I thought having some hanging hot air balloons in Sophie's room would be fun.
Something cute for her to stare at :0)
I found these cute balloons but they were a little pricey and small.
I started to think up how I could make some myself and came
up with the idea to use paper or nylon chinese lanterns.
Then I thought, it'd be cool if they actually lit up too and doubled as night lights!
I ordered a few light kits and some lanterns in different shapes,
I already had some small round lanterns in my closet.
.The green one came colored already, and I remembered to take a pic
right after I had painted on the blue stripes, hehe.
All I did was paint them up with acrylic paints.
Painting on the nylon lanterns was a lot easier than the paper lanterns btw.
I then used dimensional paint to add some fun details,
and a thin sharpie to draw on the "netting".
Finding baskets was hard, lol -I finally found some at Hobby Lobby in San
Antonio while we were on vacation! They were a blonde colored wood so
I just painted them a darker shade.
After the lanterns were nice and dry I just poked some
string through them and tied the baskets on. Hanging them from Sophie's
chandelier made this process a lot easier!
Here it is all tied up :0)
I hot glued on some "sand bags" made
up of scrap fabric and a little poly fil and some little flags.
Those were made quickly and simply with
paper and markers...that's all there was too it!
This was a really fun project. They still don't have the light
kits attached but I hung them up anyway just to enjoy their
cuteness :0). Sophie seems to like them too!
Here they are in their new home..
Now here's some cute pics of Sophie to enjoy :0)
:0)
