DIY Letter Balloons Column – Step-by-Step

An inflatable column is probably one of the most impressive pieces of decor for your celebration, and not the hardest job to do. We want to show you everything to the smallest detail – step by step, so that even the most inexperienced person could make such a decoration as easy as can be.

Trust us, the result is worth the effort! Choose balloon letters at Balloons online: we’ve got any type of inflatable letters you need to fit your party theme! Roll up your sleeves and let’s get started!

How to make a balloon column: step-by-step guide

We will share with you how to make a column of balloons with your own hands.

For that, you will need the following supplies:

• balloons of the same size;
• adhesive tape;
• thick thread and some free time.

Tip: use a compressor or a pump to inflate your balloons easier and faster.

Everyone has their own concept of a “column”, for someone a column will be a figure of balloons up to the hip or knee, and for someone it is a full-fledged column about 2 meters high.

Creating a base

If you need to make a column of great height, you will need a base. You can take metal wire and two cardboard boxes to make a stand. You need to cut out two parts of the stand from cardboard, and install them crosswise, after that you need to bend the wire and join it to the stand. Then you should fix the two bent parts with tape.

The first thing you need to attach to the column are weights, two small inflatable balls filled with water. Then, you should start working with the balloons.

To make your column look beautiful and elegant, the size of all inflated balloons should be equal. How to do it? 

You can easily solve this issue using a DIY balloon sizer. Take a cardboard box, measure the diameter you need and make the marks, and then cut a circle in the wall of the box with scissors. It will take you a couple of minutes, but you will save yourself a lot of time in the future!

Attaching the balloons

• To make a balloon bundle, you must first make two pairs of balls. We connect two balls together with bases without any threads. We place two pairs crosswise and scroll the pairs along the axis several times to make a strong mount.
• Tightly strung the ready bundles on a wire, fix each of them with adhesive tape to the base. Place one beautiful large balloon letter on top of the column.
• The column will look more interesting if you make an assembly of two colors and include small decorative balls.
• If you are making a small column, then the four balloons should be strung on a thick thread or a twine. The main thing here is that the four adjoin each other tightly.
• We can’t say how long it will take you to create a column. If you are a creative person, you have enough perseverance, and you can enjoy the process itself, then everything will definitely work.

Tips

We recommend you pay attention to following details:

• the balloons must be of one size,
• choose noble colors of beautiful shades,
• calculate the number of required balloons.

Out of habit, it may seem to you that creating a column is a difficult task, but do not give up too fast! In fact, creating this type of décor is very simple, and it is really worth a try! 

Having made several of these columns, you can decorate your hall or backyard, create wonderful alleys (to do this, connect several columns with balloon chains or paper garlands), as well as decorate your festive table with mini versions of these columns!

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