but it sure makes it easier to fill water balloons with added sensory materials.

Every hour or so, you and your child can check the balloons to see how the water beads have changed.  Water beads start off tiny and expand when soaked in water.  It takes several hours for them to reach full size.

Once they had fully expanded, you and your child can have a wonderful time squishy the water balloons and playing with them.

This is one of those sensory activities that I have a hard time fully describing.  It is so cool!  The texture of the balloons was so unique and intriguing.  None can keep our hands off of them.

After you are finally done squishy the balloons, put them all in a bowl and stuck the bowl in the freezer to play with another day.  When you are ready for some frozen fun, grab the bowl and peel the balloons off of the icy balls of water beads Also more sensory water fun for children. Enjoy this fun craft. Water can also be fun, but when it isn't so much fun, call SERVPRO for all your water mitigating needs. 

 Content Credit: learn play imagine.com