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Description

Making puffer fish using balloons, vinegar and bicarbonate of soda


Resources

Balloons
Cheap plastic gloves
Hair elastic band
Vinegar
Bicarbonate of soda
sharpie to decorate

Instructions

Cut off and fill the finger of a cheap plastic glove with vinegar and tie off with a elastic band. Get a balloon and decorate it like a puffer fish then put some bicarbonate of soda into it, (this will be easier to do with the help from a leader) then carefully put in the vinegar capsule. once the balloon has been tied up, place it onto a solid surface and give it a wack. The chemical reaction will inflate the balloon so it looks like a puffer fish.


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