Materials for Hot Air Balloon:
- Photo
- Scissors
- Canvas (whatever size you want)
- Blue paint
- Paintbrush
- Hot glue
- Buttons
- White felt
- White yarn, string or thread
- Colored paper to make the basket frame
- Photo
Materials for Tray:
- Weather resistant glue
- Old tray
- Buttons
- Resin and hardener (optional)
Materials for Jeans:
- Scissors
- Pants
- Three buttons
- Colored darning thread
- Darning needle
Directions for Balloon:
- Paint canvas blue
- Cut out white felt clouds
- Hot glue clouds
- Hot glue all your buttons *make 2/3 layers of buttons varying colors and sizes
- Along bottom of balloon 10/20 4” yarn strands
- Add buttons on top of glue line to conceal glue
- Cut ends of yarn evenly
- Glue down large buttons in corner as your “sun”
- Cut out 2 squares, 1 larger than the other in fun patterned paper
- Cut out center to create frame
- Add photo. Glue in between w/ frame on top
- Add whatever other embellishments you want
Directions for Tray:
- Buy tray or take old tray
- Repaint if needed/desired
- Put glue down starting at corners, sections by section, using weather proof glue
- Place buttons in different sizes and shapes to fill in all gaps. Using smaller buttons to fill in the holes
- Dry overnight
- Add resin (optional) to create smooth shiny surface. (mix equal perts resin and hardener)
- Pour over bottom of tray evenly
- Let sit for 24 hours
Directions for Jeans:
- Old pair of jeans
- Using a ruler and piece of chalk, draw on ¾, stem lengths varying in lengths. This creates the pattern for the flower
- 4 different colors of darning thread or yarn.
- Use a large needle and thread starting from below bottom of pant leg to knee area.
- Top it off with a button of your choice
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