Easy Balloon Topiaries

Having a celebration, baby shower, birthday party?
Need some fast, quick, professional looking party decorations?

If you have 15 minutes and 12 balloons, you're in business with these quick, inexpensive DIY balloon topairies!


Here are the super easy basics:
Begin with nine-inch balloons. We'll use good, old-fashioned lung power as our inflating method.
Find a clear bowl. Mine's just a storage container with a diameter of about 7 inches. Blow up a balloon and slowly deflate until it fits inside the bowl. (That's to make sure the balloons are under inflated and are uniform in size.)






Twist the end of the balloon and tie into a very tight knot.
Repeat with a second balloon, then knot the two balloons together.






Repeat until you have six pairs of balloons.
Then connect two sets together (four balloons) by twisting them around each other at the knots. (Because you under inflated the balloons, you don't have to be too gentle.)






Make three clusters of four balloons each.
Holding the clusters at the center knots, join/force two of the four-balloon clusters together, again twisting around each other at the center knot area. It should look something like this:






Now, holding the group of eight at the center, join/force in the final cluster and twist all the clusters together, weaving any or all 12 balloons around each other until you have a desirable color arrangement.






The twisted center area holds them all together.






To hang, tie a ribbon around a balloon or two and pull the ends until a knot forms at the middle of the cluster.
Here's a quick demo (and unless you're a fan of squeaky balloon noises, press mute first):













Hang it from a string or mount it on a dowel.... S'up to you!

Choose elegant balloons for more formal occasions,






or select the colors of your favorite team for this year's superbowl party.
Be sure to check out the post for additional photos, decorating ideas and instructions on how to make a balloon column or arch.







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