Balloon Couch Challenge

What would you do with 20 balloons, 3 rolls of sticky tape and a little bit of initiative?

Make a balloon couch obviously!!

Girls at the ReachOut! Academy this week had 30 minutes to design and build a "couch" out of balloons with their mentors. Points were awarded for how much the final version looked like their design, uniqueness and innovation, team work and communication and finally how effective it was as a couch.

Some went for an arm chair style whilst others opted for futons, but all succeeded in holding the weight of one team member for 20 seconds!!!

Rounds of applause and kit-kat chunkies for the winning team followed before "dismantling" the couches, a pretty noisy and stressful process for all involved to be honest. However one group thought their couch was so comfy they decided to take it home to watch TV!

Did you take part in the balloon couch challenge with a group of ReachOut! mentees this week? Leave a comment and tell us how you got on!