Ice Bowling

Ok, I wasn't sure if this was going to work, but it turned out fantastically (is that a word?) and the girls had so much fun with it!

WE USED:

* balloons
* freezer
* empty bottles
* food colouring (optional)

I filled some balloons with water and put them in the freezer a few days ago, they took a little while to freeze and I wanted to make sure they were solid before bringing them out to play with. I added food colouring to each one, but please be aware that the colouring will get on hands, clothes etc... when the ice is melting, so if you want minimal mess then just use plain water.

I had no idea if hanging the balloons or sitting them on the bottom of the freezer would work better, so I made some using both techniques to see how they turned out. I just used pegs to secure the hanging ones to a freezer shelf.

The water balloon that was sitting made the best bowling ball - almost perfectly round!

Get some empty bottles to use as bowling pins, fill them with ice cubes (or rice/dried beans etc...) for a great sound effect when they are knocked over!

If bowling on carpet you may want to lay down a long drop sheet (we used a waterproof tablecloth), especially if you used colouring as it will stain. Alternatively you could leave the balloon on instead of cutting it off, then there will be no mess at all :-)

We cut away our balloon and admired our pretty blue ice bowling ball :-)

The girls played ice bowling for aaagggeess, I loved watching Bubble teaching Squeak how to roll and throw the ball xx

Strike!

The ice ball went outside for a jump on the trampoline.

It ended in tears for the bowling ball, but the girls thought the broken ice was even more fascinating :-D

The other two balloons froze in a tear drop shape (no good for bowling!) so they went into the bath instead.

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