Balloon Buddies

Another very simple project! And one that inflates your inspiration to new heights!

What you will need:

Balloons.

Scraps of firm cardstock.

Scissors.

Permanent marker.

Pencils, crayons, kokis.

How to do it:

Draw two large ovals on the cardstock, slightly overlapping one another.

Detail and colour the ovals to resemble shoes - any kind you can think of: pumps, sneakers, boots, slippers, lace-ups, mary-janes.

Carefully cut out your prepared "shoes".

At the point where the ovals overlap, punch a small round hole.

Blow up the balloons and knot to close.

Using a permanent marker, draw faces on the balloons - human or animal, realistic or fantasy.

Slip the knot of the balloon through the hole in the cardstock from the detailed side.

Go on, create an entire Balloon Buddy Clan today!

Happy Banner

Ok, so this was a wild grab at something that turned out to be a greatly satisfying activity after all. The resulting effect was so gratifying, in fact, that we repeated this activity for a birthday party held later in the week, and had the same great results with the birthday girl's name. Try it over your kids' bedroom doors for fun.

The girls' dad had been away on business for a few days, and to welcome him home, they made him a happy banner.

They chose the word "DAD" for this banner. Each letter was traced onto an A4 page. The girls coloured and cut out each letter.

They cut strips of gift wrap ribbon and

attached the letters to the ribbon with tape.

A couple of extra strips of ribbon were twirled to add to the banner. (Run the blade of your scissors at an angle along gift wrap ribbon to make it really twirly).

Ribbons and letters were pasted up over the doorway that their daddy would come through.