How to do your own balloons part 3 (bouquets)

How to do your own balloons part 3 (bouquets)

Balloon bouquets look great, whether there is one of them or thirty of them, they can look stunning and elegant and they are so simple to put together, no one will ever know that the beautiful decorations you did only took you a few minutes and they will think that you had the professionals doing them!

Classic threes
Classic threes are probably one of the most simple balloon bunches to do, and they look great when attached to a weight and put on a table. They are a group of three balloons, each one slightly higher than the last.

You will need: Balloons
Curling ribbon
Helium
Size guide
Scissors
Weight
Flight extender (optional)

Step 1
If you are using the flight extender, apply it to the balloons first and then inflate one using the size guide. Tie a knot in the neck, then tie a length of ribbon (approximately one metre) around the neck of the balloon. Make sure you tie a double knot and try to make sure the knot in the ribbon is as close to the knot on the balloon as possible.

Step 2
Repeat step 1 with the other two balloons. Now take two of the balloons, holding them by the ribbon about half way down and arrange them so one is sitting above the other. The bottom of the top balloon should be just touching the top of the second one.

Step 3
Keep holding the first two balloons in place with one hand and take the third balloon halfway down the ribbon and put it at the bottom, it should be sitting the same way as the others, with the top touching the bottom of the second balloon. You need to make sure that the balloons are just touching, but not too much. If they are too close together they will not sit right and they will look bunched up

Step 4
Keeping all three ribbons together, tie them around the weight or through the loop of the weight, once you are sure you have them in the place you want them, make a tight double know so it can’t slip through and come undone. Trust me, it is VERY frustrating when that happens!

Classic threes are the easiest so I have started with this one and will be posting instructions for bouquets of five shortly.