Balloon Decorations

Photo credit: © Jepoy Campboy

Just a piece of paper and a pencil (or an online sketch pad, depending on your technical preferences) can help you focus on a set of party decorations. Walk through these steps to come up with your plan and then you can break your plan down into it's smaller tasks, assign dates and you'll stay on track for getting the balloon decorations purchased and made in time for the big day.

Choose where you are going to hold the party.

Sketch out the floor plan for your party space.

Make a note on the sketch about the location of furniture, windows, and doorways.

Decide whether you want to just use balloons around one specific location (like where the guest of honor will be sitting or where the presents will be located) or if you want all-over color and balloon decorations.

Consider your party space as being broken into three sections. The first section is up around the ceiling. The second is the middle, or eye-level, section of the room. The third section is down by the floor.

Choose one type of balloon decoration for each "level". Here are the options for each level:

Ceiling: Balloon drop, balloon arch (covers all three levels), balloon ceiling, garland
Eye-level: Balloon centerpieces, floating clouds, arches, columns, wall decorations
Floor-level: Arches, columns, floor clusters

Choose a theme that would be meaningful for the birthday person. If they play a musical instrument you could do a music themed party; if they like movies you could do a movie themed party; if they like sports you could do a golf, football, or baseball themed party.

Find some Mylar balloons in a shape that matches your theme.

Once you have the theme and the Mylar shapes picked out, you can easily choose 2-3 other colors to use in your balloon decorations.

Decide how many of each type of balloon decoration you are going to need based on the size of your party space.
Make a list of necessary supplies and purchase them ahead of time.