Balloon Blow Processing Activity

Balloon Blow

This simple prop activity will 'stretch' your participants. Thanks Mary Ann for your contribution!

Contributor: Mary Ann Loeffler, CTRS

Source: A Teachable Moment, Cain, Cummings, Stanchfield. pg 53

Props/Materials needed: One balloon person.

Concept: To help participants identify changes they experienced during the program.

Directions:

Have your participants get into a circle.
Give everyone a balloon.
Instruct them to blow up the balloon and hold on to the end.
Next, tell them to let the balloon go, retrieve it, and then bring it back to the circle. Have everyone sit and place their balloon in front of them.
Talk about how after a balloon is inflated, it never goes back to it's pre-stretched shape.
Then, ask questions like, 'Where did you stretch yourself today?' 'Where did you collapse?' , 'Where do you find resistance (in your life, school, work).' , 'Where do you find energy/breath that helps you flow?'
Have each person share.

Where to find it/How to make it:

You can buy balloons at most large discount stores.

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