This was a really fun project taught by Amanda and Meghan. The first step to this project was to blow up a small water balloon. It may sound easy, but it was really hard to get it blown up! Once your balloon was ready, we then made a mixture of Elmer's glue and water. This created our glue paste. Next, we choose our yarn color. We needed 20 pieces of yarn that were 20 inches long.
Next came the fun part! We placed a piece of yarn in the glue mixture and then scraped off the extra with a spoon as we pulled it out of the mixture. Once the yarn strand was covered, we placed it around the balloon. It was important to make sure the ends overlapped to prevent any gaps. We kept repeating this process until the balloon was mostly covered and only had small gaps.
Once we were finished, we placed the balloon in a cup to dry. After it was try, the teachers popped the balloon and our egg was finished.
An extension activity would be a math lesson to explore the different shapes made from the gaps in the yarn. Some may not be actual shapes, but you can talk about what a shape is called when it has a certain amount of sides.
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