I always wanted to ride in a Hot Air Balloon

A long time ago Beverly had asked for burnt out light bulbs for an art project. She ended up paper mache-ing over them, allowing kids to paint them and displaying them at the Boiling Post music festival. In my time of bordem, and attempts at not spending too much money, I tried to recreate this project.



First, I had three burnt out light bulbs, some old news paper and paper mache paste.
(I used 3/4 cup warm water and 3/4 cup four for the paste)



Next, after letting the bulbs dry, add another coat. I used white tissue paper for the last coat, It makes painting much easier.



Time to paint! It took two coats, and the cups were used to hold the bulbs up. I also made little baskets. They are a cylinder, made out of paper, and covered in hemp.

Let everything dry!



Time to attach the baskets. I marked the bulbs as to where I wanted the baskets to be attached. I had E6000 glue left over from a previous project, so I used that for this too. Make sure you let everything dry before doing too much.



Next, create something to hang your bulbs from. (I used wire circles, the kind you'd used for a dream catcher. In the past I've also used old lampshades, copper piping and even floral forms.) In order to make it a little more colorful, I wrapped the wire in rug yarn.



The bulbs are attached to the rings using fishing line. I used some paint to touch up where the glue was showing.



I added some homemade finished to the balloons. The red one got pink glitter and acrylic sealer, green has a green/gold eyeshadow and nail polish lacquer and the purple was a deep purple satin paint. Inside the balloon circle I added some beads to catch the light.



Because I had most of the supplies, he total cost of this project to me was $3.82!