Our very simple to follow explanations will help you make up your mind what balloon decorations are the perfect pick for your special event.
We felt overwhelmed with the huge selection of displays we came across when we began with balloon decorating. Along our learning process, we figured out that it all boils down to three primary designs:
Balloon Bouquet
Primarily used as a main feature for tables, the balloon bouquet truly is the heart of a balloon display. Between two and nine balloons, tied to curling stripes, are arranged in various heights and attached to a table bottom.
A balloon centerpiece may be made from latex OR mylar (also named foil) balloons OR you can combine them.
As the balloons will have to be helium filled this choice determines the lifespan of your balloon decorations. Whereas mylar balloons will float approximately 14 days, even the greatest quality latex balloons will not keep up longer than for about 12 to 24 hours. By using a product called 'hi-float', it's achievable to make them last 10 to 25 times as long!
Balloon Arch
Naturally, balloon arches carry out their purpose best when you can walk through them! So they are best balloon decorations for an entrance or exit. Frequently they are also utilized to frame the head or cake table at a wedding or to make an incredible stage decoration.
Unlike with bouquets you have the choice between helium or air-filled balloon arch.
A hovering arch is made of single helium-filled balloons aligned like pearls throughout an invisible 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 generally basing on the floor. A brick or sand filled balloon will do the job and can easily be decorated quite nicely.
With a "String of Pearls" - frequently utilized for wedding balloon arches - you put together an amazing result with quite little effort. The only disadvantage is the short life-span, as a result of the nature of helium-filled latex balloons, as explained above.
If the decoration website for your exclusive event must last much longer, you may either use mylar balloons as an alternative to latex or you go with an arch with air-filled balloons.
Having said that, with these styles of balloon decorations, there is a bit more constructional work involved, as an air filled balloon arch requires a couple of supportive elements:
a frame made from a sturdy, flexible material like conduit, PVC pipe or aluminium rod and
a strong bottom at either end to secure the arch.
The conduit or rod is shaped into the actual arch and the balloons are connected to it, typically in clusters of three to five balloons. By utilizing various colors and putting the balloons in a specific way you'll get this nice spiraling effect presented on the photo. Do not panic, we'll explain step by step and with numbers of photos how to do that!
Basing 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 planning to do many more balloon decorations.
A much easier way to design an air filled balloon arch is by making use of so named 'Link-o-Loon' balloons.
Balloon Column
Placed as excellent eye-catchers at each side of an entry 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 solid aluminum or plastic pole and
a solid base as anchor for the pole.
The balloons are tied to bunches of normally three to five balloons and fixed to the rod, layer after layer. Using a bigger size 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 at the top of the balloon column.
Like with the air filled arch, each of these balloon decorations imply you'll must blow up a bunch of balloons! So, getting an inflator would be a fantastic idea, especially for blowing up the giant balloon that crowns your column.
Additionally you may fill just 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 read more themselves. Use a nylon line to attach the balloon clusters to.
A helium filled balloon column will certainly do great if you need the display only for one evening. It saves you the trouble of constructing a frame and leasing an inflator. However, helium costs a lot more than air and the life expectancy of the balloon decorations will be much lower.