Catching Up-Homemade Summer Fun

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This post has been sitting, almost finished, in my drafts box since June. For anyone who crochets there is still a bit of summer left (in our part of the world) to make some summer fun.

June 15th was our grandson, Jackson’s 8th birthday. His mom and dad were having a birthday party for him, and I just wasn’t sure what gift to get him since I know he already has a lot toys and games. A couple days before the party I was browsing the internet and came across an article about crocheted, reusable water balloons. Reviews on them were really good: ‘easy to use, hold enough water, don’t hurt when hit with them, don’t bounce off before getting someone wet, easy clean up, lots of fun.’

Based off the picture I knew I could make these. I had a small amount of the type of yarn that I needed so sat down and made a couple. They worked up very quickly. The following day I went to buy some more Bernat Blanket Yarn.

I made a total of eight balloons, and it probably took about 5 or 6 hours total to make them. I put all eight into a 2 1/2-gallon bucket and gave it to Jackson as his gift. The bucket can be filled with water then used to dunk the balloons in to fill them with water, then used again to rinse/refill.

My son-in-law told me how much the kids are enjoyed playing with the water balloons, especially on the hot days we had this summer.

I didn’t write down my pattern, because I’m too lazy to write it all out when others have already done it, so I found a similar free pattern on this website to share with you in case anyone wants to make their own reusable water balloons.

Thanks for visiting.

13 thoughts on “Catching Up-Homemade Summer Fun”

  2. I’ve seen those around before but have never tried them as I just couldn’t believe in their magic. How do you tie it off? Does it really hold water? Or is it just something you put on top of a regular water balloon to cushion the blow?

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    1. These do not contain water they absorb it. They do hold a lot of water and will release some on impact. It’s like getting hit with a wet sponge only these would release more water on impact than a sponge. They are also softer than a sponge. They are good for young kids or anyone who can’t throw hard because they don’t have to break open – just hit the target.

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