How to do your own balloons part 2 (the materials)

How to do your own balloons part 2

In part one we looked at the basic rules for doing your own balloon decorating, in this part we will look at the materials you will need to create your own balloon bouquets

Helium: If you have a significant number of balloons to do then you will need an industrial cylinder of helium, these can be rented from many different places.

Balloons: You will need helium quality balloons of at least 11 inches or more, the packet should say on it what measurements they are and whether they are helium quality or not.

Ribbon: To tie the balloons together, you will need a thin kind of ribbon known as “curling ribbon” it’s called this because if you run a blade gently over it, it curls.
Curling ribbon is available is a massive array of colours and is very cheap to buy at around £1 for 100 metres.

Scissors: You will need one pair of good quality scissors

Weights: If you are creating displays or bouquets, you will need something to weight them down with. There are a large selection of weights that are available to buy or you can make your own (this will be covered in another article)

Size guide: You want all your balloons to look the same size and shape and a size guide will help you to make sure that they do. They are a piece of cardboard or plastic that you hold the balloon through as you inflate, when you can’t pull the balloon through the hole, then it has reached the right size.

2 inch ribbon: If you are making bows to go on your weights, then you will need two inch ribbon, this comes in as many colours as the curling ribbon, but it can also be split down to the size you require.