Our easy to follow descriptions will let you determine what balloon decors are the perfect pick for your special party.
When we started with balloon decor, we felt overwhelmed with the substantial assortment of displays we came across. Yet along our learning process, we found out that all of it boils down to three essential concepts:
Balloon Bouquet
Mostly used as a centerpiece for desks, the balloon bouquet truly is the heart of a balloon display. Between two and nine balloons, linked to curling ribbons, are organized in various heights and attached to a table base.
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 life-span of your balloon decorations. Whereas mylar balloons will float around 14 days, even the finest latex balloons will not keep up much longer than for about 12 to 24 hours. However, by using a product called 'hi-float', it's possible to make them survive 10 to 25 times as long!
Balloon Arch
Typically, balloon arches carry out their objective best when you can go through them! They are excellent balloon decorations for a doorway or exit. Usually they are also used to frame the head or cake table at a wedding or to make a magnificent stage decor.
Unlike with bouquets you get the choice between helium or air-filled balloon arch.
A floating arch is made of single helium-filled balloons aligned like pearls throughout an unnoticeable nylon line, hence the name "String of Pearls". The two ends are fixed to bases, similar to the table bases for bouquets, just a bit heavier and typically standing 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" - quite often used for wedding balloon arches - you produce an amazing result with reasonably little effort. The only problem is the short longevity, due to the nature of helium-filled latex balloons, as explained 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 needs to have some supporting parts:
a frame made from a solid, flexible material like conduit, PVC piping or aluminium pole and
a stable 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, primarily in bunches of three to five balloons. Utilizing a variety of colors and putting the balloons in a special way you'll get this nice spiraling effect shown on the photo. Don't panic, we'll describe in detail 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 purchase, of course, only makes sense if you are preparing to do many more balloon decorations.
A much simpler way to build an air filled balloon arch get more info is by making use of so named 'Link-o-Loon' balloons.
Balloon Columns
Placed as impressive eye-catchers at each side of an entry or head dining table at a wedding celebration, balloon columns are perfect for wedding balloon decorations. They also make great balloon decorations for marking out an area of your wedding venue, for instance the dance floor or the stage decoration.
As columns are often made from air filled balloons, supportive materials are required:
a solid metal or plastic pole and
a sturdy base as support for the stick.
The balloons are linked to bunches of typically three to five balloons and fixed to the pole, layer after layer. By using bigger balloons for the bottom and the top, and smaller sized 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 at the top of the balloon column.
Like with the air filled arch, each of these balloon decorations mean you'll need to blow up a great deal of balloons! Leasing an inflator would be a really good idea, particularly for blowing up the giant balloon that crowns your column.
Alternatively you could fill just the balloons at the bottom with air and the rest with helium. By doing this you will not need a strong base and a pole, as the balloons will support themselves. Use a nylon line to secure the balloon bunches to.
If you need to have the display simply for one night, a helium filled balloon column will do fine. It saves you the struggle of creating a frame and leasing an inflator. On the other hand, helium costs more than air and the life-span of the balloon decorations will be much smaller.