How to Make a Sponge Ball for Summer Water Fun!
May 30, 2012 by Aimee • 56 Comments
Sponge Balls + Bucket of Water = Summer Fun for Kids!
This week I’m sharing fun summer fun activities for my sweeties {and yours, too}.
This week I’m sharing fun summer fun activities for my sweeties {and yours, too}.
After checking out several stores, I found the best sponge deal at Walgreens…9 for $2.99!
I cut each sponge into three pieces lengthwise -
removing the wavy portion on both sides of each sponge.
Place the pieces in order as pictured above,
six pieces layered across and stacked three pieces high.
Place a piece of jute string under the sponges along the center.
Wrap the string around the sponges and pull it tight. Tie the string in a double knot.
Tah Dah….a Sponge Ball!
Trim the string, finish dinner, and WIPE that face!
Brother vs. Brother…dinner’s over…it’s on!
Easy going on the first dunk.
Non-stop Running, Laughter and LOTS and LOTS of Water Bombing!
Way better than a water balloon fight…and the cool thing…
the battle will continue all Summer long…they’ve already
made me promise they can do it all over again tomorrow!
Summer Fun: How to Launch a 2 Liter with Mentos.
Cute Bs!! They look like they’re having a blast. You’re such a fun momma!
I am loving all of your fun Summer ideas! My oldest is having her birthday party on Friday and we were going to do water balloons. How great that they are reusable! May have to put this one on the to-do list, instead!
Take care,
Trish
This looks like so much fun! I have most definitely got to try this with my little ones! Adorable children you have!
What fun! Your kids are so lucky to have such a creative and fun mom. They must LOVE summertime!
LOVE this!! I am so glad there are creative people like you in the world to give me great ideas.
Thanks for putting this on WFMW – that’s how I found you!
Aimee!This is such a cute idea! Love it! Have a wonderful week! Angie xo
Oh my Boys will Love these! Thanks for sharing
Loved this – cannot wait to try it at home with my two! Really like the summer fun series, looking forward to some more great ideas…
Wanted to let you know, did a quick feature on your blog, I do a post called Bits from Pretty Bloggers every couple of weeks at http://www.littlelessperfect.blogspot.com if you wish to check it out. Would have sent an email but cannot find one on your site.
Thanks again.
This would be great fun for a summertime party!
Love this! How fun!
What a great and easy idea!! Thanks for sharing! Totally pinned!!
Looks like so much fun. I will have to hop on over to Walgreens or Dollar Tree and get some sponges to make these with the littleest grandkids. thanks Malika
Great idea, looks so fun! I love your action shots. Will have to try this! I am pinning!
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OMG how easy and fun are these!! I will definitely be making some of these up this Summer!! Thanks for the awesome idea
Thank you for sharing at my Super Link Party!
I love these and we will sooo be making them this summer!
these look so fun! we will be making these soon
This post has inspired me to post a collection of fun things to do with sponges!
I hope it is ok to use a photo to go with the link back to your blog.
Thanks!
I wanna play!! Looks like fun for adults!!!
What an awesome idea! Featuring you today on Favorite Pins Friday!! http://www.waittilyourfathergetshome.com/2012/06/01/favorite-pins-friday-3/
What a stinkin’ fabulous idea and sooo inexpensive!!! Love it!
I have seen these on Pinterest before. Thanks for sharing how to make them! Looks like a lot of fun.
If you have a Fred’s (like a Dollar General), I found bags of sponges 8ct for $1. They are assorted sizes, but you are going to cut them anyway. I made 20 balls for $5!!
That’s AWESOME! I wish I had one…maybe one of our readers do…thanks so much for sharing your good find!
XO, Aimee
Whoa! This is awesome! We love stopping in at your blog!
We hope that you will stop back over and share this in our weekly Crafty Showcase (Sat-Thur) with the Featured links on Friday. It would be an honor if you would stop over and link up this fun crafty idea post or any others you want to share!
Have a great weekend!
Susie
http://bowdabrablog.com/2012/06/02/saturday-showcase-craft-projects-4/
Wow! that looks like a lot of fun! something i will absolutely make with my little boys! they would love it!
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These look so fun! I will have to make some for the pool.
