Have a ball this summer with this Easy Sponge Balls DIY for Kids including video tutorial! This fun craft for may contain commissioned links.
Easy Sponge Balls DIY for Kids
What does summer and sponges have in common?
Everything FUN! Today I’m making this easy sponge balls DIY for kids on the blog, because I have something fun up my sleeve 🙂 These toss-able sponge balls are the perfect dollar craft idea to keep your children busy this summer. Create, play and have a whole bunch of water FUN in minutes with this easy DIY tutorial, including video instructions! Here’s how:
What You Will Need (per sponge ball):
- Rectangle Sponges – about 3 per ball (Dollar Store!)
- Rubber Bands
- Scissors
Directions:
See full sponge ball video tutorial on my YouTube channel to see how easy it is to make these FUN sponge balls for summer! Seriously done in minutes.
- Cut sponges into thirds lengthwise
- Stack sponges as desired into a 3×3 cube (the more colors, the better!)
- Tie rubber band around the middle of the cube securely.
- Pouf out and arrange sponge ball
5. Use for sponge tosses, water play, and more! Dry or soaked, these sponges are sure to create some amazing summer memories and smiles!
Check out my DIY Toddler Car Wash, where these Sponge Balls are the perfect car wash accessory!
More Summer Craft Ideas:
Need some more easy summer crafting ideas? Check out some of these most popular summer activities:
- Easy Footprint Flip Flop Craft
- Minions Ice Experiment
- Milk Carton Sailboats Craft
- Finding Dory Party Ideas
How would your kids use this easy sponge balls DIY?
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Denise Taylor-Dennis says
My son would love to soak these and have a sponge ball fight.
Maralea says
What a fun and easy project. These will provide tons of fun for the grandkids!
Elizabeth Johnson says
Such a great fun inexpensive idea. Better than water balloons. No rubber mess tp clean up after. Love that
Linda Manns Linneman says
This is a very inexpensive fun thing to do, I know my grandkids will love making them and then playing with them. I know they will want to have water fights with these. Thank you so much for sharing
vickie allbright says
thank you this is such a fun and creative idea and cant wait to show the kiddos
belinda bell says
this is a great idea. very simple and inexpensive
susana says
Such a great and affordable idea for the summer!!!! I don’t have kids, but I would def play and make these cute sponge balls!!!
M.Clark says
These sponge balls would be great for playing water fight, instead of using balloons. Thank you for sharing this DIY post.
Kimberly M. says
I made these for my grandsons and I so we could have sponge ball battles and we had hours of fun. I will defnitely know next time not to have a battle fight after cutting my grass but they were so much fun and they had lots of laughs.
Sarah L says
Those are neat sponge balls for summer fun.
Nataile Brown says
I absolutely love this idea! It’s so easy and affordable too. Thanks for the easy tutorial!
Joanne Gregory says
He would throw them around and try to hit them with his baseball bat.
Sarah L says
Water fight! But gentle and colorful.
Emily Smith says
What an awesome idea! My boys will love this!
lana simanovicki says
this is really fun
Dorothy Boucher says
wow! talk about fun! I am sure my grandchildren would love playing with these, will have to give this a shot at our last gathering of the summer next week 🙂 make a fun day of it 🙂
Fee Roberts says
I like these sponge balls. I could use these for my dishes.