Y'all I really wish this was just a put on for good entertainment but I REALLY couldn't get the balloons to blow up. I can break boards with my bare hands but I've been thwarted by a balloon :( such is life. In the end I was able to suck air in to the balloon from the other end and then blow it up the rest of the way. I was afraid of accidently swallowing the balloon sucking air in to it that way. As @essentialoilmom said though, I will have to practice.