My Ghostbusters Funko Pop Valentine's Wreath

This post started as a tutorial for making a simple $5 Deco Mesh wreath - and I'll still include that at the bottom - but then I remembered I'm me and this kind of happened:

 WHAT.

In addition to last year's narrowly missed apocalypse predicted in GB2, my last name means Gatekeeper. So clearly my love of Ghostbusters AND this wreath were meant to be. (John's maiden name doesn't mean Keymaster, sadly, it means "hairy." See why he took my name?)

Also in my defense, I happened to have these Funko Pops anyway and look how adorable.

 

 Taken with my $10 fish eye lens again, so not the best quality, but CUTE.

Now lemme show you how I made it, since the materials for everything besides the Pops only cost $6, so yay cheap craft.

I'd never made a Deco Mesh wreath before, but luckily it turns out they're pretty easy:

And Now, John And I Explode Some Valentine Balloons

Lest there be any doubt that John and I are, in fact, giant children, here's our new favorite thing:

WACK-A PACK

We found it at the dollar store, and were immediately intrigued by the promise of "self-inflating" balloons.

There are four in each pack, which is nice, because whacking the first one is completely terrifying. We scared ourselves and the cats, then ended up laughing like loons when it finally exploded.

By pack #4 we were pros, though, and decided to take a little video for posterity:

The balloons are filled with sodium bicarbonate and a vial of citric acid, so you can hear the chemical reaction hissing long after the initial bang.

SO FUN.

John's gone back to buy two more packs so far (there are more designs), and we've experimented with snapping the vial in our hands instead of just smacking it, which works even faster/better. 

 Hehehheheheh.

This has been another episode of two grown adults (and two long-suffering cats) keeping themselves - and the neighbors - entertained. 

Now, who wants to whack some balloons?

(Check your local dollar stores; ours was at a Dollar Tree.)