Our quick and easy to follow descriptions will let you figure out what balloon decorations are the right option for your special party.
When we kicked off with balloon design, we felt confused with the substantial assortment of displays we discovered. Yet along our learning process, we discovered that it all come down to three basic styles:
Balloon Bouquet
Generally used as a centerpiece for dinner tables, the balloon bouquet really is the heart of a balloon display. Between two and nine balloons, attached to curling ribbons, are organized in different heights and connected to a table base. In the instances beneath the base is either a heavy flower basket or a sand-filled balloon. Yet it may be practically any lovely looking item that is heavy enough to keep the balloons in position and where the ribbons may be tied to.
A balloon centerpiece can be crafted from latex OR mylar (also known as foil) balloons OR you can blend them.
As the balloons have to be helium filled this choice determines the life-span of your balloon decorations. Whereas mylar balloons will float around 14 days, even the finest quality latex balloons would not stay up much longer than for about 12 to 24 hours. But, by utilizing a product called 'hi-float', it's achievable to make them last 10 to 25 times as long!
Balloon Arch
Typically, balloon arches fulfill their function best when you can go through them! So they are perfect balloon decorations for a doorway or exit. Commonly they are also used to frame the head or cake table at a wedding event or to design a spectacular stage decoration.
Unlike with bouquets you get the choice between helium or air-filled balloon arch.
A floating arch is made of single helium-filled balloons organized like pearls along an invisible nylon line, hence the name "String of Pearls". Both 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 filled up balloon will get the job done and can easily be decorated nicely.
With a "String of Pearls" - commonly utilized for wedding balloon arches - you create an amazing outcome with relatively little effort. The only drawback is the short longevity, due to the nature of helium-filled latex balloons, as described above.
You could either use mylar balloons instead of latex or you go for an arch with air-filled balloons if the decor for your specific party should last longer.
With these types of balloon decorations, there is a little bit more constructional labor required, as an air filled balloon arch needs get more info some supportive components:
a mounting made of a solid, flexible material like conduit, PVC piping or aluminium rod and
a durable bottom at either end to secure the arch.
The conduit or rod is shaped into the actual arch and the balloons are attached to it, usually in sets of three to five balloons. By using various colors and putting the balloons in a specific way you'll get this nice spiraling effect presented on the photo. Do not worry, we'll explain step by step and with lots of photos how to do that!
Depending upon the size of the arch you'll will have to blow up quite a few balloons! Get your family and friends ready! As an alternative you may use a hand pump or even rent or buy an electrical inflator. This investment, obviously, only makes good 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 called 'Link-o-Loon' balloons.
Balloon Column
Placed as superb eye-catchers at each side of an entry or head table at a wedding event, balloon columns are excellent for wedding balloon decorations. They also make wonderful balloon decorations for defining an area of your wedding venue, for example the dance floor or the stage decoration.
As columns are frequently made from air filled balloons, supporting materials are required:
a sturdy metal or plastic pole and
a sturdy base as anchor for the rod.
The balloons are connected to sets of generally three to five balloons and fixed to the rod, layer after layer. Utilizing bigger balloons for the bottom and the top, 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 at the top of the balloon column.
Like with the air filled arch, the two of these balloon decorations imply you'll will need to blow up a ton of balloons! So, renting an inflator would be a great idea, especially 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 would not need a stable 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 the display just for one evening, a helium filled balloon column will do fine. It saves you the trouble of constructing a frame and leasing an inflator. However, helium costs balloon decorations for wedding reception halls much more than air and the life expectancy of the balloon decorations will be much lower.