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Hot Air Balloon Baby Shower

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Published February 13, 2019 Last Updated July 8, 2021 / By Sarah 10 Comments

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If you are looking for a unique baby shower theme, you can’t go wrong with a Hot Air Balloon baby shower! Any mom-to-be will love this boy baby shower with fun DIY decorations and favors! 

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Cricut. The opinions and text are all mine.

 

 

Bringing a new baby into the world is so exciting, who doesn’t love to celebrate a new babe? We have such an an occasion coming up for my friend. While brainstorming, I came up with some reeeally fun boy baby shower themes and baby boy shower decorations. I decided that A Hot Air Balloon baby shower would be awesome. We have a vintage hot air balloon decoration in my girls’ room and that served as the inspiration. I borrowed it for the party, and made all of the other decorations with my Cricut Maker. I used mainly card stock and felt to make them, super inexpensive materials! 

Hot Air Balloon Baby Shower

Hot Air Balloon Baby Shower Theme

If you use a Cricut, Cricut Access subscription is a no-brainer. There are so many fun projects and images that you can use if you’re subscribed. The 3D hot air balloon decorations were actually a project I found in Cricut Design Space, it’s all ready to go for you. I love them so much. (Keep reading for full instructions.) I also made the felt banner using the rotary blade! Then the last thing I made were the baby shower favors – hot air balloon lollipops. Obsessed is an understatement. 

Hot Air Balloon Baby Shower Ideas

I feel like hot air balloons and travel sort of go hand-in-hand so I thought the globe would be a good touch for a table decoration. These would be a nice touch for a travel themed baby shower, or a ‘hello world’ shower, it all works! 

Baby Shower Food

For party food, I always try to find cheap ways to feed a crowd. Donuts! Everyone likes donuts, they look amazing on a party table, and they are super inexpensive. I also love popcorn for the same reason. Have you seen this popcorn topping bar idea? It’s a good one. 

Hot Air Balloon Decorations

Hot Air Balloon Decorations

As I mentioned, these 3D Hot Air Balloons are a Cricut Design Space project. When you open the project, the basic instructions are there. I am sharing the details, plus some further tips after some trial and error. One thing that the tutorial in Design Space doesn’t specify, is that you will need a Scoring Wheel (only for the Cricut Maker) or a scoring stylus to score the paper in the right place. I also recommend using a LightGrip mat instead of a Standard Grip. It’s easier on the card stock. 

Materials:

  • Card Stock in 3 to 6 different colors
  • Tacky glue
  • String
  • Wood skewers

Cricut Tools:

  • LightGrip mat
  • Scoring wheel or stylus
Hot Air Balloons out of paper
 

Instructions: 

  1. Assemble and glue each side of the hot air balloons. This takes a while so I recommend setting aside a couple hours and turning on a show or listening to audiobooks while you do it! 
  2. Fold the hot air balloons on the scoring line.
  3. Glue sides of balloons together. I did three sides for each balloon, but the project actually calls for five sides. 
  4. tie string onto wood skewer and place it in the middle of the hot air balloon (with the string coming out of the top) before you glue the last sides together. 
Hot Air Balloon Decorations Paper
 
Instead of hanging mine from a tree branch, I used command hooks. I do plan to make them into a mobile to give to a friend, though!

How to Make a Baby Shower Banner with Felt

Baby Shower Banner DIY with Felt

I cut the ‘Hello Baby’ banner out of green felt using my Rotary Blade and FabricGrip mat. 

Cricut Maker Cutting Felt

You can use this design by opening it in design space.

Baby Shower Banner Design

I am always impressed at how clean the rotary blade can cut fabrics and felt. I mean, look at these edges. 

Baby Shower Banner Felt

After cutting the letters out, I threaded baker’s twine through the tops of the letters. Easy peasy! 

