Fourth of July balloon wreath

So I saw this idea for a balloon wreath awhile back on Pinterest, and thought it was cute.  Since July 4th was coming up, I decided to try it out with a red, white, and blue theme.

You need a straw wreath form (but don't unwrap it), greening pins, which are these things:

You can find these in the "Floral Accessories" section at Michael's.

and a crapload of balloons.

Bag o' balloons.

I bought 3 bags of 72 each, which was more than I needed, but since I needed one bag of each color, that was my best option.

Once you have all your stuff, take a balloon and a greening pin.  Wrap the balloon around the middle of the pin, kind of like this:

Then stick the pin in the wreath.

Do this a lot, basically until your wreath is as full as you want it, or until you're out of balloons.

When you're done, you'll end up with something that looks like this:

See the reflection of our flag in the middle of the wreath?  You like how I did that, don't you?

Pretty cute, huh?  It was a little time consuming jamming all those balloons on there, but it was super-easy to do, and if your kids are a bit older than Ella, they can help out, too.  (The pins are a little sharp, though.)

You can see the original birthday balloon wreath here.