Amazing DIY Birthday party Decorations ~Â Color Wheel Ceiling
Every Art Party needs a color wheel.  So when I was thinking of decorations for Annika’s party I new I wanted to have a color wheel somewhere.  Then I came across this wonderful streamer installation over at O Chickadee.  It looks amazing!  I decided that was exactly what our ceiling needed.
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Color Wheel Ceiling Materials:
- Hula Hoop
- Streamers
- Colored Paper
- Circle Punch
- Sewing Machine
- Twine or String
- Stapler
To start, we tied one of the kids hula hoops directly to the ceiling fan.  Then we screwed a screw directly into  the wall of each corner of the room.  We then strung twine between the screws, making sure that it was really tight.  We will be removing all the plaster in our living room in a few weeks so we were not worried about holes in the walls.  Which makes this so much easier!  Don’t worry, the hula hoop will be hidden!
Working in sections, we used the streamers to create the color wheel.  Each section is made up of two shades of each color.  I was thankful that I had a number of streamers in our basement from previous parties.  We ended up only needing to buying a few new streamer colors. We varied the height of each streamer slightly, which added interest and depth.  Plus it was way easier than trying to match everything up!
You could stop here, honestly the streamers looked pretty good. Â Although, the addition of the circle dot streamers turned it into something spectacular!
I used a small Circle Punch and the scraps from my scrap booking paper.  It took a few hours to punch all the circles.  I simply popped in a could girly movies and went to work punching out circles.  I used as many varying shades of paper that I could find in my crazy large stash of scraps:)
With a budding seamstress in our house, I only did a small portion of the sewing. Â Bree thought it was great fun and before I knew it she had sewn all the dots together! Â Love it! Â I know that not all 6 year olds are ready to use a sewing machine, but Bree loves it. Â She has great patience, and I am sure she will be passing my skills soon. Â This might be a good excuse to make a trip to Canada to visit Grandma!
We strung the dots a bit lower than the streamers because I love them so much.  I didn’t want them hidden in the streamers.  I think that it looks amazing.  How am I going to convince my family that we don’t need the fan this summer, just a pretty ceiling?  I can see this same technique translated for so many parties.  The possibilities are endless.
There has been some talk about sleeping under the streamer canopy,  maybe over the weekend.  My kids love sleeping in fun new places, like forts, closets and under Christmas trees.  Sleeping under the decorations could be a new fun tradition to add to the list of birthday fun.
I love all those colors. And I agree the dot streamers add so much to effect.
This looks FABULOUS! You and your little assistant did a wonderful job! I think I want this in my room full time! 🙂
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Sooo Amazing!
Thanks for such a GREAT idea. I used this at the Alice in Wonderland party that I threw. It was a HUGE hit and gained alot of compliments. Thanks so much for sharing.
http://kimskandykreations.blogspot.com/2011/06/alice-in-wonderland-birthday-party.html
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You inspired me!! I used this diy for a Confirmation Party.. Added you to my post so people can come check out your lovely rainbow look!
http://www.thebusybudgetingmama.com/2011/12/diy-streamer-canopy-tutorial.html
I am going to try and make this this weekend for my daughters hello kitty themed party in black, hot pink and white…just wondering how you attached the streamers to the hula hoop. Thanks 🙂
So fun! I simply wrapped the streamers around the hula hoop and stapled. I tried a few different ways, but the stapler seemed to hold the best.
How exactly did you sew the dot streamers? I have tried but it isnt going very smooth. Any ideas would be awesome!! Thanks!
Here are a few tips that made sewing the dots easier for us. Change your stitch length to be one of the longer straight stitches your machine can do. Sew completely through the paper dot. Lift the pressure foot and needle so that you can gently pull thread to space the dots apart. Set the pressure foot down and sew another dot. You can also just keep sewing and gently pull the dot garland from the back of the sewing machine, but we found it easier to lift the pressure foot. Continue this process until all the dots are sewn. This is a bit time consuming, but totally worth it! Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any other questions.
I could totally hug you right now! We have a vaulted ceiling, and the peak separates the kitchen and living room, with a ceiling fan in the center. It makes it nearly impossible to hang streamers, and I was losing my mind since my son’s party is in 8 hours. I’m going to try this with a giant quilting hoop and see how it goes! Thanks so much!
Thank you so much for posting directions on how to do this. I found it on pinterest. I have a 4 year old and a 6 month old. I love them so much but unfortunately do not have the gift of craftiness nor am I very creative on the spot like you. But I do know how to follow directions and plan on shamelessly stealing this and decorating her room with it. Thank you so much for all the detail in your directions for those of us who are “craft retarded”.
How many rolls did this take? I want to buy the right number so I dont have to go out for more in the middle of setting up for my party.
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You are totally the BOMB. I can’t believe I didn’t realize that you are the Tammy and the Housing a Forest that did this awesome color wheel ceiling! Love love love this!!! Thanks for linking up today 🙂
Chrissy, I think that is the sweetest comment that I have received:) You totally made my day.
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this looks fantastic! i totally stole your idea and make the dot streamers today with my mom (she knows how to sew, but i can’t manage to fix a popped button) anyway, how did you know how long to make the strands of dot streamers?
Wow, thanks so much for sharing. That looks fantastic! I was so inspired I recreated your idea for my daughter’s art n craft party……6 hours later it’s finally finished and I couldn’t be happier with the result. Glad I decided to do this a couple of nights in advance. Might leave this up for a while.
Tammy,
I wouldn’t want to take this down to use the fan, either!
Idea: If you just tie the hula hoop to the light fixtures, instead of the blades, could you keep the streamers up?
Beautiful ceiling. Thanks for the inspiration!
You are fantastic
Love this idea. Going to change the colors to use for Halloween which is also my anniversary.