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Easy Balloon Garland DIY (With Video!)

Create an easy balloon garland DIY for your next party!
Keyword balloon garland
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 2 hours
Servings 1 garland
Cost $30

Equipment

  • 1 electric balloon pump optional but helpful!
  • 1 Balloon tying tool optional

Ingredients

  • Balloon Decorating Strip
  • 12″ latex and 5″ latex balloons in colors of your choice  you can add in other sizes if you like—17″ or over 20″ size balloons give a larger garland a more balanced look
  • Glue Dots (or low-temp glue gun)
  • Command hooks for hanging

Instructions

  • Step One: Blow up your balloons in your desired colors and sizes. If you are assembling the garland right then you can kind of guess how many you need and then blow up a few more if you want more in a certain size or color to fill it out to your liking.
  • Step Two: Measure out your garland strip to be the length of your desired garland and start to add your balloons (add a few extra inches at the beginning and end so you have some length to attach to the wall or hanging surface).
    Add in your larger balloons first by placing the balloon knot through the holes in the balloon strip and space them out a few holes from each other so you have space to add other sizes and it doesn’t become too stuffed with one size.
  • Step Three: Keep adding different sizes/colors of balloons until the garland strip looks nice and full where you want it. 
    Some garlands are uniformly full the whole way through and others have a fuller area in the middle or maybe 1/3 of the way through for a more dramatic thinning out at the ends on each side—totally a personal preference and may depend on how you were planning to hang it, so do whichever you like!
  • Step Four: Add small balloons attached with Glue Dots to fill in any gaps in your garland. You can do more of this once you hang your garland in the final step, but you should be able to see any spots that look a little gappy and fill those in with a smaller size balloon (or one that’s just not fully blown up).
    You can also follow this garland making method if you like the look of clustering the small balloons together in a group before hanging as it gives it a slightly different look.
  • Step Five: Hang your balloon garland. Generally, the easiest way to do this is using Command hooks and strips to stick up hooks on which you can hang the beginning and end of your garland.
    You can also tie twine or fishing line through the holes in parts of your balloon strip to tie onto existing railings or nails to attach the garland, and sometimes it’s helpful to have a Command hook for the ends and then also use string and a third hook to hang the middle for some extra support if needed.

Notes

  • The amount of balloons you need will really depend on the length of your garland, the size of the balloons you have, and how thick you want the garland to look.
  • For some idea, the all pink balloon garland is about 6′ long and has 10 small 5″ balloons, about 20 standard 12″ balloons and just a few 17″ larger balloons for accents.
  • PRO TIP: You can alternate adding balloons through the front and the back of the balloon strip so it creates a more balanced 360° garland with balloons facing each way.