…… you need aballooninabox.co.uk Our twisted balloons are really different but even we have to admit to an utter love of all things helium. Do you know anyone who wouldn’t smile when they saw a helium balloon float out of a box? No we don’t either – we’ve tried and tried and can’t manage more »
How cool is this???? Wandering around the internet the other day we stumbled on this fantastic Buzz LIghtyear balloon costume. It was an unattributed picture on Twitter so sadly we can’t give a name check to the super fab and groovy balloon twister who made it but we bow down to him. Just goes to more »
You wouldn’t believe the number of balloon flowers we make in a week. It can easily be a field or two. Because they are so popular we like to come up with a new way of displaying them every now and again, it keeps us on our toes if nothing else. This week we decided more »
Balloons stand out wherever they are. Doesn’t matter if it’s been made for a child at a party or it’s outside a shop advertising a sale it won’t go unnoticed. So why not use them to your advantage and get your company or event noticed too. That is exactly what we did. We had been more »
We absolutely love helium foil balloons – we don’t use them very often but do love the designs and ‘fun’ that they offer. That’s why we decided a while ago to start experimenting with designs that meant we could use them and easily send them by post. Here is one for a new Baby Boy. more »
Most people haven’t seen the sort of balloons that we make so it’s not surprising that we often get asked how long one of our balloon sculptures will last for. The picture above shows our balloon giraffe 3 weeks after he arrived at his new home. He still looks pretty good doesn’t he. more »
It’s the London Marathon this weekend and thousands of runners will be raising millions of pounds for some incredible charities on Sunday. If you know someone who is running you could spend the whole race trying to spot them so that they know you are cheering them on. Sarah contacted us via Twitter and asked more »
We don’t mind a challenge and so when we were asked to make a caricature of Kimberley Wyatt recently we weren’t too phased. What do you think of the cutie we came up with?
When someone asks what we do we tell them we are Balloon Sculptors but actually the pictures above show what it is we REALLY do. We surprise people and make them smile. What could be better? This blogpost was brought to you in association with Jack, our inspiration for the Martial Arts character that is more »
Over the years we have given a good few balloon lessons. The surprising thing is that most have been to kids in very long trousers – or to use the technical term ‘adults.’ It doesn’t matter what the setting is a balloon lesson is brilliant fun, an incredible ice breaker or the perfect warm up more »
Last month author of How to do Everything and Be Happy, Peter Jones, held his book launch at Waterstones in Southend and asked us to go along and make ‘something happy’ for his guests. It didn’t take us long to come up with the perfect ‘happy hat’ and as you can see it certainly made more »
When you are asked to make a Balloon Hat that looks like Thunderbird 2 that’s one thing. When you find out that the hat is going to be seen by the son of the Creator of the Thunderbirds series you get a bit nervous. When you find out that Jamie Anderson, son of the late more »
This little chap has a mission and has chosen to accept it. He is carrying with him a Birthday message to a someone special. I can’t say who it is incase it hasn’t been given to them yet but when his wife asked if we could create a little golfer for her husband we were more »
What better way to celebrate a black belt than with a balloon version of your very favourite Martial Artist? Exactly what we thought when we were asked to make one
We are always looking for retailers who want to include one or more of our balloons in their shop. If you would like to sell some ‘smiles in boxes’ then please get in touch. We would love to work with you. If you know someone else who might be interested would you pass on our more »
Having been asked time and time again ‘When are you going to do some videos for YouTube?’ We finally gave in when Alec from Procom offered to film one of our mini balloon lessons So, we now have our very own channel on YouTube for you to subscribe to. Hope you enjoy it.
What could be easier than filling 2 big silver foil balloon numbers with helium, attaching ribbon and tying them to pretty silver weights? It should take minutes especially when you have already been to the wholesaler and bought everything. The trickiest bit should be making sure that both numbers are the same height. So, helium more »
On Friday we were asked if we worked with ‘normal helium balloons’ for a party. Things like clusters of balloons, huge balloon numbers, that sort of thing. We can only do this sort of thing locally – around the Essex area but we certainly can supply them and I admit that I LOVE working with more »
Do you remember Ling from LingsCars? She went on Dragons Den to get investment for her car leasing business. The business itself may not ring any bells but we wouldn’t be surprised if her surprising roadside advertising did. She was offered a deal by Duncan Bannatyne and Richard Farleigh but turned them both down. Well more »
We love Alan Carr and got all excited when we found out that he was going to be doing a gig near us……until we found out it was sold out. Hurumph!! Not being able to go didn’t stop us from thanking him for making us laugh by delivering his very own Mini Me to the more »