Name: Erica
Original Inspiration: http://pinterest.com/pin/245586985899593854/
What I Did: I saw these on Pinterest, and thought to myself: “Finally…a crafty thing I might actually be able to do.”
I was wrong.
Oh well…my son liked it. Mainly because it was sticky. 
My Result:
Next Time I Will: I would take a little more time…I am notoriously impatient at projects.
I also used half as much yarn as they did…and probably the wrong kind of glue (I used tacky glue instead of Elmer’s).
And in retrospect I shouldn’t have dried it on a paper plate, either .
Comments on this post
Lmao, I guess you are such an experienced crafter that you can make your own ‘rules’. NOT!
13. November - 12:02 amYou’re supposed to fully wrap the balloon in yarn, hence covering all the spots that is just all glue in what you made.
28. November - 6:23 pmValerie: I’ve been reading comments on these posts all morning and I believe yours is the only nasty, mean spirited one I’ve seen. With a few exceptions, most of the projects posted here failed because of user error and the poster makes it pretty clear it was user error – as was the case here. It wasn’t as if she blamed someone else for the way the project turned out. Your snottiness was out of line.
26. December - 7:47 amI grew up with my mom making these at Easter time and she used a jug of starch and colored thin yarn or crochet string type yarn if that makes sense I know it has a name.
27. December - 6:29 pmTara – Liquid starch makes so much more sense than glue! I was assigned to “just do” this project with a bunch of 5 and 6 year olds and they hated it, and failed miserably. It was so sticky and just slid off the balloon and even with our assistance, we could barely get them to work. Total fail.
28. December - 3:47 pmLots of people complain about this project. I did it with my elementary students and it worked out great (except for the few students who are really inept at making things). It takes a LOT of patience. I used a little watered down glue. you kind of have to just take the string where it wants to go and use a LOT of string. keeping it tight on the balloon is key for the first few go-arounds. Tight and even. It will slip sometimes, but I can generally get all of the string on the balloon in 10 minutes. takes the students about 30. I’ve never had a problem except one balloon died. we sprinked ours with glitter and kept the balloons more round shape to make snowballs.
3. January - 11:54 pmJust noticed this got posted….cool.
Folks, isn’t this Web site supposed to be a place where we can post our silly “look what a goof I am” examples and laugh at ourselves at little bit? Seems like some of you take this maybe a wee too seriously with your vigorous defense of the yarn balloon.
Don’t worry, I haven’t subjected any yarns/balloons/glue to this torture since I tried this. They are all safe
12. May - 10:40 pm