Painting with Water Balloons & Kid's Co-op Link Party 11

After having so much fun with our fly swatter painting last week, we were in the mood for some more outdoor art. Painting with water balloons was pretty easy to do and my son really liked this activity. The results weren't what I expected, but (as always) I think the process was more important than the product. 

To inspire us, we read another book illustrated by Stephen Gammell called The Burger and the Hot Dog, a collection of funny food-related poems. 

Painting with water balloons was the perfect activity to replicate Gammell's splattery style.  I used a plastic medicine syringe to put paint in some water balloons.

Filled them up (HATE this part - should've gotten better balloons. Do they sell the kind that fill and tie themselves?)

Drew loved it.  Lainey's involvement was limited to squeezing a balloon and becoming irate when it popped in her hands. 

Stomping the balloons:

The color was very light, I should have added more paint and less water.  Either way, Drew wasn't much interested in the colors.  He just liked breaking the balloons.

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How've you been getting messy this week?  I'd love for you to link up.  I'll be sharing your ideas throughout the week on my facebook page and the Kid's Co-op Pinterest Board.

Welcome to The Kid's Co-op! Each week we get together we'll ask YOU to share your favorite kid's activities. We'd love to see a plethora of ideas geared for toddlers to pre-teens. We are looking for activities that are family oriented, fun, unique and educational. Please share your favorite project or blog post below. We will be sharing our favorite post from our own blogs too! {Co-hosted by: The Kid's Co-op Group, Let's Lasso the Moon & Nurture Store} PS: By linking up you agree that your post and photos are Pinterest friendly. We will be showcasing ideas on our group Pinterest Board. Are following the Kid's Co-op on Facebook? Let's connect!

