Plastic-Free Water Balloons

This Water Balloon Kit Teaches How to Make Spherified Water

As fun as playing with water balloons in the summer can be, they can also be difficult to fill up and not to mention wasteful as single-use items that are challenging to clean once popped—this inventive water balloon kit offers a solution to all of the above.

The handy kit details how plastic-free water balloons that resemble giant water droplets can be made. While the outer portion of the droplet is smooth, it still pops when it is thrown, dropped or eaten.

The kit requires just a few kitchen staples for the making of spherified water—around the world, the technique of spherification is used for the making of everything from fruit juice bubbles to mock caviar and non-plastic water bottles. The two chemicals that are most important to the spherification process are Calcium Lactate, a main ingredient in pickle juice, and Sodium Alginate from brown seaweed.

Plastic-free Water Balloons
Opportunity for creating innovative and eco-friendly water balloon alternatives.
Spherified Water
Potential for developing new products and techniques using spherification.
Non-plastic Water Bottles
Disruptive innovation in the water bottle industry by exploring alternatives to plastic.

Sectors Adopting This

Toy and Entertainment Industry
Opportunity to develop eco-friendly, sustainable toys for outdoor play.
Food and Beverage Industry
Potential to create unique food and beverage products using spherified water.
Sustainable Packaging Industry
Disruptive innovation in packaging by exploring non-plastic water bottle options.
SCORE
6.8 out of 10
GENDER
50% Men50% Women
MARKETTop markets: North America
GENERATION
  • Gen Z
  • Gen Alpha
  • Millennial (primary audience)
  • Gen X (primary audience)
POPULARITY
Popularity 97%
Activity 100%
Freshness 8%

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