Every year our family celebrates St. Patrick's Day with a corned beef and cabbage dinner at home. I like to make the meal extra special by creating a festive tablescape. I'll be creating these DIY shamrock balloons and combining them with personalized shamrock favor boxes and mini leprechaun hats for a table I know that my family will love! The balloons are as simple as adding shamrock stickers, making them something my 4 and 6 year old would be excited to help with.
If you would like, you can add a touch of gold to your clear balloons with metallic shred before inflating them. Just insert a handful of the shred into the balloon by using the eraser end of a pencil to easily push it into the balloon.
Inflate several clear balloons with a personal helium tank or at your local party store. You can tie them to basic curling ribbon or use a more decorative ribbon like the green ribbon I chose for the balloons.
Add shamrock stickers to the balloons by peeling off the adhesive backing and sticking them on. Use a variety of sizes and colors (this package of shamrock stickers includes 3 different sizes and shades of green)!
The foam stickers are light enough that the 11″ balloons can hold over 20 of them. However, adding too many more may cause your helium-filled balloon to sink!
Tie your balloons to a pot of gold treat bag filled with chocolate coins for a fun St. Patrick’s Day alternative to a balloon weight!
Instead of making a balloon bouquet, you could also tie single balloons to the gold filled treat bags and hand out to your guests as party favors!
TIP: If you would like longer-lasting balloons, you can always inflate these with air instead of helium and add them to balloon sticks for simple and festive St. Patrick’s Day decor that will look good for days!