How to make hot air balloons with coffee filters

My task this week was to make something different from my solar system from FloraCraft Make: It Fun.  It was not easy let me tell you because I really wanted to make the solar system and my son loved playing with the foam balls but boys get easily entertained with anything that can be thrown. hehe. 

I decided to make cute little hot air balloons with the FloraCraft Make: If Fun foam. 

So I grabbed the solar system, mini planters, coffee filter, yarn and paint.

I went to work attaching the filters to the foam. I used hot glue and I have to say its was not as easy as it looks. I burn my finger quite a few times, so be careful. 

My son had a blast painting the pots with me and helped a little gluing the filters to the foam balls when he was not throwing them around the room.

Once the pots were dried I glued yarn to the inside. I wanted to use Krazy glue but the hubby took them all to work so hot glue was the only thing I had at hand this time around. However hot glue did work very well but again I did burn my finger, blah!

I used little screws to attach the top of the yarn to the foam. Screws and foam work very well together. I used the three biggest planets to make these cute hot air balloons with coffee filters and foam balls!

I am so in love with them! Stay Crafty everyone! ** Paid Sponsor post, all opinion and craft are 100% mine**