make a balloon wreath...check!

before each of my boys birthdays i always search the internet for great ideas for their birthday party. one day i stumbled upon a picture of a front door with a balloon wreath on it! i thought it looked awesome and knew that i had to have one! that was last feb. when ike was turning 4! of course i always take on more than i can handle so the balloon wreath didn't even get started before ike's birthday party. however, with kane's birthday just around the corner (april) i set out to get it done!

-i purchased a straw wreath at hobby lobby for only about 3.99! i got the biggest size they had.

-then i got a bunch of bags of balloons at wal-mart. if a drive to a dollar tree wasn't 40 minutes away i would have bought the balloons there. i paid 1.50/bag of balloons. i ended up buying ALOT of bags of balloons. i think i used almost 200 balloons on my wreath!

-i also purchased flower pins (in the floral dept. at hobby lobby or walmart) they were only 1.00 for 100!

-i simply put the pin around the middle of the balloon and pushed it into the straw wreath...over & over again until the wreath was covered!! (i left the plastic wrap around the straw wreath...less mess this way!)

doesn't it look awesome! i just love the wreath & it was so simple. my fingers were a little sore, but totally worth it! i think i will put it on our front door for everyone's birthday "week" at my house! a little reminder that someone is getting ready to have their special day!