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The very first Inspire(d) Magazine rolled off the presses on October 4, 2007, so we celebrate our birthday every fall! Want to celebrate with us? Make a few of these Confetti Poppers at home, and pop off some shredded paper in a mess of the best kind!

Supplies:

Confetti Poppers templates: Blue and Orange or Pink and Purple
Toilet paper tubes
Scissors
Balloons
Packing tape
Shredded paper
Not pictured (whoops): glue stick
Optional: Washi tape for decoration

Print out your templates (we recommend making all four colors – blue/orange and pink/purple!) Cut the Yay color blocks out of the backgrounds.

If you have different colored balloons (like I did), decide which colors you want to go with each tube cover.

Pick up your first balloon, and tie off the end (don’t put any air in it or anything).

Then, cut off the rounded tip of the balloon.

So it will have a hole at the top like this.

Next, pull it over one end of the toilet paper roll. It will fit tightly.

Take your packing tape and tape the balloon all the way around the tube to keep it secure when it’s time to pop the paper out.

Once that’s done, line up your first tube cover (I combined blue and green for this one) and tape one end to the toilet paper roll (overtop the secured balloon).

Roll the paper around the tube, holding it tight. Grab a glue stick (sorry I forgot to include this in the supplies photo) and glue the other side of the paper to completely fasten it to the tube (now a confetti popper!). Hold that side in place until the glue fully sticks.

You can decorate the top of the confetti popper with washi tape or another decorative way if you’d like.

Roll the washi tape down into the tube to make the top looked finished off (mine could certainly look neater though!).

Take your shedder paper bits and cut them up a bit more (they don’t fly out of the tube at their normal size).

Grab your finished confetti poppers and put the freshly cut up shredded paper into the tubes. Fill about half way.

Once you’re ready for your celebration, pull the balloon end down and release! Wooo! Paper bits everywhere! Party mode activated!