A Commoner's Castle Too Diy Balloon Weights

I am thus honored to live invitee posting today at Lauren's fabulous blog, cornice box that she made for her daughter's room. 

I'm sharing a cheap, slow arrive at for tired light shades over at Lauren's place today.  Go catch her too expect roughly a bit, I know you'll observe something y'all like.  Thank y'all Lauren for inviting me to part my real kickoff invitee post, too I looking forwards to seeing many to a greater extent than slap-up projects from y'all inward the future!

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I had a shipping *almost* all gear upward to become Tuesday even out too thus had reckoner difficulties...grrr!  Then, Midweek was a blur of terminal twenty-four hr catamenia of schoolhouse activities.  Oh well, I'll salve that shipping for some other day.  Today I merely wanted to tag on a quick piffling project.

First of all, this is why I had this piffling project:
We convey a graduate of 5th grade!

And approximate who was responsible for decorating for the ceremony?

I decided to become simple too fun, merely correct for an simple graduation.  I recruited 2 friends who are pros at making these fabulous balloon arches too thus filled the balance of the infinite amongst balloon bouquets.   

 All 185(ish) graduates!

I had 2 long lengths of this geometric stuff that I brought upward terminal infinitesimal to encompass that background board.  It was amongst the remnants at Hancock's, too I institute 2 pieces at 2 dissimilar stores to brand a piffling over six yards.  Don't live surprised if y'all run into this somewhere else inward the future!  (hint, hint!)

Here's where my quick piffling projection comes in.  (Picture character isn't great, I was doing this belatedly at black inward the garage.)  Trying to proceed costs down, I made some weights to anchor the helium balloons.  You tin buy these for $1.29 each at Hobby Lobby or fifty-fifty at Dollar Tree, but I wanted a bunch too that ane dollar each would convey added upward fast. 

Supplies:  1 pocket-size purse quikrete concrete mix ($1.80)
1 box jumbo paperclips ($1.00-Dollar Tree)
Plastic (solo-type) cups ($1.00-Dollar Tree) Paper cups operate good also.
old mixing tub, stir stick, too water

Follow directions on the packet to mix.  Insert newspaper clips thus that y'all convey a proficient subdivision of an cease sticking out the top, y'all volition secure your balloon ribbon to this.  

After dry, tear cups away.
  

I used some combat burlap to wrap roughly them, too secured it amongst pocket-size pilus rubber-bands (you desire to nevertheless live able to easily larn downward inward to the stuff to achieve the newspaper clip hook).  One batch of mine ended upward a chip also dry out too crumbly, y'all desire it pretty moisture when y'all mix it.  But, they turned out fine when they dried. 

I ended upward amongst 24 weights for nether $4, too straight off I'll convey them on mitt for futurity events.

We also pose together our cease of the twelvemonth instructor gifts, which y'all may convey seen floating roughly on Pinterest.  The teachers loved them!

Bundle includes MS Living Magazine, insulated cup (I bought the 6-pack from Sam's too nosotros convey a few to proceed for ourselves) filled amongst 2nd lemonade packs , a novel beach towel, chocolate, a pocket-size subway of sunscreen, a give cheers y'all banknote from each child, too instructions to relax this summer!

Whew!  We had a huge race to the complete trouble for the cease of the schoolhouse year.  
The kids convey requested a pj/movie twenty-four hr catamenia today for the kickoff twenty-four hr catamenia of summertime vacation, too I happily obliged.  

Head on over to catch Lauren here.

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