1. Pushing, Rolling, and Hitting	2. Travel Tins	3. Ten Tips to go Screen Free Next Week	4. Alphabet Buttons Equals Hours of Fun Learning
5. Concoctions Playdate	6. Pretend Play Perfume Concoctions	7. Anzac Biscuits: LLJournal	8. Numbers Book: LLJournal
9. Cookie Cutter Bird Feeder	10. Yummy, Bright Edible Straw Painting	11. SHINY TOAST	12. Rainbow cupcakes tutorial
13. Build a fort in the living room	14. Make your own Russian Icon	15. Shield for Girl Knights	16. 3 Activities for Rainbow Fish
17. 5 Ways to I Spy	18. Painting with Water Balloons	19. Dog's Colorful Day	20. Dog Collage with Adjectives and Pictures
21. Tip for Creating Self-Correcting Educational Activities	22. Melissa at The Happier Homemaker	23. Montessori-Inspired Poetry Activities	24. Montessori-Inspired Rainbow Activities
25. Concoctions Gone Wilid!	26. Bubble Wrap Painting	27. A frolic in the flowers	28. Outdoor Cork Rockets
29. Raised salt painting	30. Texture Table	31. Sound Map: Early Literacy Tool	32. Books that Even Busy Babies Love!
33. Learning About the Wild Ponies	34. Our Hike on Assateague Island	35. Family Interview Night	36. Hand/footprint Garden & Peter Rabbit
37. Swat that Sight Word	38. 1st	39. Kids Art Explorers: the new challenge!	40. Museum of Turnupstuffing
41. Old Materials New Ways	42. Playschool Fun~The Letter Y	43. Instruments to make with and for kids	44. Celebrating the Wind
45. Playing with Tiny Ice	46. A Sheet of Ice+Salt+Food Coloring	47. Poetry Collages for Preschoolers	48. Felt Faces
49. Shaving Cream Slip N Slide	50. Hidden Fairy House in the Woods	51. Olympics Logo Paintings	52. Outdoor Play with a PVC Pipe
53. Glowsticks & Waterbeads	54. Fairy Rocks	55. Powdered Paint Filled Eggs	56. Baking Soda Explosions
57. Wonka's Whipple Scrumptious Fudge Mallow Delight Bars	58. Sensory Painting with Tea	59. ST GEORGE ROLE PLAY!	60. Cinco De Mayo-book and activities
61. Letter K	62. Kids and Carrots!	63. Butterfly Circle	64. HOMEMADE Slime!!
65. Glittery paper-mache Earth Hanging	66. Bedtime Story & Doll	67. 5 reasons why you should get the playdough out.	68. 5 reasons to go outside, 10 things to do there.
69. The Falling Rain Drop	70. Pig Craft	71. Creating Home Play Areas!	72. Herb Jar Fine Motor Activity!
73. Montessori inspired activities for 5 year olds	74. Moon Sand	75. Golf Balls, Paint, Large Can	76. Race to the Top Free Printable
77. Fart Puddy :: Playing with Goop	78. 5 Tips for Connecting with Mother Nature	79. 5 Easy and Fun ideas to promote Early Literacy @ home	80. Celebrate the Earth Play Date
81. Fine Motor & Sensory Play with Rainbow Rice	82. Rainbow Art, Eats & Activities	83. DIY Grocery Store	84. Felt Ice Cream Activities
85. Read and Write on the Road	86. Bunting made from an old book	87. Baking with toddlers	88. Making Meals With Kids
89. emotional intelligence game	90. scented discovery bottles	91. Pirate Party cake	92. Pirate Party Outdoor Games
93. Dinosaur hunting	94. Our weekly rhythm	95. Anzac biscuits for Anzac Day	96. Easter wrapper art
97. Rainbow Button Letters	98. Robots!	99. Sports Party Invites	100. Kids and a Mom in the Kitchen Breakfast Ring
101. The Virtue of a Bee Sting	102. Brown Bear tot bag	103. Pirate Play Dough	104. 5 DIY Travel Activities
105. DIY Bird Feeders for Mother's Day	106. Colored Rice Bottle Art	107. Garden Rocks	108. Keitha's Story Themed Lunches
109. DIY I SPY Book!	110. Prayer knot bracelets	111. Cardboard Clipboard	112. DIY Prayer Pail w/ linky
113. Paper Box	114. The great diaper experiment! How much does it hold?	115. Create Art with used K-Cups	116. Busy bag - Cars play mat
117. Early Childhood Caterpillar Art (Makes a cute Mother's Day Card!)	118. Teaching Children Joy	119. DIY Bike Basket	120. Planting seeds with purpose
121. Latch Activity Board	122. Silly Sensory Ball Painting	123. 10 Tips for Teaching Kids Puzzle Skills	124. Kids in the Kitchen: Mother's Day Meatloaf Hearts
125. Cloudy with a chance of FUN	126. Cardboard Camera	127. Coffee Filter Butterflies	128. 20 Ways to Play with Shaving Cream
129. Emily @ Simple Little Home	130. smart outdoor play	131. Vegetable Stamping	132. Recycled flyer fun
133. The Carrot Seed: Playdough + Literacy	134. Rainbow Messy Art	135. Appreciation Notes	136. Tiles plus pens makes art
137. Emcountering Jesus without paper	138. Black Light Bubble Art	139. Homemade Root Viewer, The Carrot Seed	140. Black Light Watercolors
141. Nature's Paintbrush	142. Worms & Puddles	143. Spring garden craft bin cleanup	144. Rocks & Minerals Unit Projects
145. Kids Who Touch Everything	146. how washing windows teaches life skills	147. diary of a worm book activity	148. Dot Dabber Dice Game
149. ain't gonna paint no more book activity	150. Rainbow Round-Up	151. Spin & Spell	152. Fishing For Literacy
153. A Fungus Among Us!	154. Rock Painting Names	155. Preschool Frogs unit study Day 1	156. Amalia Barragan
157. Money themed activities for preschoolers	158. How Do I Teach My Child to Read?	159. Pizza Box Craft	160. Science Mixture Fun with Test Tubes
161. Grocery Shopping + Carrot Cookies	162. Rainbow Pinata	163. Rainy Day Play	164. No Materials Required, Just Your Mind: Things to do with Twos and Threes
165. Multi-tool Painting	166. Megan	167. Smelly Dough- Don't worry it smells good!	168. Colored Moon Sand Recipe
169. Lipstick Kisses Painting	170. Science Discovery Bottles	171. Susan Syddall	172. Marshmallow Building
173. Seed Discovery Boxes	174. Our Earth Day Pledge mobile: books & an activity	175. The Three Little Kittens Felt Board Activities	176. Multiple Intelligence Centers
177. Cc is for clouds...	178. Fun way to learn beginning letter sounds	179. ArtsyCraftsyMom	180. DUPLO painting
181. April Showers bring .... Rain Art!	182. Playground Carwash	183. Co-op Joy	184. Lots of Butterfly Hands On Fun!!
185. AMummysView #ArtAttackTuesday	186. Seussville Bottle Top Town	187. Have you filled a bucket today?	188. The Precious Gift
189. Illustrated Colour Matching Game	190. Rice Pool Party	191. Sensory Bags	192. 2nd grade Starry Night
193. splash, bounce, bubble, slip, slide	194. every day is a new adventure	195. Colorful Crayon Collage	196. Roly Pollies/Snail Shells - Baking with kids
197. Celebrate the Wind	198. Outer Space Sensory Bin	199. Box for treasures	200. Best Bubble Bath Ever!
201. Worms Preschool Theme	202. Kate Soper

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