IMAGINATION STATION Theme: Balloons By: Mattie Mokry

PART ONE: BALLOON LANTERN  Materials Needed:  2 People  Balloon  Modge Podge  Yarn  Tea Light Steps :  Blow up the balloon.  Get your helper to hold the balloon.  Cover the balloon with modge podge.  Wrap yarn around the balloon until it is completely covered.  Cover the yarn wrapped around the balloon in modge podge.  Let it dry overnight.  Once dry, pop the balloon & drop battery powered tea light into the lantern.

PART TWO: BALLOON WREATH  Materials Needed:  SEVERAL Balloons  Metal Wreath Frame  Ribbon (To Wrap The Visible Metal)  Canvas  Paint (For Canvas)  Hot Glue Gun & Glue Steps:  Begin tying balloons to metal frame.  Tie the balloons all the way around the circular frame as close as they can be tied.  Once they are tied, cover the remaining visible metal with ribbon.  Next, paint whatever you would like to be seen on your canvas.  After the canvas dries, hot glue ribbon to the back.  Lastly, tie the ribbon attached to the canvas to the wreath’s metal frame.

PART THREE: BALLOON BRACELET  Materials Needed  Long Balloons  Paracord  Bracelet Fastener  Lighter  Scissors Steps: 1.Cut the desired length of paracord. 2.Tie one end to half of the fastener. 3.Burn the knot until the paracord end melts. 4.Get a balloon &cut the closed end off. 5.Slide it onto the paracord & bunch it up. 6.Repeat steps 4 & 5 until bracelet is full. 7.Then repeat steps 2 & 3 to the remaining end of the bracelet.

WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS PROJECT?  I chose this project because I found the theme on Pinterest and it was something I had never done before. I saw it as a challenge and decided I could do it.

DO YOU WISH YOU WOULD HAVE CHOSEN SOMETHING ELSE AFTER REALIZING WHAT WENT INTO COMPLETING THIS PROJECT?  I actually wish that I had picked a portfolio project instead, because the project I chose was expensive to complete.

WHAT ARE SOME PROBLEMS, IF ANY, THAT YOU RAN INTO COMPLETING THIS PROJECT?  One problem I ran into was when some of the glue dried. Instead of drying clear, some of it dried a brown color.

HOW DO YOU THINK YOUR COMPLETED PROJECT TURNED OUT OVERALL?  I think for the most part my project turned out great. I think I did a pretty good job overall.