Our very simple to follow descriptions will assist you make up your mind what balloon decors are the ideal solution for your special event.
When we kicked off with balloon decorating, we felt overwhelmed with the huge range of displays we came upon. Yet along our learning process, we discovered that it all come down to three basic styles:
Balloon Bouquet
Normally used as a centerpiece for dinner tables, the balloon bouquet really is the heart of a balloon display. Between two and nine balloons, tied to curling ribbons, 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 may be essentially any lovely looking object that is heavy enough to keep the balloons in place and where the stripes may 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 must be helium filled this choice determines the life-span of your balloon decorations. Whereas mylar balloons will float approximately 14 days, even the best latex balloons will not stay up longer than for about 12 to 24 hours. But, utilizing a product called 'hi-float', it's achievable to make them last 10 to 25 times as long!
Balloon Arch
Naturally, balloon arches fulfill their objective best when you can walk through them! They are perfect balloon decorations for an entrance or exit. Often they are also used to frame the head or cake table at a wedding celebration or to create an incredible stage decoration.
Unlike with bouquets you have the choice between helium or air-filled balloon arch.
A hovering arch is composed of single helium-filled balloons aligned like pearls throughout an unnoticeable nylon line, hence the name "String of Pearls". Both ends are fixed to bases, quite 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" - frequently utilized for wedding balloon arches - you produce an amazing effect with fairly little effort. The only problem is the short lifespan, as a result of the nature of helium-filled latex balloons, as described above.
If the decoration for your unique function should last a lot longer, you may either use mylar balloons as opposed to latex or you go with an arch with air-filled balloons.
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 supportive components:
a structure constructed from a sturdy, flexible material like conduit, PVC piping or aluminium pole and
a stable 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, mainly in bunches of three to five balloons. By utilizing different colors and placing the balloons in an unique way you'll get this great spiraling result shown on the photo. Do not panic, we'll explain in detail and with lots 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, obviously, only makes sense if you are preparing to do many more balloon decorations.
A much easier way to design an air filled balloon arch is by using so called 'Link-o-Loon' balloons.
Balloon Columns
Placed as superb eye-catchers at either side of an entryway or head table at a wedding celebration, balloon columns are great for wedding balloon decorations. They also make excellent balloon decorations for defining an area of your venue, as an example the dance floor or the stage decoration.
As columns are usually composed of air filled balloons, supporting elements are needed:
a sturdy aluminum or plastic pole and
a stable base as anchor for the stick.
The balloons are tied to clusters of often three to five balloons and fixed to the pole, layer after layer. Utilizing even bigger balloons for the top and the bottom, and smaller balloons in between, the balloon column takes the characteristic shape of its model in the "real" world. To crown your work you could place 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 lot of balloons! Getting website an inflator would certainly be a fantastic idea, in particular for blowing up the giant balloon that crowns your column.
You could fill only the balloons at the bottom with air and the rest with helium. That way you will not need a stable base and a pole, as the balloons are going to support themselves. Work with a nylon line to secure the balloon clusters to.
A helium filled balloon column will definitely do well if you need the display solely for one evening. It saves you the headache of setting up a frame and getting an inflator. However, helium costs a lot more than air and the lifespan of the balloon decorations will be much lower.