Hot Air Balloon Craft
Create a whimsical paper hot air balloon craft with our easy step-by-step guide! Perfect for kids of all ages, this fun project adds a touch of adventure to your crafting sessions.
Servings: 1 Hot Air Balloon Craft
Equipment
Ingredients
- Balloon Craft Template
- Construction Paper or Card Stock
- Toilet Paper Roll
- Pencil
- Ruler
- Glue
- Scotch Tape or Washi Tape
- String or Twine
- Small Hole Punch or Awl
Instructions
- Cut the toilet paper roll in half. Cut out a brown construction paper according to the length and circumference of your tissue paper roll.
- Download and print the hot air balloon shape template at the bottom of the post.
- Cut out 8-10 colorful balloons out of different colors of construction or cardstock paper.
- Fold the balloon shapes in half-long ways.
- Apply glue on one half of the balloon.
- Join another half side of a balloon shape with the first piece.
- Cut out 5-6 pieces of string or twine.
- Glue one piece of string between two of the balloon shapes.
- Continue gluing all the balloon pieces together
- Using your small hole punch or awl, create a hole at the bottom of each of the glued-together pieces. There should be at least four holes.
- Feed your pieces of string through each of the holes
- Tape the ends around the outside of the toilet paper roll to create a small basket.
- Next, glue the brown strip of paper around the outside of the toilet paper roll to cover up the attached strings.
- From here we like to glue thin strips of paper around the outside of the brown paper to create a basket look. This is great if you are going to use these as hot air balloon decorations for a party.
