20 July 2015

Decorating With A 17 Inch Latex Balloon

By Phyllis Schroeder


Everyday is a celebration. From celebrating life to celebrating death. Some festivals are being held all over the world. People are gathered to celebrate an event or honoring a person who made an impact to their lives. There will be music, food, beverages, and all sort of entertainment. These parties may be personal composing of two or three people or a festival that composes of hundreds to thousands of people. This can be held at the comfort of one's home or in the streets, bars, or nightclubs.

To make the celebration more lively, party decors are implemented. Using 17 inch latex balloon could do a trick to liven up the party. These dirigibles are so diverse, they come in different sizes, shapes and colors. These are usually made from rubber but now the most common of all is the latex. Balloon was invented by Michael Faraday in 1824, by using dried animal bladder. It has been with us for hundreds of years now.

A balloon is an inflatable expandable bag. Mostly it is inflated with helium, others are hydrogen, sulfur or any type of gases that are safe to use of course. You can even use air coming out of your mouth. Commonly made from rubber but because of the advancement of technology, it is now made from latex, nylon fabric and polychloroprene.

Party balloons, like the 17 inch one, is mostly made from latex from rubber trees. These are usually filled with air, helium, water or any suitable liquid or gas. Because of the elasticity of the latex, the volume of air can be adjusted. Making the balloon go bigger or larger. Filling these can be done by blowing air to it using your mouth, using hand pump or electrical air pump, or if there are any compressed gas.

The fun about these latex balloons, are the colors and designs. They can come in different colors like the rainbow, which is very trending by the way, such as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, blue and even opaque. Designs and sizes are also available. From the most common which are the rounded to different sizes and shapes.

Balloon artists uses these to twist and tie inflated tubular balloons to sculptures. Decorators uses helium filled balloons to create these sculptures. The round shape are made into simple arches or walls.

If you are planning to held a party and use these pretty dirigibles. Remember to always make a plan. Picking a theme would be a good start in doing so. These would help you look for best designs and sizes of that would fit to your event. Always make sure the balloons you are going to use are appropriate to the theme of the party.

But if decorating latex balloons is not your cup of tea, you can hire event planner. Since they have contacts with decorators that can help you with your party. These decorators could provide some alternatives in decorating the festivities.

Another thing, if it still overwhelming for you you could go to an event planner or party planner. Ask advice from them. For sure they could hook you up with a balloon decorator. But if you are in a strict budget or you just want to do it on your own. You can do this by doing it manually using your mouth or using hand pump.




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