What you will need:
- Big balloon
- Sharpie
- Scissors
- Cotton yarn
- 4 oz. White school glue
- 1/2 cup of Corn starch
- 1/4 cup of Warm water
- Something to stir with
- Petroleum jelly
- Clear fast drying spray paint
- Hanging lamp cord or fishing line (depending on your desired final product)
- Container for mixing
- Blow up a balloon. We kind of suggest not blowing it up to its maximum capacity so that it is rounder.
- After the balloon is inflated to it's desired size draw a circle with the sharpie around the balloon knot just large enough to accommodate whatever lighting method you choose. Note: If you are just wanting to hang the balls or use them in a vase then you don't need to leave a hole at all!
- You will need to prepare your work area by laying down a tarp. We hung a shower curtain between two chairs and suspended the balloons by it with string so we could have plenty of working room.
- Mix corn starch, glue and warm water together until it's not lumpy (too bad getting rid of cellulite isn't this easy).
- Smear the petroleum jelly all over your balloon until it is completely coated. Note: We specifically left using rubber gloves out of these instructions.
- Begin feeding the yarn through the glue mix and handing it off to the other person to drape around the ball.
- Tuck the start and end pieces of yarn beneath other pieces of yarn. Begin wrapping the yarn around the balloon vertically at a comfortable tightness, and gradually switch to wrapping horizontally.
- After your ball has dried for 24 hours, you can pop the balloon! Use a chopstick to knock out any glue crystals that developed between strings.
- Spray the ball with clear fast drying spray paint outdoors.
- Now let there be light, fishing wire from the ceiling, or something pretty to put in a vase!
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