Homemade balloons

I think my mother sent the kids these kits in their Easter baskets. Of course it was too cold to try them out and they were definitely an outside thing, so today we tried out our make your own balloon kits. Here's what they looked like

 You had to squeeze a bit of the colored plastic onto the little straw thing then you blow and it makes a balloon.

You are supposed to then "tie" them off and presto you have a balloon. Well tying them off translated into pinching them shut and maybe it was the sunshine but they shriveled up pretty quickly. They kids still had a great time making them.

 It was a fun summer activity. Glad I only opened one pack so we can make them another time.