#Diy balloon arch skin#

we learned that it's best to do each piece in segments because it's much easier to work with the smaller sections.repeat this step with each end of each wire to form an arch on the wall.

once the wire is stapled to the wall, the best way to secure the wire is to wrap the end with the washi tape around the wire to fully secure the arch to the wall! that'll keep it from slipping or sliding at all!.you want to staple right above where you put the washi tape.BUT, if you can do it-do it! It's the best way to keep them secure! if you have a space that can be easily covered up by a large picture, then a staple gun will work!! we are only doing it because it's a wall we are going to redo.

again, you may want to use another method that is a little less damaging to your walls.

also remember that once it is on the wall, many of the open areas will fill in because the pressure against the wall will push the balloons out.

add in all of the filler balloons (the dominant color) and lay the arch flat on the ground to make sure there's no open areas.

It's easier to tie them to the wire as you're tying the balloon off.

to tie the balloons to the wire, I didn't tie them off to themselves first.

similar to the blue and gold arch, I started with the gold first and then filled in with all of the blue. then I'd go back in and fill in all the open areas with all the pinks remaining so that there's mostly pink in the arch. If you are using a pink, red and white color scheme for instance, but you want pink to be the dominant color, I'd start with placing limited reds and white along all of the floral wires spreading them out evenly.

you want to first use your limited colors.

STEP THREE: BEGIN TO TIE BALLOONS TO THE WIRE

#Diy balloon arch skin#

the purpose of this is to ensure that as you're messing with the wire (which is sharp) it doesn't accidentally poke and pop one of the balloons it equally acts as a barrier for your skin too!.the length and number of wires will be based on the size of arch you need (get this measurement by laying them out along the wall to get a visual for how large you want the arch). cover the ends of all the floral wires you plan on using. for this step you will use your washi tape to cover the floral wire stems.There are Hobby lobby, walmart and amazon versions available! Just google search 'cloth floral stem wire' and many come up I bought ours at our local Hobby Lobby) cloth floral stem wire (buy the heaviest gauge available and around 18' for length.washi tape (to cover the ends of the floral wire).balloons (I gather balloons from various big box locations like party city, walmart, target, hobby lobby, michaels and joanns, but I also love shop sweet lulu and etsy shops for more specialized colors!!).We've also used heavy duty painters tape as well, but it's not guaranteed to stay up.) staple gun (we used a staple gun because we are redoing the wall that I've been using for these arch garlands.greenery (i used eucalyptus leaves and silk flowers from Hobby Lobby).