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How to Repurpose a Ceiling Fan Blade into a Hot Air Balloon Sign

I was half awake, half asleep the other morning when this idea came to me: to turn one of the remaining ceiling fan blades from our airplane and coffee cup sign projects into a hot air balloon.  It has a somewhat balloonish shape, so that’s just what I did.  In this post I’ll be sharing How to Repurpose a Ceiling Fan Blade into a Hot Air Balloon Sign.

Repurposed Ceiling Fan Blades into Hot Air Balloon Wall Art, Crocheted Red, Yellow, and Pink Flowers, Oh the Places You'll Go Quote, Hearts, Blue and White Sky, and Cane Basket

The pieces were cut to resemble the balloon and the basket. 

I painted the balloon a white color, and the basket portion was painted tan. 

I also cut a piece of cane, from the ceiling fan blade, in the shape of the basket, and painted that tan too. 

After the fan blade basket shape and the cane were dried, I placed the cane on the basket shape and painted it again and they stuck together when the paint dried, no glue necessary.

Repurposed Ceiling Fan Blades into Hot Air Balloon Wall Art, Crocheted Red, Yellow, and Pink Flowers, Oh the Places You'll Go Quote, Hearts, Blue and White Sky, and Cane Basket

I wanted to mount the balloon onto a board, so I used an old shelf from a bookcase that is no longer being used. 

I first gave the shelf two coats of light blue, and when that was dry I painted white over the blue using a rag, just swirling and wiping, to give it a cloud look.

Repurposed Ceiling Fan Blades into Hot Air Balloon Wall Art, Crocheted Red, Yellow, and Pink Flowers, Oh the Places You'll Go Quote, Hearts, Blue and White Sky, and Cane Basket

I crocheted some garland and flowers to decorate the balloon, and hot glued them on. 

I shaped the garland and flowers to give the fan blade more of a balloon shape.

Repurposed Ceiling Fan Blades into Hot Air Balloon Wall Art, Crocheted Red, Yellow, and Pink Flowers, Oh the Places You'll Go Quote, Hearts, Blue and White Sky, and Cane Basket

The basket was stenciled with these hearts, to give the look of the sandbags that are attached to hot air balloon baskets.

Repurposed Ceiling Fan Blades into Hot Air Balloon Wall Art, Crocheted Red, Yellow, and Pink Flowers, Oh the Places You'll Go Quote, Hearts, Blue and White Sky, and Cane Basket

I stenciled “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” onto the top of the board.

Repurposed Ceiling Fan Blades into Hot Air Balloon Wall Art, Crocheted Red, Yellow, and Pink Flowers, Oh the Places You'll Go Quote, Hearts, Blue and White Sky, and Cane Basket

I also stenciled 3 little hearts on the bottom of the board for my 3 little girls.

Repurposed Ceiling Fan Blades into Hot Air Balloon Wall Art, Crocheted Red, Yellow, and Pink Flowers, Oh the Places You'll Go Quote, Hearts, Blue and White Sky, and Cane Basket

I used hot glue to attach the hot air balloon to the board.  Here’s the finished result:

Repurposed Ceiling Fan Blades into Hot Air Balloon Wall Art, Crocheted Red, Yellow, and Pink Flowers, Oh the Places You'll Go Quote, Hearts, Blue and White Sky, and Cane Basket

Here’s a close-up of the cloudy sky.

Repurposed Ceiling Fan Blades into Hot Air Balloon Wall Art, Crocheted Red, Yellow, and Pink Flowers, Oh the Places You'll Go Quote, Hearts, Blue and White Sky, and Cane Basket

I love how it turned out!!

Repurposed Ceiling Fan Blades into Hot Air Balloon Wall Art, Crocheted Red, Yellow, and Pink Flowers, Oh the Places You'll Go Quote, Hearts, Blue and White Sky, and Cane Basket
Repurposed Ceiling Fan Blades into Hot Air Balloon Wall Art, Crocheted Red, Yellow, and Pink Flowers, Oh the Places You'll Go Quote, Hearts, Blue and White Sky, and Cane Basket

I like being able to make my own wall art.  It’s unique, and there’s meaning to it.

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How to Repurpose a Ceiling Fan Blade into a Hot Air Balloon Sign

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