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DIY Fruity Balloon Straws

July 14, 2015 ·

Sweet and colorful fruit balloon straws for your summer parties! Lemons, limes, pineapples, strawberries, cherries, peach, orange, grapes, blueberries! via A Joyful Riot-3

A couple weeks ago Malissa made the cutest little lemon balloon straws and of course I fell in love with them! And so I thought, “all the fruits would look cute on straws in balloons! And they’d look especially cute altogether!” And boy do I love this colorful bouquet of fruity straws!

Sweet and colorful fruit balloon straws for your summer parties! Lemons, limes, pineapples, strawberries, cherries, peach, orange, grapes, blueberries! via A Joyful Riot-47

They make your drinks so happy and festive! They’re the perfect compliment to summer parties, don’t they just brighten up a table??

Sweet and colorful fruit balloon straws for your summer parties! Lemons, limes, pineapples, strawberries, cherries, peach, orange, grapes, blueberries! via A Joyful Riot-5

I love them all colorfully together but maybe just one of these fruits fit your event and that would look cute too, a whole bunch of balloon cherries or peaches all lined up in glasses together! Oh it’s just so happy! Go head, whip one up real quick just to brighten your lunch today! They really are a breeze and I’m pretty sure your juice will automatically taste better just by using these to drink it :)

Sweet and colorful fruit balloon straws for your summer parties! Lemons, limes, pineapples, strawberries, cherries, peach, orange, grapes, blueberries! via A Joyful Riot-49Sweet and colorful fruit balloon straws for your summer parties! Lemons, limes, pineapples, strawberries, cherries, peach, orange, grapes, blueberries! via A Joyful Riot-44

    Materials

  • Various colors of water balloons //
  • Air pump //
  • Green paper //
  • Leaf shapes //

sweet and colorful fruity balloon straws via A Joyful Riot

1. I used a hand pump to pump all the correct colors to the appropriate sizes. Pull them closed tight so the small amount of air in there will actually last :) and so you’ll have plenty to wrap around the straw.

2. Wrap your balloons around your straw and tie there. For the blueberries and grapes I just kept adding balloons all around.

3. Cut leaf shapes from various green papers. I created a bunch of shapes for you to use if you need a guide.

4. Bend the leaves in the center-bottom a little bit and then use glue dots to adhere to the straws/balloons in the appropriate places.

Sweet and colorful fruit balloon straws for your summer parties! Lemons, limes, pineapples, strawberries, cherries, peach, orange, grapes, blueberries! via A Joyful Riot-40

So simple but what a fun display to be left with right?!

Sweet and colorful fruit balloon straws for your summer parties! Lemons, limes, pineapples, strawberries, cherries, peach, orange, grapes, blueberries! via A Joyful Riot-43Sweet and colorful fruit balloon straws for your summer parties! Lemons, limes, pineapples, strawberries, cherries, peach, orange, grapes, blueberries! via A Joyful Riot-19

I’m going to find any excuse possible to make these at every party the rest of the summer! A citrus themed baby shower? There. A peachy picnic. There. Serving lemonade at Sunday dinner. So. there.

Sweet and colorful fruit balloon straws for your summer parties! Lemons, limes, pineapples, strawberries, cherries, peach, orange, grapes, blueberries! via A Joyful Riot-20Sweet and colorful fruit balloon straws for your summer parties! Lemons, limes, pineapples, strawberries, cherries, peach, orange, grapes, blueberries! via A Joyful Riot-1

I hope you find these as delightful as I do and find an excuse to make them too! (hint, hint: your “excuse” can be lunch alone by yourself with leftovers. These will still fit in!)

Sweet and colorful fruit balloon straws for your summer parties! Lemons, limes, pineapples, strawberries, cherries, peach, orange, grapes, blueberries! via A Joyful Riot-13Sweet and colorful fruit balloon straws for your summer parties! Lemons, limes, pineapples, strawberries, cherries, peach, orange, grapes, blueberries! via A Joyful Riot-2Sweet and colorful fruit balloon straws for your summer parties! Lemons, limes, pineapples, strawberries, cherries, peach, orange, grapes, blueberries! via A Joyful Riot-7

Happy fruity crafting!!

Sweet and colorful fruit balloon straws for your summer parties! Lemons, limes, pineapples, strawberries, cherries, peach, orange, grapes, blueberries! via A Joyful Riot-48

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Posted by Machelle / Filed In: 2015 favorite, Party Crafts

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Comments

  1. Heather Pead says

    July 14, 2015 at 2:04 pm

    How do you think of these?! I love them! And it looks so fun with all the colorful cute soda bottles!

  2. Monique | WritingMonique says

    July 15, 2015 at 12:51 am

    This is TOO cute! Absolutely sweet!

  3. Ashley says

    July 16, 2015 at 10:25 pm

    Ack! These are so cute! Never would have thought to use balloons as straw decor. LOVE this!

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    • Malissa says

      July 17, 2015 at 12:43 pm

      Thank you so much Ashley!!!

  4. Nikki @ Tikkido says

    July 20, 2015 at 12:11 am

    Ok, seriously? You guys have taken balloons and completely upended expectations at least six times already! Holy cow, the cuteness and creativity!

  5. hilke says

    July 20, 2015 at 7:38 am

    Cute !
    Thanks!

  6. sara walk says

    July 20, 2015 at 9:50 am

    ok, I am OBSESSED with these!! so dang cute!!

    • Malissa says

      July 20, 2015 at 10:39 am

      Thanks Sara! And we are obsessed with seriously everything you make and do!

  7. Cindy says

    July 22, 2015 at 4:17 pm

    There absolutely adorable ! How did make the strawberry shape balloon ?

    • Machelle says

      July 24, 2015 at 6:06 pm

      Hi Cindy, thank you!

      It’s honestly just kind of what happened when I blew up a little pink balloon. But when you’re tying off, you can kind of push the air around into the shape you want. (honestly most the little balloons blow up this way but when I tied the blueberries and grapes for example I pushed the air towards the bottom to get rid of the pointy-ness.)
      Then I drew the seeds with a dark brown sharpie!
      I really should’ve said this all in the post huh? I sure meant to… :D

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