Our very simple to follow descriptions will allow you figure out what balloon decors are the perfect choice for your special party.
Once we started with balloon decorating, we felt confused with the massive range of displays we saw. Yet along our learning process, we understood that everything boils down to three general styles:
Balloon Bouquet
Most commonly used as a centerpiece for tables, the balloon bouquet really is the heart of a balloon display. Between two and nine balloons, attached to curling ribbons, are arranged in various heights and connected to a table base. In the examples beneath the base is either a weighted flower gift basket or a sand-filled balloon. Yet it could be practically any lovely looking object that is heavy enough to hold the balloons in position and where the ribbons can be tied to.
A balloon centerpiece can be crafted from latex OR mylar (also called foil) balloons OR you can combine them.
As the balloons will need 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 would not keep up longer than for about 12 to 24 hours. Having said that, utilizing a product called 'hi-float', it's achievable to make them last 10 to 25 times as long!
Balloon Arch
Typically, balloon arches perform their function best when you can walk through them! They are best balloon decorations for an entry or exit. Usually they are also utilized 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 composed 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 basing on the floor. A brick or sand filled balloon will get the job done and can easily be decorated nicely.
With a "String of Pearls" - usually utilized for wedding balloon arches - you generate an incredible result with relatively little effort. The only downside is the short lifespan, due to the nature of helium-filled latex balloons, as described above.
You could either use mylar balloons as an alternative of latex or you go for an arch with air-filled balloons if the decor for your specific occasion should last even longer.
With these types of balloon decorations, there is a little bit more constructional labor involved, as an air filled balloon arch needs to have some supportive parts:
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 pipe or rod is shaped into the actual arch and the balloons are connected to it, mainly in bunches of three to five balloons. By using various colors and putting the balloons in an unique way you'll get this wonderful spiraling effect presented on the photo. Do not panic, we'll describe step by step more info and with numbers of photos how to do that!
Basing on the size of the arch you'll have to blow up plenty balloons! So, get your family and friends ready! As an alternative you might use a hand pump and even rent or buy an electrical inflator. This investment, of course, only makes sense if you are considering to do many more balloon decorations.
A much simpler way to create an air filled balloon arch is by making use of so called 'Link-o-Loon' balloons.
Balloon Column
Positioned as impressive eye-catchers at either side of an entry or head table at a wedding ceremony, balloon columns are ideal for wedding balloon decorations. They also make excellent balloon decorations for defining an area of your wedding venue, for example the dance floor or the stage decoration.
As columns are click here normally made of air filled balloons, supportive materials are needed:
a strong aluminum or plastic pole and
a solid base as anchor for the rod.
The balloons are secured to clusters of normally three to five balloons and fixed to the rod, layer after layer. By using even bigger balloons for the more info top and the bottom, and smaller balloons in between, the balloon column takes the characteristic contour of its model in the "real" world. To crown your work you could put a stuffed giant balloon on top of the balloon column.
Like with the air filled arch, both of these balloon decorations imply you'll will need to blow up a lot of balloons! Getting an inflator would be an excellent idea, specially for blowing up the giant 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 won't need a strong base and a pole, as the balloons are going to support themselves. Work with a nylon line to attach the balloon clusters to.
If you need to have the display specifically for one evening, a helium filled balloon column will do fine. It saves you the struggle of building a frame and leasing an inflator. However, helium costs more air and the lifespan of the balloon decorations will be much shorter.