Three general concepts for balloon designs



Our quick and easy to follow explanations will aid you make up your mind what balloon decorations are the right choice for your special occasion.
Once we started with balloon design, we felt confused with the huge range of displays we saw. Yet along our learning process, we figured out that everything come down to three basic styles:

Balloon Bouquet


Typically used as a centerpiece for dinner tables, the balloon bouquet really is the heart of a balloon display. Between two and nine balloons, connected to curling stripes, are laid out in different heights and connected to a table base. In the instances under the base is either a weighted flower basket or a sand-filled balloon. It can be essentially any decorative item that is heavy enough to keep the balloons in position and where the ribbons can be tied to.

A balloon centerpiece can be made from latex OR mylar (also named foil) balloons OR you can combine them.

As the balloons need to be helium filled this choice determines the life-span of your balloon decorations. Whereas mylar balloons will float around 14 days, even the highest quality latex balloons will not keep up much longer than for about 12 to 24 hours. But, 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! So they are perfect 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". Both 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" - often used for wedding balloon arches - you make an incredible result with quite little effort. The only problem is the short lifespan, due to the nature of helium-filled latex balloons, as explained above.

If the decoration for your unique function have to last a lot longer, you could either use mylar balloons instead of latex or you choose an arch with air-filled balloons.
With these kinds of balloon decorations, there is a little bit more constructional work involved, as an air filled balloon arch needs 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 secure the arch.

The pipe or rod is formed into the actual arch and the balloons are attached to it, mostly in clusters of three to five balloons. By using different colors and placing the balloons in a special way you'll get this good spiraling effect presented on the photo. Don't panic, we'll explain step by step and with lots of photos how to do that!

Depending upon the size of the arch you'll need to blow up plenty of balloons! Get your family and friends prepared! balloon decorations for christmas As an alternative you can use a hand pump and even rent or buy an electric pump. This investment, obviously, only makes good sense if you are intending to do a lot more balloon decorations.

A much less complex way to create an air filled balloon arch is by utilizing so called 'Link-o-Loon' balloons.

Balloon Column


Placed as outstanding eye-catchers at either side of an entrance or head table at a wedding event, balloon columns are perfect for wedding balloon decorations. They also make excellent balloon decorations for marking out an area of your venue, for example the dance floor or the stage decoration.

As columns are typically made of air filled balloons, supportive elements are required:
a sturdy aluminum or plastic pole and
a solid base as support for the rod.

The balloons are linked to sets of normally three to five balloons and fixed to the pole, layer after layer. By utilizing larger balloons for the bottom and the top, 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 position a stuffed giant balloon above the balloon column.

Like with the air filled arch, the two of these balloon decorations imply you'll must blow up a bunch of balloons! So, renting out an inflator would be a good strategy, specifically for blowing up the huge 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 will not need a strong base and a pole, as the balloons will support themselves. Use a nylon line to attach 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. However, helium costs more than air and the lifespan of the balloon decorations will be much smaller.


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