I'm sorry for being quiet for so long, but lots of life changes have been happening. I have moved houses! Yay!
I'm now in a great, happy place that I absolutely adore out in the country. You'll never catch me living in a subdivision again, not if I can avoid it!
Anyway! With everything just about settled down and the house fairly clean, it's time to get ready for my son's birthday party. This weekend. Yikes!
The decorations are bought, the food is(mostly) gathered, and I'm working on the finishing touches.
If all goes as planned, we're going to have LOTS of water items to play with! A large beach ball that squirts water, a slip n' slide, cloth water bombs to throw at people, and lots and lots and LOTS of water balloons!
But, what am I going to put that many water balloons in?
I'll let you in on a little secret. I LOVE estate sales! Sometimes it's just a bunch of junk but sometimes you can get some really neat stuff for pennies on the dollar.
My find this time? Apple picking baskets! Three large and one smaller one for a grand total of $3.
My grand idea was to line them with some cheap cloth so the rough edges are covered, and use them for water balloon storage. So far, so good!
Anyway, these guys came out super cute, and I'm here to show you how to do it yourself!
Materials! For this project you'll need some sort of basket, a drape-y fabric, scissors, and something to fasten the fabric to the baskets. I used some hemp string I had in my craft box!
This is pretty easy. Step one, drape the fabric over the top of the basket.
Press down the middle.
Then press in the edges and pull the fabric through the handles, if you have any!
Cut off the excess. Not too much, or you won't have enough fabric to tuck under!
Then, take your twine/string/rope/your wrapping thing of choice and, well, wrap it around the top of the basket. I tied it in a double knotted slip knot. This secures the string well, but allows for a little give while I'm tucking the fabric under and allows me to tighten everything back up at the end.
I tied this in a little bow because I was feeling silly, and some people might like how this looks and just end here, and that's fine!
Next, you're going to want to start tucking. I start just to the right of my knot. You pull the fabric out from under the twine and fold it up toward the basket, covering the twine and tucking it under.
Do this the whole way around, then tighten your knot as much as you are able! Then knot it one more time to lock it in place.
And vola, you're done!
These were super easy to make, and super cheap. As I said before, the baskets themselves were only $3 for all of them. On top of that, the fabric was only $3.37 at a local big-box store. I already had the scissors and twine, so for a whopping $6.37, I have some great containers for my water balloons!
Tomorrow I'll try to keep up on documenting making my son's Spider-Man cake.
Until next time, take care and have fun!
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