It’s Halloweek! Teal Pumpkin Project Balloon Wreath
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Alas, all good things must come to an end, including this year’s Halloweek! Be sure and check back on all the fun this week with day 1, day 2, day 3 and yesterday. We end with a project that is near and dear to my heart, the Teal Pumpkin Project. Last year, I discovered this amazing way to support trick-or-treaters with food allergies.
Their mission is to help raising awareness of food allergies and promoting inclusion of all trick-or-treaters throughout the Halloween season. To help them know your house has non-edible goodies to share, how about creating this fun balloon wreath? Yes, it is made out of balloons. A lot of them. But totally worth it! I’ve been wanting to make one ever since I came across it on Pinterest and I love it!
Oriental Trading has lots of toys and trinkets that are perfect for passing out to kids of all sensitivities. Plus, you can also get most of the supplies for your wreath.
What You’ll Need:
11″ latex balloons in orange, black and turquoise
10″ Fun-kin artificial carvable pumpkin in turquoise (if not, like me, you will need spray paint)
100 greening pins (available online or in the floral department of craft stores)
1 ½” ribbon
To cover an 18″ wreath, you will need 100 balloons of each color for the 11″ balloons and 200 5″ white balloons. Be sure and leave the plastic on the wreath so it doesn’t shed.
Stack one orange, black, and turquoise balloons with two white balloons together, position them on the wreath, then push a greening pin through all the necks of the balloons to secure them to the wreath. Be sure and push the pin all the way through. Repeat until the wreath is covered, turning the direction of the balloon necks’ before pinning to give it a non-uniform look.
Working steadily, this took me about 2 hours, but if you have to break up your time, feel free! It didn’t seem tedious at all, especially catching up on my DVR’d shows.
Once the wreath is covered, trim a piece of ribbon and add as a hanger.
With a sharp cutting blade, carefully cut your artificial pumpkin in half and if necessary, spray paint it. Use a few long straight pins to attach it to the bottom inside of wreath.
Hang up on your front door and enjoy! What I love about this project is you can make it whatever color you want to suit your Halloween needs…black and white, or purple or all orange or silver…
I hope you have had fun with us this week! Don’t worry, I’ll still be working on more seasonal fun since I couldn’t contain it all in one week. Check out previous posts for more inspiration…
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