Three fundamentaltechniques for balloon decors



Our quick and easy to follow explanations will aid you make a decision what balloon decorations are the optimal pick for your special occasion.
We felt overwhelmed with the huge variety of displays we came across when we started off with balloon decorating. Yet along our learning process, we discovered that it all come down to three simple styles:

Balloon Bouquet


Primarily used as a centerpiece for dinner tables, the balloon bouquet really is the heart of a balloon display. Between two and nine balloons, linked to twisting ribbons, are organized in different heights and secured to a table bottom.

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

As the balloons will have to be helium filled this choice determines the life expectancy of your balloon decorations. Whereas mylar balloons will float up to 14 days, even the best quality latex balloons will not keep up much longer than for about 12 to 24 hours. By utilizing a product called 'hi-float', it's feasible to make them last 10 to 25 times as long!

Balloon Arch


Naturally, balloon arches perform their function best when you can go through them! So they are optimal balloon decorations for an entrance or exit. Usually they are also used to frame the head or cake table at a wedding celebration or to make a spectacular stage decor.

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

A hovering arch is made of single helium-filled balloons arranged like pearls along an unnoticeable nylon string, hence the name "String of Pearls". The two ends are fixed to bases, very similar to the table bases for bouquets, just a bit heavier and often standing on the floor. A brick or sand stuffed balloon will do the job and can easily be decorated nicely.

With a "String of Pearls" - usually used for wedding balloon arches - you build an amazing outcome with relatively little effort. The only downside is the short lifespan, as a result of the nature of helium-filled latex balloons, as explained above.

If the decorations for your special party must last a lot longer, you can either work with mylar balloons as opposed to latex or you go with an arch with air-filled balloons.
Having said that, with these types of balloon decorations, there is a little more constructional work involved, as an air filled balloon arch requires some supportive website components:

a frame constructed from a strong, flexible material such as conduit, PVC piping or aluminium rod and
a tough base at either end to secure the arch.

The conduit or rod is shaped into the actual arch and the balloons are connected to it, mainly in sets of here three to five balloons. By using various colors and placing the balloons in an unique way you'll get this wonderful spiraling effect displayed on the photo. Don't panic, we'll describe here step by step and with numbers of photos how to do that!

Depending on the size of the arch you'll have to blow up quite a few balloons! This investment, obviously, only makes sense if you are planning to do many more balloon decorations.

A much less complex way to make an air filled balloon arch is by using so named 'Link-o-Loon' balloons.

Balloon Columns


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

As columns are generally crafted from air filled balloons, supportive elements are required:
a sturdy metal or plastic pole and
a stable base as support for the pole.

The balloons are linked to bundles of typically three to five balloons and fixed to the rod, layer after layer. Utilizing larger balloons for the top and the bottom, and smaller sized balloons in between, the balloon column takes the characteristic shape of its model in the "real" world. To crown your work you could put a stuffed giant balloon above the balloon column.

Like with the air filled arch, both of these balloon decorations mean you'll must blow up a ton of balloons! So, renting an inflator would be a very good strategy, especially for blowing up the giant balloon that crowns your column.

As an alternative you could fill only the balloons at the bottom with air and the rest with helium. By doing this you won't need a sturdy base and a pole, as the balloons are going to support themselves. Work with a nylon line to attach the balloon clusters to.

A helium filled balloon column will certainly do alright if you need the display just for one evening. It saves you the headache of setting up a frame and renting an inflator. On the other hand, helium costs much more than air and the life-span of the balloon decorations will be much smaller.


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