Three basic principles for balloon decors



Our quick and easy to follow descriptions will aid you decide 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 designs:

Balloon Bouquet


Mostly used as a centerpiece for desks, the balloon bouquet truly is the heart of a balloon display. Between two and nine balloons, linked to curling ribbons, are arranged in various heights and secured to a table base.

A balloon centerpiece can 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 life-span of your balloon decorations. Whereas mylar balloons will float approximately 14 days, even the highest quality latex balloons won't stay up much longer than for about 12 to 24 hours. By applying a product knowned as 'hi-float', it's achievable to make them last 10 to 25 times as long!

Balloon Arch


Naturally, balloon arches carry out their function best when you can go through them! So they are best balloon decorations for an entrance or exit. Commonly they are also utilized to frame the head or cake table at a wedding or to create a magnificent stage decor.

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

A hovering arch is composed of single helium-filled balloons lined up like pearls along an invisible nylon line, hence the name "String of Pearls". The two ends are fixed to bases, quite similar to the table bases for bouquets, just a bit heavier and often standing on the floor. A brick or sand filled balloon will do the job and can easily be decorated nicely.

With a "String of Pearls" - oftentimes utilized for wedding balloon arches - you put together an amazing effect with fairly little effort. The only drawback is the short life-span, as a result of the nature of helium-filled latex balloons, as explained above.

If the decoration for your unique function have to last a lot longer, you may either use mylar balloons instead of latex or you go for 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 needs some supportive elements:

a mounting crafted from a good, flexible material like conduit, PVC piping or aluminium pole and
a sturdy base at either end to anchor the arch.

The conduit or rod is shaped into the actual arch and the balloons are attached to it, mainly in clusters of three to five balloons. By utilizing various colors and placing the balloons in an unique 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 on the size of the arch you'll have to blow up quite a few balloons! This investment, of course, only makes sense if you are preparing to do many more balloon decorations.

A much easier 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 ideal for wedding balloon decorations. They also make great balloon decorations for marking out an area of your venue, for instance the dance floor or the stage decoration.

As columns are generally made from air filled balloons, supportive elements are needed:
a strong metal or plastic pole and
a solid base as support for the stick.

The balloons are linked to sets of generally three to five balloons and fixed to the rod, layer after layer. By utilizing even bigger 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 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 really good idea, especially for blowing up the giant balloon that balloon decorations calgary crowns your column.

You could fill only 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 themselves. Utilize a nylon line to attach the balloon clusters to.

A helium filled balloon column will definitely do great if you need the display just for one evening. It saves you the hassle of setting up a frame and getting an inflator. However, helium costs much more than air and the lifespan of the balloon decorations will be much shorter.


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