Our easy to follow explanations will aid you make a decision what balloon decors are the best solution for your special occasion.
Once we started with balloon decorating, we felt confused with the huge selection of displays we came across. Yet along our learning process, we figured out that all of it boils down to three simple designs:
Balloon Bouquet
Usually used as a centerpiece for tables, the balloon bouquet actually is the heart of a balloon display. Between two and nine balloons, connected to curling stripes, are arranged in various heights and attached to a table base. In the instances below the base is either a heavy flower basket or a sand-filled balloon. Yet it could be essentially any decorative material that is heavy enough to hold the balloons in position and where the ribbons may be tied to.
A balloon centerpiece may be crafted from latex OR mylar (also referred to as foil) balloons OR you can blend them.
As the balloons need to be helium filled this choice determines the life-span of your balloon decorations. Whereas mylar balloons will float up to 14 days, even the best latex balloons won't stay up much longer than for about 12 to 24 hours. However, by utilizing a product called 'hi-float', it's possible to make them last 10 to 25 times as long!
Balloon Arch
Generally, balloon arches carry out their objective best when you can walk through them! They are perfect balloon decorations for an entry or exit. Often they are also used to frame the head or cake table at a wedding celebration or to create a magnificent stage decor.
Unlike with bouquets you have the choice between helium or air-filled balloon arch.
A hovering arch is composed of single helium-filled balloons lined up like pearls throughout an unnoticeable nylon string, hence the name "String of Pearls". The two ends are fixed to bases, quite similar to the table bases for bouquets, just a bit heavier and typically basing on the floor. A brick or sand stuffed balloon will do the job and can easily be decorated quite nicely.
With a "String of Pearls" - quite often used for wedding balloon arches - you generate an incredible effect with reasonably little effort. The only disadvantage is the short life-span, as a result of the nature of helium-filled latex balloons, as explained above.
You could either use mylar balloons instead of latex or you go for an arch with air-filled balloons if the decoration for your specific party should last longer.
With these kinds of balloon decorations, there is a little bit more constructional labor involved, as an air filled balloon arch requires some supporting parts:
a frame made from a sturdy, flexible material like conduit, PVC pipe or aluminium rod and
a strong support at either end to anchor the arch.
The conduit or rod is formed into the actual arch and the balloons are connected to it, mostly in clusters of three to five balloons. By utilizing a variety of colors and putting the balloons in a special way you'll get this good spiraling result displayed on the photo. Do not panic, we'll explain in detail and with numbers of photos how to do that!
Depending on the size of the arch you'll have to blow up plenty of balloons! So, get your friends and family ready! Alternatively you might use a hand pump and even rent or buy an electric pump. This investment, of course, only makes sense if you are intending to do much more balloon decorations.
A much basic way to build an air filled balloon arch is by using so called 'Link-o-Loon' balloons.
Balloon Columns
Positioned as outstanding eye-catchers at either side of an entryway or head dining table at a wedding, balloon columns are perfect for wedding balloon decorations. They also make excellent balloon decorations for defining an area of your wedding venue, as an example the dance floor or the stage decoration.
As columns are commonly made of air filled balloons, supportive elements are required:
a sturdy aluminum or plastic pole and
a solid base as anchor for the pole.
The balloons are connected to bunches of normally three to five balloons and fixed to the rod, layer after layer. Utilizing a bigger size balloons for the bottom and the top, and smaller balloons in between, the balloon column takes the characteristic decorating ballroom shape of its model in the "real" world. To crown your work you could put a stuffed giant balloon at the top of the balloon column.
Like with the air filled arch, each of these balloon decorations imply you'll will need to blow up a ton of balloons! Leasing an inflator would be a very good idea, specially for blowing up the giant balloon that get more info crowns your column.
You may fill only the balloons at the bottom with air and the rest with helium. That way you won't need a sturdy base and a pole, as the balloons will support themselves. Utilize a nylon line to connect the balloon clusters to.
If you need the display only for one night, a helium filled balloon column will do fine. It saves you the headache of creating a frame and getting an inflator. Yet, helium costs more air and the life-span of the balloon decorations will be much smaller.