Made a cloth balloon out of scraps

Friends of mine recently started a family and on my question whether I can make anything for their little one they asked for a balloon wrapper. It takes up minimal space when stowed (aka w/o inflated balloon) and is nice and touchy once you put a lung full of air into it.

Best thing: it uses up all those scraps you still have lying around. In my case this was less than a quarter square meter of cloth in bits and tatters :)

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Nooodel@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Cris_Color@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

What an absolutely fascinating object

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Is this a new thing?

Nooodel@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Depends on your definition, for me yes, made it this afternoon so I'd count that as new 😅. But perhaps I don't get the question...

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I have never heard of fabric balloons before. I'm wondering if it's some sort of new baby fad.

Nooodel@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Very cool, it's like a tiny hot air balloon. So does it float with helium?

Nooodel@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Hmm, if we're generous, the volume is around 8l, the cloth weighs 38g, difference in density is 1kg/m3 between air and helium.

1000g\m3*0.008m3 = 8g lift VS 38g mass. This won't take off but that wasn't the intention here :)

faythofdragons@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Fun!

Nooodel@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Yes 🙂

__nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y

cute

bbee@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

This is so cool!