Ingredients Basket Styrofoam® Blocks 5 5" Standard color balloons 6 260 Twisty Standard color balloons Multi-colored tissue paper 5 5" Balloon cups and sticks Glue gun Corsage Pins Curling ribbon Florist Wire 18 gauge Looney Tune party horns and napkins

Preparation

Fill the basket with Styrofoam. Cut one foot squares of colored tissue paper and place corsage pins in the middle of the squares. Cover the Styrofoam with these tissue paper squares by sticking the corsage pins into the Styrofoam. The tissue paper should create a fan shape, place these closely together to create a full festive look. Blow up 5 five inch balloons and tie to the cups and sticks. Blow up five 260 Twisty balloons and tie (two of the five being green balloons). Take the two green 260 twisty balloon and bend to create two leaves. Insert one leaf on each side of the basket. Insert the three remaining 260 twisty balloons in the middle of the basket about 1 ½ feet high. Insert the five inch balloons around the 260 twisties at different heights and angles.

Make a bow for the front of the basket by twisting a red 260 twisty to form a bow. Tie the bow together with curling ribbon and then tie the bow to the basket. Glue or tape a 18 gauge floral wire to the back of a napkin and insert the bow to the basket. Place party horns at each side of the basket. Float three Looney Tune helium filled balloons treated with Super Hi-FloatO from the basket by tying them to the basket or by pushing the weighted bouquet into the Styrofoam.

Time: 40 Minutes

Materials: $10.00

Suggested Retail: $30.00

Recipe designed and created by Dottie Blanchard.