| Check out the video version of this guide on | | | | held in April of 2006. More than 2900 people gathered |
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| How To Make a Water Balloon Launcher | | | | 50,000 water balloons at each other. |
| Get more great outdoor game and party ideas at | | | | Introduction |
| Howcast.com: | | | | The old-fashioned way of just throwing water |
| Outdoor & Party Games Videos | | | | balloons yields unsatisfactory results. We need |
| Introduction | | | | something bigger and better. |
| The old-fashioned way of just throwing water | | | | You Will Need |
| balloons yields unsatisfactory results. We need | | | | - A funnel |
| something bigger and better. | | | | - 16-20 feet of rubber or latex tubing |
| You Will Need | | | | - 2 washers |
| - A funnel | | | | - A few feet of rope |
| - 16-20 feet of rubber or latex tubing | | | | - A drill & drill bits |
| - 2 washers | | | | - Water balloons |
| - A few feet of rope | | | | Step 1: Drill holes in funnel |
| - A drill & drill bits | | | | Drill four holes in the funnel; two a few inches apart |
| - Water balloons | | | | on one side, and two more directly opposite those. |
| Step 1: Drill holes in funnel | | | | Make sure the holes are larger in diameter than the |
| Drill four holes in the funnel; two a few inches apart | | | | tubing. |
| on one side, and two more directly opposite those. | | | | Step 2: Cut the tubing |
| Make sure the holes are larger in diameter than the | | | | Cut the tubing so you have two 8- to 10-foot |
| tubing. | | | | sections. |
| Step 2: Cut the tubing | | | | Step 3: Thread tubing through holes |
| Cut the tubing so you have two 8- to 10-foot | | | | Thread the tubing through the two holes on the |
| sections. | | | | same side. Repeat that for the other piece of tubing. |
| Step 3: Thread tubing through holes | | | | Step 4: Tie rope and secure with washers |
| Thread the tubing through the two holes on the | | | | Take the rope and tie it through the washer and |
| same side. Repeat that for the other piece of tubing. | | | | then insert it in the end of the funnel. Drop the |
| Step 4: Tie rope and secure with washers | | | | second washer through the rope and tie a knot to |
| Take the rope and tie it through the washer and | | | | keep it from escaping. |
| then insert it in the end of the funnel. Drop the | | | | Step 5: Make water balloons |
| second washer through the rope and tie a knot to | | | | Fill up as many water balloons as needed. |
| keep it from escaping. | | | | Step 6: Fire away! |
| Step 5: Make water balloons | | | | Get two friends to help you and fire away! |
| Fill up as many water balloons as needed. | | | | Fact |
| Step 6: Fire away! | | | | The world’s largest water balloon event was |
| Get two friends to help you and fire away! | | | | held in April of 2006. More than 2900 people gathered |
| Fact | | | | at the Coogee Beach in Australia and threw about |
| The world’s largest water balloon event was | | | | 50,000 water balloons at each other. |