SMART Summer Tuesdays: Painting with Balloons

Get ready for a summer of curiosity, creativity, and just the right amount of mess with our Science Experiment Tuesdays series!

Each week, kids will take part in a new hands-on experiment while learning how to think like real scientists. Through exploring, estimating, observing, and drawing conclusions, participants will be guided through the scientific method in a way that’s fun, engaging, and easy to understand. Best of all, all the mess stays here. Parents can relax knowing the cleanup is handled. This is the perfect place for kids to get a little messy while learning something seriously cool.

Bring your curiosity and get ready to experiment!

This week we're painting with balloons! An activity where art and science collide in the most fun (and slightly unexpected) way! Participants will use balloons as their painting tool, exploring how air pressure, movement, and force change the way paint spreads, splashes, and blends on the page. Kids will experiment with different balloon sizes, paint amounts, and techniques to see how each choice creates a totally unique result. Along the way, they’ll make predictions, test ideas, and observe how their actions affect the final artwork putting the scientific method into colorful, hands-on practice. No two masterpieces will look the same, and that’s part of the excitement. It’s messy, creative, and full of discovery as kids learn that science isn’t just something you study, it’s something you can paint with!