Attempting something new. 365 days of photos. Day 313.
- January 19th, 2012
Remember this post? Well I almost forgot to tell you the story behind it. You see, Michelle and I had a brilliant idea for Christmas gifts for our girlfriends this year. We were going to make hand made luminaries. Simple, right? We had a tutorial from Pinterest, so really… how hard could it be?
First, we started by filling the water balloons. Again, this seemed like a simple task until we realized none of the spouts in my house’s bathrooms fit the little things. We got a few filled… after many breaking and a lot of water splash splashing around which was quite comical.
Second task, the wax. We bought a huge brick because, like I said, these were going to be our gifts for everyone so we needed a lot of wax, right? We bought two different color dyes so we needed the wax split in half. Enter my husband… who ended up having to use a saw to break this stuff in half.
Third task. melt the wax. This part was easy! Once the wax melted down we were ready to go. Michelle and I learned a very valuable lesson this day. Dipping a water balloon in hot wax that has boiling water around it will make the balloon POP… you will get water and wax EVERYWHERE. We turned off the burner and let the wax cool to about 150* and finally were in business.
Lastly we dipped quite a few of the balloons in the wax. Between each dip we rested them on the counter to make a flat bottom. After about 4 to 6 dips they rested and cooled.
I do not have a photo of the ‘water balloon popping’ process because it was to funny and between the water going everywhere and all of the laughter, I totally forgot to capture it. I also didn’t capture the final product because Michelle and I ended up not liking how small they were…
We plan on attempting this craft again someday but next time we will use Mylar balloons so they are thicker and make a bigger luminaries. I think the best part of this activity was how much Michelle and I laughed… we had SUCH a good time that we didn’t even care that our expectations were not met with our end result.
So, sorry girlfriends… next year we will try something different and hope it works out for your sake!
Like your dad says, the process can be the best part. Good luck next year
That was the best day. And like you said I didn’t even care that they didn’t turn out right I just had so much fun laughing and hanging out. Great memories.