5 Best Balloon Ideas
1. Balloon Messages
What You Need:
- Balloon (without any design on it)
- Writing Utensil
Instructions:
- Blow up a balloon to its fullest.
- Write the message on the balloon.
- Then give instructions to whoever you give the balloon to blow it up.
and TADA!
2. Balloon Tennis Kit
What you need:
- Paper plates
- Popsicle sticks
- Balloons
- Tape
Instructions:
- Tape a Popsicle stick to the back of a paper plate so that the paper plate has a handle. Do this to as many paper plates as needed for each player.
- Blow up the balloons to use them as your playing balls.
How to play:
Set up by:
- Finding two walls to play in between
- Place tape from one wall to another (you can be the judge to how high; remember this will be your net so you can adjust it however you please)
- Split into two teams with one team on either side of the tape
Play by:
- Overhand serving a balloon over the tape line at the beginning of the game
- The teams each return the balloon with the paddle and try to get the other team to let the balloon hit the ground on their side (just like volleyball)
- When a team lets the balloon drop, the other team gets a point
- Play to whatever amount of points you wish and the first team to get that many points wins!
3. Balloon Flower Vase
What you need:
- Balloons
- Small glasses
- Scissors
- Flowers
Instructions:
- Stretch out the balloon by pulling it and blowing it up
- Cut off one inch of the neck of the balloon
- Put the cup in the the balloon and stretch the balloon until there is only a small hole in the opening of the cup. (see picture to find a visual for it)
- Pour water into the cup through the hole and put a few flowers into the hole
And there you have it, a colorful new decoration to brighten up your home!
4. Tulle Balloons
What you need:
- Pastel balloons
- Light colored tulle
- Ribbon (optional)
- Flowers (optional)
Instructions:
- Cut whatever lengths of tulle you believe is needed to wrap around the balloon and tie where the balloon ties off
- For some extra pizzazz, you could tie a ribbon around the tie of the balloon after putting the tulle around the balloon
- In light of this pizzazz, we could add a little bit more pizzazz into that with fake flowers. We could add strung flowers to the tie of the balloon.
5. Balloon Ice Marbles
What you need:
- Mini balloons
- Water
- Food coloring
- Freezer
Instructions:
- Fill balloons with water
- Put a few drops of food coloring into a balloon and mix food coloring into water so that all the water is one color
- Freeze the balloon in the freezer
- After the balloon is fully frozen, cut the balloon off the ice.
And there you have it! Colored ice marbles!