I am inviting you to come and be part of my blog hop:
http://juliejewels1.blogspot.com/2012/05/show-your-stuff-26.html
I can’t wait to make these with my little guys!
LOVE this! 
I would love for you to share this on Saturday Show & Tell on Cheerios and Lattes! My readers would love this! 
http://www.cheeriosandlattes.com/saturday-show-tell-13-whats-new-on-cl/ and on our Summer Activities for Toddlers Collection (multiple bloggers are collecting great summer ideas; see the link in the Saturday Show & Tell).
Mackenzie
wow!! love the idea!
keep up the good work!!
panagiota of Double Crochets
These look like great fun. I will have to try to make these this summer for my niece.
Greetings from Germany
Catrin
So darn cute! I shared this on my Facebook Page too.
So fun. The kids will all love this. It would be awesome if you shared this with my readers at Show Off Mondays on Kampen Lane.
http://www.kampenlane.com/2012/06/show-off-monday-9.html
~Taylor-Ann
kampenlane.com
This will be so fun for our family reunion!! We are so glad you joined our “Strut Your Stuff Saturday”. We love to see all of the great recipes and ideas!! Thanks and we hope to see you again next week! -The Sisters
I would love to have you also link this post up with me at Wow Us Wednesdays. I know my grandkids would love this, I’ll make it for them
So glad I saw this. I need some of these for our church’s VBS next week!!
This is GREAT! I’m totally doing this for my boys! I’d love for you to link up to my first ever linky party, Ta-Da Tuesday
check it out here !
Now, who wouldn’t have a blast with these sponge water balls. ;o) Smiles, Paula
I love this. I am going to try this asap. My kids and I love spending time outside and sponge bombs are right up our alley! Thanks
I found you on Somewhat Simple’s Blog Link Party! I love this idea! It’s safer and cleaner than using water balloons.
http://pampereddaughterthriftywife.blogspot.com
Aren’t these the best? My kids love the ones we made last summer! They even played with them in the winter (in the house and without the water, of course!) They’re the only balls they’re allowed to throw in the house.
way better than water balloons! SO doing this, what a fun idea! Thanks for linking, i’m featuring you tonight!
Thank yo so much for linking this up to our Crafty Showcase. We’ve enjoyed looking at it all this week and watching all the clicks were you getting on it from the link up. So I’m here to tell you CONGRATS that this post was our #1 most clicked link with well over 100 hits. We are featuring you on our blog today, facebook page, twitter and pinterest! Stop over and see your feature!
Don’t forget to stop in on Saturday-Thur and link up some more of your awesome ideas.
Have a super weekend and a fab summer!
Susie @Bowdabra
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Featuring you today! : ) Such a fun activity for the kids!
My boys would seriously LOVE this project….they love playing with water….lol I hope you will link up with me here:
http://www.thegingerbreadblog.com/2012/06/sweet-saturday-link-party-v42.html
My six year old will LOVE THIS! Great idea.
Great Idea and so cheap!
Your newest follower. Kimberly @ mypinterestreality.com
Too much fun! No mess too:) Thanks so much for sharing at Mom On Timeout!
I featured your project on my blog today… Love it!
That looks like fun with not a lot of money! My daughter is having a cookout for her 16th birthday complete with water balloons, sprinkler under the trampoline. I’m going to make these for the younger ones to have one with. Thanks for the idea and the tute!
This looks like so much fun!
I adore these water bombs! We don’t have kids yet, but this might be a project my husband might enjoy!
Guess what?? We are still loving this project! You are in our Top 12 Feature Friday Post from 2012. We loved it so much that you are one of the top 12 featured blog projects submitted into our Feature Friday Linky.
Thank you for sharing your talents with us in 2012. We can’t WAIT to see what you will share in 2013. We would LOVE to feature a fun project from your blog on our blog’s SHOW N TELL feature. It can be a project that you have on your blog, recipe or anything fun! Please email me at susie@bowdabra.com and let me know if there is a project I can get from your blog or if you have something new. Your blog would get the link back to your blog plus we would share it with all our social media sites.
Thanks and have a Happy 2013.
Susie and the entire Bowdabra Team!
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Love this idea! Why didn’t we think of this as kids. So time consuming to tie up all those balloons and Mom was NEVER happy with all that water on the floor!