When I started making this DIY Rope Candle Holder I planned only to use Mod Podge to hold it together. But I quickly realized the thickness of this rope required hot glue to hold it together. So while you don't need Mod Podge on the base of the balloon, under the rope, I decided to go ahead and use it since I had already started with that method. You also don't technically need it on top, after hot gluing the whole thing together, but I went ahead and topped it with Mod Pode for two reasons. The