Cardboard hot air balloon

VBS theme..."SKY"...hot air balloon basket made out of cardboard box

Hot air balloon basket made out of strips of woven cardboard.

Up, up and away! This charming little balloon is sure to raise the cheer in the room. It combines well with our biplane and helicopter. The pieces are laser cut from high quality birch plywood. They are hand sanded before a colored stain is applied. The etched basket is suspended from the balloon. The balloon comes fully assembled and ready to hang, with 4' of twine. The balloon is made in two sizes. Standard is 4 1/4" in diameter and the whole assembly is about 7" tall. Large is 8 3/8" in…

Hot Air Balloon photo booth for 5th Grade Celebration. Used chicken wire to form a cone, wrapped it in butcher paper, and stapled it to the wall. Then attached all of the balloons to the to the paper and other balloons with double stick tape, filling the inside of the cone with filler paper and loose balloons. The basket is a Jute runner (bought from a local big box store) stapled to an extra large cardboard box, open on the back side for easy entry.