Three basictechniques for balloon decors



Our simple to follow descriptions will help you make up your mind what balloon decors are the most ideal option for your special event.
Once we started with balloon decorating, we felt confused with the massive range of displays we came across. Yet along our learning process, we understood that everything boils down to three basic concepts:

Balloon Bouquet


Usually used as a centerpiece for dinner tables, the balloon bouquet really is the heart of a balloon display. Between two and nine balloons, tied up to curling stripes, are arranged in various heights and connected to a table base. In the examples under the base is either a heavy flower basket or a sand-filled balloon. Yet it may be virtually any decorative material that is heavy enough to keep the balloons in place and where the stripes can be tied to.

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

As the balloons need to be helium filled this choice determines the longevity of your balloon decorations. Whereas mylar balloons will float as much as 14 days, even the highest quality latex balloons would not stay up much longer than for about 12 to 24 hours. Having said that, by using 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 objective best when you can walk through them! They are ideal balloon decorations for an entry or exit. Often they are also utilized to frame the head or cake table at a wedding event or to design a magnificent stage decor.

Unlike with bouquets you get the choice between helium or air-filled balloon arch.

A floating arch is composed of single helium-filled balloons lined up like pearls throughout an invisible 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 typically basing 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" - often utilized for wedding balloon arches - you create an incredible effect with reasonably little effort. The only disadvantage is the short longevity, due to the nature of helium-filled latex balloons, as described above.

You could either use mylar balloons in place of latex or you go for an arch with air-filled balloons if the decor for your specific event should last a lot longer.
With these kinds of balloon decorations, there is a little more constructional work required, as an air filled balloon arch needs some supporting elements:

a structure crafted from a solid, flexible material like conduit, PVC pipe or aluminium pole and
a sturdy bottom at either end to secure the arch.

The conduit or rod is formed into the actual arch and the balloons are attached to it, usually in clusters of three to five balloons. Using a variety of colors and placing the balloons in a specific way you'll get this nice spiraling result shown on the photo. Don't worry, we'll explain in detail and with numbers of photos how to do that!

Depending upon the size of the arch you'll will have to blow up quite a few balloons! So, get your friends and family ready! Alternatively you may use a hand pump or even rent or buy an electric inflator. This investment, obviously, only makes sense if you are intending to do much more balloon decorations.

A much basic way read more to build an air filled balloon arch is by utilizing so named 'Link-o-Loon' balloons.

Balloon Column


Positioned as amazing 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 great balloon decorations for defining an area of your wedding venue, for example the dance floor or the stage decoration.

As columns are often composed of air filled balloons, supportive materials are required:
a strong aluminum or plastic pole and
a solid base more info as anchor for the rod.

The balloons are secured to clusters of normally three to five balloons more info and fixed to the rod, layer after layer. By using 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 put a stuffed giant balloon above the balloon column.

Like with the air filled arch, both of these balloon decorations mean you'll will need to blow up a lot of balloons! Getting an inflator would be an excellent idea, specially 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 won't need a strong base and a pole, as the balloons are going to support themselves. Use a nylon line to connect the balloon clusters to.

If you need to have the display specifically for one evening, a helium filled balloon column will do fine. It saves you the hassle of constructing a frame and leasing an inflator. Yet, helium costs more than air and the lifespan of the balloon decorations will be much lower.


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