Our simple to follow descriptions will allow you determine what balloon decors are the most ideal choice for your special occasion.
When we kicked off with balloon decorating, we felt confused with the huge selection of displays we discovered. Yet along our learning process, we found out that all of it boils down to three general styles:
Balloon Bouquet
Usually used as a centerpiece for tables, the balloon bouquet actually is the heart of a balloon display. Between two and nine balloons, connected to curling stripes, 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. It can be practically any decorative object that is heavy enough to hold the balloons in position and where the ribbons can be tied to.
A balloon centerpiece may be made of latex OR mylar (also called foil) balloons OR you can combine them.
As the balloons must be helium filled this choice determines the lifespan of your balloon decorations. Whereas mylar balloons will float as much as 14 days, even the greatest quality latex balloons will not keep up longer than for about 12 to 24 hours. Having said that, utilizing a product called 'hi-float', it's possible to make them survive 10 to 25 times as long!
Balloon Arch
Naturally, balloon arches carry out their objective best when you can walk through them! So they are excellent balloon decorations for an entrance or exit. Frequently they are also utilized to frame the head or cake table at a wedding celebration 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 string, 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 typically 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" - often used for wedding balloon arches - you build 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.
You could either use mylar balloons alternatively of latex or you go for an arch check here with air-filled balloons if the decorations for your special event should last a lot longer.
With these options of balloon decorations, there is a little more constructional work involved, as an air filled balloon arch needs to have some supporting elements:
a structure constructed from a good, flexible material such as conduit, PVC pipe or aluminium pole and
a stable base at either end to anchor the click here arch.
The pipe or rod is formed into the actual arch and the balloons are attached to it, mainly in bunches of three to five balloons. Utilizing different colors and placing the balloons in an unique way you'll get this great spiraling result shown on the photo. Don't worry, we'll describe in detail and with lots of photos how to do that!
Depending upon the size of the arch you'll need to blow up plenty balloons! Get your family and friends ready! Alternatively you can use a hand pump or maybe rent or buy an electric inflator. This investment, of course, only makes good sense if you are considering to do many more balloon decorations.
A much basic way to create an air filled balloon arch is by utilizing so named 'Link-o-Loon' balloons.
Balloon Columns
Placed as outstanding eye-catchers at either side of an entryway or head dining table at a wedding, balloon columns are ideal for wedding balloon decorations. They also make excellent balloon decorations for marking out 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 needed:
a solid aluminum or plastic pole and
a solid base as support 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 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 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 ton of balloons! So, getting an inflator would be a good 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 sturdy base and a pole, as the balloons will support themselves. Use a nylon line to attach the balloon clusters to.
If you need the display just for one night, a helium filled balloon column will do fine. 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.