Kids love balloons. Kids love fun science activities. Add them together and you’ve got an afternoon full of fun!
Recently, I found a pack of balloons leftover from a birthday party. Knowing we would use them in the fall for our second grade homeschool curriculum, I placed them with our school things. The only problem? My kids found the balloons. Instead of just blowing them up and letting them play keep-away from each other, I rounded up some ideas to bring a little fun into our afternoon and still sneak in a little science. The list was so good, that I had to share with you!
10 Fun Balloon Science Activities for Kids
For the safety of your children, please supervise balloon activities at all times. Do not leave children unattended with balloons.
Kids will love learning how to blow up a balloon with simple household ingredients without using their mouth from What Do We Do All Day. There are two different ways to try to blow up a balloon in this link.
Add a little science to the swimming pool by making Balloon Boats from Life with Moore Babies.
Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational shares How to Make a Hovercraft with only a few simple steps. My boys will love this!
Kids will be amazed at how the Water Bottle Fountain works from Learn with Play at Home. Heck, even I’m fascinated by it!
Similar to the balloon boats above, you could make Balloon Rockets from Discover, Learn, Explore. My boys did this one over and over!
Watch the momentum of the Spinning Penny in a Balloon from Juggling with Kids.
Got a Lego lover at your house? Make a Balloon Powered Lego Car like The Crafty Mummy and have a race!
Explore the effects of hot and cold air on a balloon like Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas. Your kids will be amazed!
Kids will love the science trick of bending water with their hair and a balloon from All For the Boys. Static Electricity at its finest!
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I remember making the hover crafts with the CD’s AOL used to send through the mail like 15 years ago.
Thanks so much for including my Balloon Lego Car in your list! We go on school holidays here in Australia in a week so I’ll be encouraging my kids to try some of these other ideas too.
Kids already love balloons, what a great idea to use them as a tool for learning science.
Our youngest would love to make the balloon powered Lego car. I think we might just try to do that!
Thank you for inviting me into your world. Have a Super Saturday!
Hands-on the best way to teach science. Love the balloons!
These are great! My three kids love balloons, and this will be super fun to do together this summer. Plus- I can do these experiments with my second graders when we study solids, liquids, and gases. perfect!
~Heather
The Meek Moose
would have loved to have tried these when I was a child
Eeek these would make me really jumpy because I’d expect the balloon to burst at any time…
they all look good
Such fun ideas! Shared it on my page and sending it to my daughter for her younger one.
Fun ideas, thanks for sharing!
Cool ideas for learning and showing science principles to kids.
Science is fun, I love balloons Thank you for the chance.
Some really creative ideas. Love your website!!
Love simple science…thanks!
As a kid I loved these types of science projects, so did my daughter. After reading your article I am looking forward to trying some of these with my grandson. I know he will love these ideas. Great article!
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The water bottle fountain is interesting! Thanks for sharing these ideas!
I love ballons!
fabulous idea, never mind the kids i will be trying these xx
My granddaughter is such a science fanatic that these activities are right down her alley. Love them!
What great ideas! Thanks for sharing!