Last year Missy featured this adorable birthday wreath on How Does She and I thought I would give it a whirl. Here’s the completed balloon wreath the easy instructions so you can create it on your own!
First I gathered my supplies:
- Straw wreath still in the plastic
- 6-8 bags of multi-colored balloons from the Dollar Store
- Greenery pins (I used about 200 total)
- Birthday ribbon or other embellishments
To get started, I took a greenery pin, placed it around the middle of the balloon and stuck it all the way into the straw wreath as seen below.
And… that’s about it. I did that step about 200 times over! Here’s some progress…
I made sure the colors were spread out evenly and only covered the front of the wreath and a little bit on the sides.
Once all of the balloons were in place, I decided to add a little bit of pizzazz and found some Happy Birthday ribbon in my craft closet.
I added a simple bow to the top of the wreath and let the ends hang down so people could read the ribbon.
And that’s it! Super simple and relatively cheap. I spent $3 on the wreath, $7 on balloons, and around $5 on greenery pins. I already had the ribbon in stock so not too shabby for a wreath I can use several times a year for birthday parties!
SO ADORABLE! Thank you so much for sharing with us how you made this.
I absolutely LOVE THIS! My LO’s 1st birthday is the day after Christmas. This would be great to swap out with the Christmas wreath on the door for the day!
Oooo, I like this. I’m going to make one and use it as my ‘summer’ wreath.
Thanks for sharing this, clever lady.
Jeannie
Cute, cute idea!!
What a lovely idea! I came over from Tip Me Tuesday to say hi. Love your blog! I’m your newest followers
Best wishes from Holland, Annemarie
This is super cute! Although, it looks like its a killer for time! Great job!
Thsi is such a great idea. I love it.
Creative idea. Super cute!
That’s so adorable. I’ve never seen that before..so clever. Thanks for partying with me over at DIYbyDesign.
This is so fun!!!!! What a great idea! I can’t wait to make one. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome! I can’t wait to make one. Thanks for sharing how you did it along with pictures. I love pictures. It makes it seem possible for me to do it, too!! R.
PS–I found your link on Home Stories A to Z!
awesome thanks for sharing!
What a cute idea!
Years ago, my mom made us hair clips with balloons.
Recently, my dd had a party to go to and we used balloons to dress up a pair of flip flops like this.
So cute!
You’ve inspired me to want to dig out my extras!
Ohmigoodness! You totally just sparked a memory!! I used to have a balloon hairbow as well! Hmm… definitely going to make one now for my 3 year old :) Thanks Donna.
That is amazing and so festive. The price is RIGHT! I wanted to invite you to share this in a blog link up I am co-hosting.
http://www.messforless.net/2011/09/real-life-tips-blog-link-up.html
No way! I love it. Totally making this during birthday season at my house! (Everyone but me has a spring b-day)
Thanks for linking up in my mommy solution meme!
Forgot to mention- sharing a link on Facebook!
Erin that is one cute and clever idea. How colorful too. Thanks for sharing with my newbie party.
Adorable. Just adorable. I’m saving this on Pinterest for my daughter to see this post.
Super cute! I would love for you to link it up at my Do Something Crafty linky party: http://vanessascraftynest.blogspot.com/search/label/Do%20Something%20Crafty%20Friday
Featuring YOU over on my blog this morning. Love your wreath! :) Thanks for sharing at my {wow me} wednesday party last week.
Ginger @ gingersnapcrafts.com
http://www.gingersnapcrafts.com/2011/09/take-look-at-you-wreaths.html
How incredibly adorable and CLEVER!! thank you so much for sharing. I love it!!
Thank-you for sharing the how to’s for this wreath!
:)
Gaylene
My baby shower theme is “She’s about to POP!” This is perfect!! I’m going to work in my “POP on in to Sarah’s Baby Shower” sign somehow. LOVE…
Ohmigoodness! I absolutely LOVE that shower theme. Great idea!!
Hey Erin! I thought I would pick this post to tell you how much I LOVE all of your birthday ideas and printables!!! My little Ellie will be 2 on the 18th, so your bday posts stuck out to me! Thanks for all of the ideas and the printable :) I wish I new how to make all of those! Maybe she’ll have a bumble bee party ;) I’m downloading them all! Happy 4th to you and your family!!
SO glad to hear you’ll be using the printables Jill!! Send me a pic so I can see when you’re done :)
I LOVE THIS!! I am always looking for ideas we can use year after year for our boys. This is PERFECT! Thanks!