Being a summer parent is no easy thing. While we try to be present and enjoy the long lazy days with our kids, emails keep coming and work still needs to be done.
And when I am done for the day, I want to PLAY with them, or sit back and enjoy a well earned bevvie and watch them play.
Prepping their activities is tiresome, and often the set up of these things takes longer than the actual playing does. Much like the hours I put into dinner, only to have it consumed in 5 minutes flat.
So finding something FUN, that is also EASY is always the plan.
Enter, Bunch-o-Balloons.
I always imagined that this idea came from polling parents about the WORST part of having kids. If you haven’t yet had to sit in the hot sun and tie hundreds of water balloons while children dance about you in anticipation… then you haven’t experienced true hell.
Your hands start to bleed, your back aches, and there is no possible way for you to make ENOUGH for them to use. It is a vicious circle.
Bunch-a-Balloons allows you to fill 100 water balloons in under a minute. Which leaves LOTS of time for pouring a cold drink and snoozing on the chaise this summer.
It is easy enough for the kids to do themselves as well.
First off, attach the Bunch-a-Balloons adaptor to your hose.
Pop the “un-filled” balloons in a bucket, and turn on the hose.
The Balloons will RAPIDLY fill. Once they are filled to capacity they will “pop” off the stems and land softly into the bucket.
And, bada-bing, you have water balloons!
These ones are the good ones too- they DO break when you toss them at someone, but not just when you pick them up!
We especially love that we aren’t waisting a tonne of water for this fun, refreshing summer activity. Unlike standing at the sink, there is very little water that gets wasted, and the kids have a blast, without draining our well.
The team at Bunch-A-Balloons wants YOU to have some summer fun as well! If you live in Canada and are over 18, enter to win a few hours of peace and quiet for yourself this summer. You can win the pack pictured above, a Bunch O Balloons Rapid Fill 3 Pack and Launcher Set (ARV $19.99)
Have fun!