Some days you just need to switch up the normal routine with something fun! This was exactly what we all needed to stay sane. This water balloon bath idea will definitely be something we repeat!
How to Plan a Water Balloon Bath
We’re in Idaho. It’s cold. 18 flipping degrees yesterday. This Indoor Water Balloon Bath might have saved my sanity for a quick minute.
RESIDENCY LIFE: We currently live in what I jokingly like to call a “shoebox”. It’s super clean and nice here, but on the other hand, a reeeealllly small space. And while I’m grateful for the little temporary home we’ve made our own, some days it gets hard to fit all 5 3/4 of us in here. We step on each other’s toes. We have to single-file it around the kitchen. Some days it gets frustrating and we need an escape.
But some days, it’s just too cold to get out. We’re talking wind blowing in our faces so hard that Abigayle just cries because of the sting. It’s not fun. And it’s not worth it.
So I’m getting creative with the ways to keep us entertained and happy this winter.
Indoor Bath with Balloons
Hence the water balloon bath. It’s as simple as it sounds, but I do have just a few tips that you’ll want to take note of if you want to pull this off a little better than I did and with minimal frustration.
Water Balloon Bath Tips & Tricks
BEST WORD OF ADVICE: Save yourself a headache and get THESE kind of water balloons. They are the ones that self tie once they are full. Aka some genius made these and I’m so so glad they did.
HOW MANY BALLOONS: I ordered this package and it has 440 balloons. They come in bunches and we used just under half of them. You can gauge by our pictures to see if you want to use all of them or about what we did {we used one bunch with each color except for one color. There’s 2 of each color}. We’re hoping to do another bath with the rest of them.
HOW TO FILL THEM IN WINTER: Second tip, you need a hose spigot to fill them up, so keep that in mind, I had assumed I could make it work with our sink – IT WON’T!! — learn from my mistake ha ha. Unless you can screw the balloon attachment onto the water spout, it won’t get enough pressure to fill them up. I tried every spout in our house. It doesn’t work. Just plan on filling them outside with a hose spigot {and if it’s like winter when we did it, it’s freezing! 😉 }
Balloons & Water Temperature
Please be safe and make sure to test the water before kids get in. Also please don’t harm yourself. If you don’t have warm water outside {from the hose}, you’re going to want to make sure the bath water is pretty hot to compensate for the cold water filled balloons. Mine was piping hot {burning my hand as it poured out} and the water still ended up being a little more chilly than a typical bath with the amount of balloons we used – didn’t stop the kids though. They loved it.
Balloon Mess & Cleanup
On a scale of 1-to-disaster, I’d rate this as a 3 because it’s just water. But make sure to plan for a watery mess and a lot of water spills. Our floor was soaked. I used multiple towels just to soak up the spills. Also it’s very convenient to have one of these noodle strainers/colanders to help get the water balloon pieces and the ties out of the water so they don’t cause harm to your plumbing system and to dispose of them properly.
Hope you have as much fun as we did!
XO,
The Griffins
For another fun indoor activity, we also loved this idea with Cheerios.
