{"id":81328,"date":"2025-09-23T15:13:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T15:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/?p=81328"},"modified":"2026-09-01T07:44:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T07:44:03","slug":"snowman-balloon-blow-up-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/kids\/snowman-balloon-blow-up-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowman Balloon Blow-Up Experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Get ready for some frosty fun! This outdoor experiment is guaranteed to have children giggling with delight as they watch a snowman\u2019s head slowly inflate all by itself. Using a simple science trick and a few <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/art-supplies\/paint\/paint-pens\">colouring pens<\/a>, kids can learn while they laugh, turning an ordinary balloon into a magical snowman surprise!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get ready for some frosty fun! This outdoor experiment is guaranteed to have children giggling with delight as they watch a snowman\u2019s head slowly inflate all by itself. Using a simple science trick and a few colouring pens, kids can learn while they laugh, turning an ordinary balloon into a magical snowman surprise!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":81344,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,228,49,227,318,294,304,286,229,429],"tags":[756,676,597],"class_list":["post-81328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kids","category-christmas","category-teachers","category-occasions","category-science","category-seasons","category-snowman","category-subjects","category-themes","category-winter-seasons","tag-science","tag-snowman","tag-winter"],"acf":{"age":["6-9","10+","Adult"],"skill-level":["Beginner"],"time-to-make":["30 mins","1 hour"],"idea-type":["Craft Projects"],"free-printable":"","ID":"K1985","time":"","skill_level":"","how_to_make":"","shopping_list":"<ul>\r\n<li>Bicarbonate of soda<\/li>\r\n<li>White vinegar<\/li>\r\n<li>Empty bottle<\/li>\r\n<li>Balloon<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","shopping_list_2":"","top_tip":"This balloon can burst so it's best to try this experiment outside!","image_01":81338,"step_instruction_01":"Take your bottle and use deco pens to draw a snowman\u2019s body on it.","image_02":81339,"step_instruction_02":"Draw a snowman\u2019s face on your balloon and let it dry.","image_03":81340,"step_instruction_03":"Pour a little more than \u00bc of the bottle full of white vinegar into the bottle.","image_04":81341,"step_instruction_04":"Using a funnel, add three tablespoons of bicarbonate of soda into the balloon.","image_05":81342,"step_instruction_05":"Carefully stretch the neck of the balloon over the top of the bottle, making sure not to let any of the contents fall in yet.","image_06":81343,"step_instruction_06":"When you\u2019re ready, tip the balloon upright so all the bicarbonate falls into the bottle.","template":"","related_projects":"80674,33736,33786,33761,14622","latest_idea_content":"most-recent","show_date":false,"adult_supervision_needed":"Yes","youtube_video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/L0SBP7colHs","products":"AW916,AX934","fbt_products":"","recommendation_products":""},"view_count":1460,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81328"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93819,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81328\/revisions\/93819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}