This project was extremely time-consuming and frustrating - not at all how I expected after seeing the original idea from Martha Stewart.
I bought my water balloons and wooden skewers and started getting really excited about how cute these little babies would turn out. But no matter how I tied the balloons around the sticks, they looked like this:
I tried so many alternative options (and wasted a lot of time and materials) but I was determined to make it work!
Finally, I discovered a solution:
Step 1: Blow up water balloons and tie off.
Step 2: Then trim the bulky, rolled-up part at the opening.
Step 3: Tie a piece of string above the knot. The string must be longer than the coffee stirrer (which I used in place of skewers).
Step 4: Thread string through coffee stirrer and pull until knot becomes tightly wedged inside the straw.
Step 5: Trim off any excess string that sticks out of the straw. The knot of the balloon is so snug inside the coffee stirrer that I promise the balloons won't detach easily.
My full "Up" Birthday Party post can be found here! Check it out!
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