Hot Air Balloon Decoration Tutorial

This is such an easy Hot Air Balloon decoration tutorial that you will love! You may remember another hot air balloon tutorial that I shared awhile ago but this one is easier.

Items needed

Paper lanterns, Scrapbook paper, Bakers Twine, Mini Metal tin buckets, scissors, Hot glue gun and a Hole punch.

Step 1

I purchased light blue paper lanterns for a baby boy shower for one of my nieces that I hosted a few days ago. Once the lantern is opened up, measure out two long pieces of bakers twine and attach them to the top of the lantern around the metal hook area so that the strings hang down on 4 sides and long enough to attach the small metal buckets to. Dab a little bit of hot glue to the 4 top edges of the lantern to keep each piece of twine in place. You can also dab a little bit more of hot glue half way down the lantern to keep the string from moving around.

Step 2

Decide what colors and patterns of scrapbook paper you want to use as flags on your hot air balloon. Cut out about 20 to 25 triangles per lantern depending on the size of your paper lantern. My triangles measured about 1″ to 1 1/2″ in length and height.

Tip: I used my circuit machine to cut out all of the triangles which saved me a lot of time. I used yellow, grey, blue and white patterned paper to bring in a little wow factor.

Step 3

Cut pieces of bakers twine long enough to wrap all around each lantern. Make sure the strings are long enough to dip up and down around the lantern. Start at the top of one side and use hot glue to secure. Move the string down for the next section and add a dab of hot glue to secure it and repeat this up and down method until you have reached all around the lantern to the start area. You don’t need to connect the strings unless you want to, I ended with one up high and one down low. Once the string is in place, start attaching the triangles all along the string with hot glue, leaving a small space in between each triangle.

Step 4

To prepare the little white metal pails I took off the little handles and then used a regular hole punch to punch two extra holes. I had to bend a little piece of metal to the inside as it did not punch a perfect hole. You will then have four holes to attach your twine through.

Thread the bakers twine that you let hang down from step 1 into each one of the holes. Make sure that they are even so the basket hangs straight and not crooked. The best way to do this is to hang the lantern by the metal hook somewhere and let the twine hang down, then start with one side and thread the twine through one hole but don’t knot it until all 4 are threaded through. Once the basket is hanging evenly then tie each one with a knot.

Step 5

The last thing you need to do is take a small piece of twine and tie it around all four pieces of twine to give it more of the look of a hot air balloon and bam! You are done!

Decorate

I hung the 3 hot air balloons from fishing line and a push pin for the baby shower and it looked adorable. I gave the to our niece so she could use them as decoration for the baby’s room. Here is the link to my post about the Hot air balloon baby shower