Don't go thinking Easter on me! These Balloons are ones my mom and I always made for our Easter Baskets when I was young... well Younger.. So these are what my mom and my kids whipped up for wedding decor! How cute are these...and SO SIMPLE to make, well minus the drying time.
Take a balloon and blow em up. I tried the LARGE circle ones, but they collapsed on me, but I probably need more string and starch.
So to make them I soak the Crochet String, be it any color in a mixture of Starch and Water. I add a bottle of elmers glue to it, just to make sure...but the starch is really the glue that makes it HARD and non collapsable. make a 2 parts starch to one part water mix.
You need to make sure you are in the garage or outside and wear old clothes, because this is a VERY MESSY JOB...and the kids my get frustrated if they dont have patience...did I say kids?:)
But just start wrapping the soaked string, every which way.. around and around..alot... did i say alot? and when done, throw on some glitter to really make em sparkle.. and hang to dry. I hung them on my ladder, or if you still have a clothesline around your house, that works the best. When Dry.. a good day or two. Gently pop the balloon and WA-LA...you have FLOATING DECOR!
Hang with Twine to give it a rustic look as in the picture...or fishline, but that is a bit more tricky to tie. Hang over the dance floor! Hang in the entrance! And your guests will bombard you with compliments and ooo and ahhh over HOW YOU MADE THESE! Happy Easter??! :)
