5 DIY Balloon Decoration Ideas for Christmas

29 days to go for Christmas, have you decked your halls yet? If you are thinking of decorations, why not add in some fun balloons, here we present some DIY balloon decoration ideas for the festive season.

Christmas Lights 

Turn balloons into Christmas lights by adding in a cup or a cut out card board on the bottom and tying it all together on the ceiling. 

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Christmas Ornament Balloons

Turn a 36" balloons into ornaments by following this quick tutorial on Studio DIY.

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Balloon Candy

Christmas is the time to indulge which for kids are loads of candies so its fun to create a candy themed decor by wrapping up blown up balloons with a clear cellophane paper and tying a ribbon on both ends. 

If you want to go for the lollipop, wrap the balloon with the cellophane but tie it on one side and place it on top of a white pipe. Get a detailed instruction from Trendy Tree. 

Balloon Wreath

Use up your discarded birthday balloons to create a balloon wreath for your door either use festive colours of green and red or a multi-colored ones add in more fun.

source: How Does She

Ice Lanterns/ Marbles 

As the temperature gets colder, use it to your advantage by making this awesome ice lanterns from balloons. You just need to fill the balloons with water, freeze them either in the freezer or if temperature permits, put them outside; cut the balloon out and use a battery operated tea light to illuminate them outside. Get the detailed instruction from One Little Project.

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Add food colouring to the water before freezing them to get colourful marbles.

All the above DIY are created using latex balloons, you can get them here. If DIY is not your thing, then there are plenty of Christmas foil and latex balloons here.

Party Theme: Minions

Everybody has gone crazy over the minions ever since they took the limelight in the Despicable Me franchise and now they have their own movie coming up so what better to celebrate their quirky adorableness by throwing a minion theme party for the kids and grown up alike.

Invitations

An invite to a minion party doesn't get much cuter than a minion shaped one and this one from Grealish Greetings is both cute and easy to make.

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Decorations

Go for a blue and yellow theme on decorations.
 

Every party needs balloons so get crafty with a yellow latex balloon to transform it into minion character with a sharpie and a printable of their glasses.

source: Catch My Party

There are foil balloons available as well for those wanting a more realistic shaped balloon.

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Food

There are so many possibility for food ideas. Go for a minion cake, cupcake or cake pops.

source: Swirls Bakery

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If you are opting for a healthy option, well there is always BANANA!

Costumes

A minion party isn't complete without some real minions running around so dress up. There are lots of costumes ideas around the web but if you want to buy one, here are some options. 

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Opt for the face mask if you don't want to go full on.

Finally, brush up on your minion lingo aka the banana language. 

Whats new at Fun 'N' Frolic?

If you didn't know already, we had a major overhaul the past few months with a new logo, store front and a website and as Halloween being the busiest month of the year for fancy dress, the blog was put on a back burner but we are back with lots more ideas on party, costumes and balloon decor.

• Our store front has been vamped up with our new logo and decked out with festive season so that you wouldn't miss us if you are travelling to the store. 

• In addition to the storefront, our website had a complete overhaul and we have added in 1000 of products of costumes, party goods, decoration and balloons. 

CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE NEW WEBSITE

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