Felt Baby Shower Banner

This DIY felt baby shower banner is so easy to make with the Cricut maker and rotary blade! This banner is so cute, you will want to use it again and again!
Print Pin Rate
15 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Author: Pretty Providence
Cost: $2

Equipment

  • Cricut Maker
  • Rotary Blade
  • FabricGrip mat

Materials

  • Green Felt
  • Bakers Twine

Instructions

  • Open the baby shower banner in design space.
  • Put felt on Fabric Grip mat and select felt as the material.
  • Insert the rotary blade and press 'go.'
  • After cutting the letters out, thread baker's twine through the tops of the letters.
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How to Make Hot Air Balloon Baby Shower Favors 

I found blue lollipops (similar to these) at the party store, and immediately had a VISION. I am so glad I figured out how to make them look like hot air balloons. It is really simple, you make paper pouches and glue a balloon basket onto it. Washi tape and baker’s twine were added for extra detail. I just love how they turned out. 

Lollipops - Baby Shower Food Washi Tape Cricut Maker Ideas

For this project, I used the Scoring Wheel in the Cricut Maker. 

The pocket is #ME0EF1C  in Design Space. 

Quick note: The pocket image has a tag attached to it too. I just cut those too and plan to use them for gifts as needed. The hot air balloon basket is actually a full hot air balloon image that I cut the balloon off of. It works, haha! That image is actually a set, too, but for this I just used the bigger one, making it about 3 inches wide. 

Materials: 

  • Card stock in black and white
  • Washi tape
  • Baker’s twine
  • Lollipops
  • Tacky Glue

Cricut Tools: 

  • LightGrip mat
  • Scoring wheel or stylus

Paper Pouch

Instructions: 

  • Load card stock onto a LightGrip mat and cut envelopes. 
  • Fold envelope on scoring lines and glue it with tacky glue.  
  • Embellish with washi tape (if you want.)

Cricut Maker Cut Card Stock

  • Next, cut the hot air balloon image – it’s #M7931A5A in Design Space. Make the balloon diameter about the same size as your lollipop. Mine was 3 inches. 

Hot Air Balloon Party Favor

  • Cut the balloon part off of the basket, and glue the basket to the envelope.
  • Slip the lollipop into the envelope, and add baker’s twine around to finish it off!  

Hot Air Balloon Baby Shower Favors

So easy, and I don’t think I have ever seen a cuter baby shower favor! 

Hot Air Balloon Baby Shower Ideas

Check out our other baby shower ideas:

Boy Baby Shower Ideas
Ready to Pop Baby Shower
Where the Wild Things Are Baby Shower
Candy Bar Baby Shower Game
Baby Stats & Predictions Baby Shower Printable
Story Book Bookmark Favor

Don’t miss our baby shower gift ideas either!

Best Books to Give as Baby Shower Gifts
Board Books for Babies and Toddlers
The Best Baby Shower Gifts
Diaper Baby Shower Gift Basket

I hope this inspires you for the next baby shower you get to host! 

Hot Air Balloon Baby Shower
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  1. Courtney

    February 19, 2019 at 4:47 am

    Absolutely stunning – so whimsical and fun!

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    • Sarah

      February 19, 2019 at 2:32 pm

      Thank you so much!!

      Reply
  2. Jocelyn

    February 18, 2019 at 6:03 pm

    This is such a fun and unique baby shower idea!

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    • Sarah

      February 19, 2019 at 2:33 pm

      Thank you! We loved it!

      Reply
  3. Sabrina

    February 18, 2019 at 10:02 am

    What a beautiful theme for a baby shower! Love the colors!

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    • Sarah

      February 19, 2019 at 2:34 pm

      Thank you!! I love the colors too! :)

      Reply
  4. Toni

    February 18, 2019 at 6:30 am

    This is really awesome! I really love this idea!

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    • Sarah

      February 19, 2019 at 2:34 pm

      Thanks Toni! We loved it!

      Reply
  5. Alli

    February 18, 2019 at 6:19 am

    This is such a neat idea! I would haha never thought of this but it is awesome.

    Reply
    • Sarah

      February 19, 2019 at 2:34 pm

      Thank you!! We loved it!

      Reply

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