One thing though: they will lay on the table along with the food. Sometimes, caterers place so many dishes on the table and the food is so decorative as well as abundant, that the bases are lost. In fact, the smaller the base, the simpler it is for your catering service and the less it will get in the way of the visitors.
Therefore, whenever you intend to spend money on the bottoms of balloon arrangements or different table decorations – think about dishes, bottles and other things competing for the space.
7. Balloon ceiling (the ceiling covered with balloons with hanging ribbons)
Factors to bear in mind:
a) When the ceiling is a rough area, numerous balloons might pop during the inflation process, and a lot more throughout the celebration, unless the ceiling is covered completely and balloons do not move.
c) 1 balloon takes up a bit less than a sq ft. Thus, when you’re in a big space, you’ll need a considerable spending budget to pay for the ceiling totally covered. If it is – fine, but I would consider the other options in the same price range as well. If you’re only covering the ceiling partly, an A/C or fan may blow the balloons about and will rub all of them against the ceiling. If that is the case and the ceiling surface is rough, a sizable part of balloons will pop.
For more complete discussion of ceiling decorations please read ”Balloon decorations for the ceiling”
8. Balloon Drops
An ideal place for that is a theater-type space. That is to say, a space having a very high ceiling and a relatively small floor area. On their way down balloons “have time” to go sideways and cover everything within the room.
Inside a regular-sized space we will be fortunate if we manage to cover the dance floor. Also (although it’s a matter of individual judgment) the dangling web filled with balloons does not help at all in terms of decorations, in addition to telling everybody what’s coming. And, even worse, if a person isn’t looking at the net with balloons the second when the balloons are dropped, he could miss the entire thing – it takes a second for the balloon to get to the floor!
A remedy to all these difficulties is the so-called “explosive balloon”, also called a “popping balloon”.
Stay calm! There aren’t any actual explosive used! Just about all it is a big (3-foot or even bigger) balloon, full of small balloons or even occasionally confetti or lotto wins. One or more of these balloons is placed on the ceiling so when the right time arrives, they’ll all “explode” at the press of button.
You could disperse all these explosive balloons all around the ceiling if you wish to include everyone, or just use a few at a good place, should you wish. Forget about large dangling netting and nobody ever guesses what will happen!
Also, it’s really worth mentioning that you can place these ‘explosive’ balloons with each other to create a wall and blow up the whole wall… We’ll discuss this the next time!
Tags: balloon centerpieces, explosive balloons, general party decorations, popping balloons
