Three fundamental methods for balloon decorations



Our simple to follow explanations will assist you make a choice what balloon decorations are the best solution for your special event.
Once we kicked off with balloon decorating, we felt overwhelmed with the impressive variety of displays we discovered. Yet along our learning process, we understood that it all boils down to three simple designs:

Balloon Bouquet


Mainly used as a centerpiece for tables, the balloon bouquet actually is the heart of a balloon display. Between two and nine balloons, tied up to curling ribbons, are organized in various heights and attached to a table base. In the examples beneath the base is either a heavy flower basket or a sand-filled balloon. It can be basically any decorative object that is heavy enough to hold the balloons in position and where the ribbons can be tied up to.

A balloon centerpiece may be crafted from latex OR mylar (also known as foil) balloons OR you can combine them.

As the balloons must be helium filled this choice determines the longevity of your balloon decorations. Whereas mylar balloons will float up to 14 days, even the finest quality latex balloons will never keep up much longer than for about 12 to 24 hours. However, by utilizing a product called 'hi-float', it's achievable to make them survive 10 to 25 times as long!

Balloon Arch


Typically, balloon arches perform their objective best when you can walk through them! So they are perfect balloon decorations for a doorway or exit. Often they are also used to frame the head or cake table at a wedding event or to make an incredible stage decor.

Unlike with bouquets you have the choice between helium or air-filled balloon arch.

A floating arch is made of single helium-filled balloons arranged like pearls throughout an unnoticeable nylon line, hence the name "String of Pearls". Both ends are fixed to bases, similar to the table bases for bouquets, just a bit heavier and typically basing on the floor. A brick or sand filled up balloon will get the job done and can easily be decorated quite nicely.

With a "String of Pearls" - often used for wedding balloon arches - you make an incredible result with quite little effort. The only problem is the short lifespan, due to the nature of helium-filled latex balloons, as discussed above.

You could either use mylar balloons as an alternative of latex or you go for an arch with air-filled balloons if the decoration for your specific party should last even longer.
With these kinds of balloon decorations, there is a little bit more constructional effort required, as an air filled balloon arch requires some supporting parts:

a mounting crafted from a good, flexible material like conduit, PVC piping or aluminium rod and
a sturdy base at either end to anchor the arch.

The conduit or rod is shaped into the actual arch and the balloons are attached to it, mainly in bunches of three to five balloons. By utilizing various colors and placing the balloons in an unique way you'll get this great spiraling result presented on the photo. Do not worry, we'll describe in detail and with numbers of photos how to do that!

Depending upon the size of the arch you'll need to blow up plenty of balloons! Get your family and friends prepared! As an alternative you can use a hand pump or maybe rent or buy an electric pump. This investment, obviously, only makes good sense if you are intending to do a lot more balloon decorations.

A much less complex way to design an air filled balloon arch is by utilizing so called 'Link-o-Loon' balloons.

Balloon Column


Placed as excellent eye-catchers at either side of an entryway or head table at a wedding event, balloon columns are perfect for wedding balloon decorations. They also make excellent balloon decorations for marking out an area of your venue, for example the dance floor or the stage decoration.

As columns are frequently made of air filled balloons, supportive elements are needed:
a sturdy aluminum or plastic pole and
a solid base as support for the rod.

The balloons are linked to bunches of normally three to five balloons and fixed to the pole, layer after layer. By utilizing larger balloons for the bottom and the top, and smaller balloons in between, the balloon column takes the characteristic look of its model in the "real" world. To crown your work you could position a stuffed giant balloon above the balloon column.

Like with the air filled arch, the two of these balloon decorations imply you'll must blow up a great deal of balloons! So, renting an inflator would be a great idea, especially for blowing up the huge balloon that crowns your column.

You may fill only the balloons at the bottom with air and the rest with helium. By doing this you would not need a strong base and a pole, as the balloons will support themselves. Utilize a nylon line to attach the balloon bunches to.

If you need to have the display simply for one event, a helium filled balloon column decorating balloons will do fine. It saves you the struggle of setting up a frame and leasing an inflator. However, helium costs much more than air and the lifespan of the balloon decorations will be much smaller.


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