Kelli had seen a project on Pinterest and wanted to give it a try. Â She lamented that it was too hard to do one her own and hinted that I could help her. Â Well a family friend volunteered to help but didn’t know what she would do with her little girl as it was a messy project. Â I quickly volunteered to take care of Bria if Andrea was willing to help Kelli. Â So…here they are.
The project requires blowing up a balloon and covering it with Vaseline. Â Then dipping string into a water, glue, cornstarch mixture. Â From there the balloon gets wrapped with the string.
After the string dries the balloon gets popped leaving an oval of string. Â Then she has to spray them with clear spray. Â She’s planning to hang them for decor.
Kelli was quite a mess by the time they were done.
All I can say…I got the better end of the deal watching Bria as I just fed her a bottle and she went to sleep so I started making some of the food that we need for the weekend. Â I have baked beans and meatballs in the refrigerator for the rehearsal dinner. Â I have garbage can mix ready for the reception.
After Andrea and Bria left we worked on the program and ate supper. Â Just as she was ready to leave her soon to be Mother in Law called and said that there was a problem with the tuxes. Â Kelli ordered black but the tuxes are light gray….It was evening when we figured this all out. Â Hopefully we’ll know more about it today.
Believe it or not, we did this when I was in third grade! Uh…1958! We used varigated thread. That thing held up for years. I think it finally got smashed on the Christmas ornament box about 30 years later. So, hang on to them when the wedding is over!
I remember doing this to make an Easter Basket for my son when he was little except I thought I used suger in it also.
I did an ovel shape with blue thread and made a base out of cardboard.
Then cut a hole out in the front, filled it with easter grass and all the stuff.
The cut edges were covered with ribbon and he used it for quite a few years.
Wow that sounds interesting. and looks very messy!
I am behind in reading your blog but have to say that I did this with cub scouts almost 30 years ago. We used small balloons and I only remember using Elmer’s glue. Wonder if Kelli”s mixture is any better. We spray painted them and we still have ours on our Christmas tree each year. What a great memory. I agree, you should hold on to them is possible to use again.