Occasion

Arts & Crafts

Description

This art activity is not recommended for young children and can get messy, so be sure to wear old clothes and do this one outside.

Instructions

1. Let older children squirt about a teaspoon of fabric or craft paint into a balloon, and then put a small marble, or something similar, inside the balloon.

2. Have an adult place the neck of the balloon over the helium tank's tilt nozzle and inflate according to directions on the box. Be very careful not to over inflate. Doing so will cause the balloon to burst and the paint to splatter.

3. Tie a tight knot in the neck of the balloon, attach a ribbon and gently tie to a child's wrist.

4. Let the children shake their balloons to make marble-like patterns and cool noises inside the balloons.