This simple design a hot air balloon craft is such a sweet and simple idea to keep kids busy on rainy days or when jobs need to be done! Simply download and print our free hot air balloon printable and you can use a whole variety of resources to create fun and unique hot air balloon designs!

You can find your free printable hot air balloon template at the bottom of this post!

Here are some fun hot air balloon ideas

Cutting out several coloured tissue paper squares and gluing them onto the template creates a fun patchwork balloon!

This zig zag balloon my little one made with paints just looks amazing! Using markers works perfectly too.

How about decorating the balloon with rows of coloured buttons – we think this looks fab and it doubles up as a fun colour sorting activity too!

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