From projects.rimmkaufman.com

If you only read one sentence, here’s what you need to know: latex tubing makes great water balloons.

It started at my son’s birthday party in May. We ran out of water balloons and needed alternatives. We had scrap latex surgical tubing from a sling shot project. We discovered the tubing makes excellent water balloons, about 3′ long.

After the party we started thinking: what was the longest possible water balloon we could make?

Our local Lowe’s had only short pieces of tubing.

We had better luck online. We found 50′ rolls of latex tubing at Atlantic Rubber for under $20. We choose 1/4″ ID, 1/16″ wall amber natural latex tubing, model #250×062.

We wondered: could we really make a fifty foot water balloon? We had to try.