Tips for decorating with balloons

Balloon Arch

 
    WHAT YOU NEED:
  1. Quality latex balloons
  2. Helium Gas
  3. Fishing line
  4. Tape
  5. Scissors
    HOW TO DO IT!
  1. Cut a piece of fishing line to approx 1 and a half times the length you want the arch to cover.
  2. Fill a balloon with helium to 9" and tie a knot in it
  3. Starting from about 30 cm on the line, wind the wire around the neck of the tied balloon and secure in a knot. (This should keep the balloon in place on the line)
  4. Repeat this process of knotting filled balloons about approx 30cm apart.  (Use your judgement to make sure that they do not look over crowded or too spaced out.)
  5. Once the whole line is filled with balloons you just need to attach both ends of the line to the table/floor to create your arch!
 
Balloon Basket
    WHAT YOU NEED:
  1. 1* (16" to 3ft) Balloon net
  2. 1 * (16" to 3ft) sized quality latex balloon
  3. Helium gas
  4. Basket full of goodies!
  5. Weight (optional)
  6. decorations
    HOW TO DO IT!
  1. Blow up the balloon with helium gas.
  2. Put the balloon inside the balloon net and take all the ends of the net and secure around the basket of goodies. 
  3. Insert a weight in the basket if necessary.  Hide it under all the goodies.
  4. Decorate the basket if you wish by attaching ribbons, bows or with any other creative ideas that come to mind!
 
Balloon Decoration on a table
    WHAT YOU NEED:
  1. Quality latex balloons
  2. Helium gas
  3. Curling ribbon
  4. Fancy weight
  5. Scissors
    HOW TO DO IT!
  1. Inflate a balloon and tie a knot in it.
  2. Tie the ribbon around the neck of the tied balloon leaving a minimum of 1metre strand of ribbon on one side and 1/2metre on the other.
  3. Repeat this process for how ever many balloons you wish to have on the table.
  4. Gather the longer pieces of ribbon of each balloon and tied around the weight.
  5. The small strands of ribbon that are loose can then be curled by sliding a blade of scissors along the strand.
 
Hanging Balloons from the ceiling
    WHAT YOU NEED:
  1. Quality latex balloons
  2. Helium gas
  3. curling ribbon
  4. Scissors
    HOW TO DO IT!
  1. Inflate a balloon with helium, knot and attach to a long piece of curling ribbon.
  2. Follow this process 3 more times.  Tie all the four balloons in one big knot as close to the necks of the balloons as possible.  You should end up with a cluster of 4 balloons in the shape of a clover.
  3. This should leave you with pieces of ribbon hanging down and ready to curl!
  4. Curl using a blade of scissors (Please be careful)
  5. Repeat steps 1-4 to have random clusters hovering above you!
 
Please take extra care when using scissors or other sharp instruments. Children must be supervised at all times. Please also read our safety instructions about the use of balloons and inflation gases, in the 'Info' webpage.