Super Mario Birthday: The Balloons

Happy weekend my friends!
It's time to talk about those Super Mario party balloons.  First up, Boo:

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Boo was the easiest balloon character to make.  

Just grab a white laytex balloon, a couple of permanent markers and draw on his face.  

We put a face on each side of the balloons, with one side showing Boo's shy face and the other featuring his scary face.  This way as the balloons swayed during the party it looked as though Boo was in action 😊

Goomba:

You will still need your balloon and marker for Goomba, but a bit of construction paper as well.  Inflate your balloon to the size that you want and then hold it 'standing' on top of a sheet of black paper to get an idea for how big you want his foot pad to be.  Cut that out and then use a piece of white to cut out two ovals for eyes and two triangles for the mouth.

Attach the eyes and mouth details with a bit of glue stick or tape.  position your mouth triangles not quite in line with each other so that the mouth will be uneven.

Add eyebrows, pupils and a line for the mouth with your marker and Goomba is ready to grump through your party!

We suspended our Goomba from the ceiling using curling ribbon and kept them close to the walls.  A bit of double stick tape on their backs made sure that they stuck to the wall and remained facing forward.

Bob-omb:

Constructing Bob-omb is almost identical to the Goomba, but you will want to add a penny or some other sort of small weight as well.

After placing your foot pad, tape a penny just behind the feet.  

This will act as a weight to hold your Bob-omb in place and upright.

Stick on the eyes and add pupils to finish the face.  

I also tied a bit of gold curling ribbon to the tops of my Bob-ombs to look like a fuse.

Yoshi Eggs:

I  was busily working away when my daughter came up with the cutest idea for Yoshi eggs- Just inflate blue and green balloons and stick on some circular cut-outs to create spots.  I loved how they turned out, our Goomba and Bob-ombs needed a bit of color 😉

And that's how easy it is to create Super Mario Balloon decor!

In case you missed anything else from the party so far;
you can click here to see the invitations,
here to see the party decor
or  to here read about the paper crafts.

Dollar Tree has a large selection of laytex balloons.
You can click here to browse their selection.

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I hope you enjoyed this balloon decor post, thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

© Studio 27 by Jennifer Adams 2020

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