Blow up Balloon: This time with Baking soda and Vinegar

balloon experiment

Science is Boring when it’s read, but it’s completely fun when you do the experiments with your own hands !

The best way to get your child interested in science is by doing SCIENCE stuff with them……

A lot of science stuff can be done with stuff in our own kitchen. Only thing needed is time and little bit of excitement……

Here I am starting a series called ‘Fun with Science’ and this is my First experiment post for you…..

Blowing Balloons are always fun, but this time let’s give a break to blowing by mouth and give a chance to Vinegar and Baking soda to do the job……..

Materials needed:

  • Balloon
  • Small bottle (cleaned glass or plastic beverage bottle)
  • Small funnel
  • Baking soda (3 tablespoons )
  • Vinegar (Approx 50 ml)

Start Action:

  • Stretch the opening of the balloon slightly and insert small funnel. Add Baking soda to the balloon through the funnel
  • Remove funnel slowly to prevent any tear on balloon. Keep the balloon with Baking soda aside. Wash the funnel to get rid of Baking soda
  • Take a clean bottle and to it add vinegar with help of the funnel
  • Remove the funnel
  • Now hold the balloon upright with a little bent to prevent Baking soda from falling off

  • Seal the mouth of balloon to the bottle and allow the Baking soda to fall into the vinegar
  • Next wait and watch how balloon blows up by itself !

Why does the balloon blow up ?

Adding vinegar to the Baking soda creates a chemical reaction. The Baking soda is a base, while the vinegar is an acid. When the two combine they create carbon dioxide (CO2). The gas rises up and tries to escape through the soft drink bottle. Since the exit is sealed with balloon, the gas escapes into the balloon and blows it up. In case you don’t have any vinegar then you can substitute the vinegar with lemon juice.

Why does the balloon blow up ? Image

My kids loved this experiment. I am sure your kids too would love it….So try it out. Will soon post the next experiment….Till then have FUN!

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26 Responses

  1. This looks like fun! We just made slime yesterday and my 2 year old son was entertained for a good 45minutes. Which is hard to accomplish lol

  2. candy says:

    Super fun. My son did this at his science fair this past year. He loved learning the reaction between acids and bases.

  3. Elaine says:

    Wow, I love it! Will have to do this experiment at home this week while the kids have one more week off from school.

  4. brittanidouglas says:

    My favorite part of Science was always the Science experiments! This will be so fun to do with my kiddos!

  5. Kim says:

    This is so cool! I’m going to make this with my girls!!! Looks like so much fun!

  6. Sangeeta says:

    I’ve seen videos of this experiment. This will definitely be fun for kids.

  7. Wow! That’s magical and so awesome! Didn’t knew about this fact. Will try it out! Interesting

  8. Dr Bushra says:

    This is so fun easy DIY i’m sure gonna share with my little ones

  9. momsmethods says:

    Am looking forward to other posts in this series.. Will surely do this with the kiddos at home

  10. Ruchie says:

    I love your samosa science posts always ….Always learning something

  11. Mrinal says:

    Wow this is a must do experiment at home.. i wish we got to do such experiment at school too

  12. Wow superb article. This looks like a fun loving activity. I will try this. Its interesting too.

  13. Nisha Malik says:

    My son is only 3yrs old right now but i am sure he would love it when he grows up..

  14. This is a great idea… My baby is gonna love this

  15. Papri Ganguly says:

    Fun experiment, totally agree with you that when you apply science practically, it provides fun.

  16. joshitajj says:

    Excited for this amazing series. Love the way you have explained. Such experiments stay in our memory forever…

  17. Snigdha says:

    It’s so much fun to do such interesting experiments … I will try at my home…

  18. beautyissh says:

    That’s fun and definitely easier than blowing each balloon from our mouth ❤

  19. Rakhi Parsai says:

    fantabulous idea.. My daughter is crazy about balloons and its difficult for me to blow them every now and then. I will teach her this in my supervision.

  20. What a lovely experiment, you are true the interest get piqued up seeing all these lovely fun experiments. Will try this with my 5 yr old. Thank You for sharing.

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