Vinegar + Baking Soda + Balloons

It's Thursday and it's time for some experiments! This time, it's blowing up some balloons using a mixture of vinegar and baking soda. Honestly, this experiment took me (Mommy) several wiping of spilled vinegar and baking soda before we could have the table picture ready. Getting the (caked up) baking soda into each balloon was also a bit harder than we expected so from Adam, the task was passed on to me. The prep was quite messy and time-consuming but it was worth it. The instant chemical reaction produced instant gratification too and we could say that the end result was a successful one!

Excited to get their hands on the project but patient enough to let me take a picture first.

And here's the first one.

Woah! That reaction was quick!

Adam's plastic bottle had a leak but his finger was good enough to keep
the pressure and mixture inside.

This one was the biggest balloon because it's from the biggest bottle with the
most amount of vinegar and baking soda mixture.

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