Do you have an online shop?

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 »

We have our own channel on YouTube

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.

She turned down the Dragons but not Balloon Baboon

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 »

Want a free sample?

Pictures are great but seeing is believing when it comes to our balloon sculptures. Want a free mini sample? OK we’ll post you one AND include an extra little present if you pay the delivery cost (£3) Sound fair? Let’s do it then ……… just nip over to this page, order your free sample and we more »

Disney characters galore

This time last week we were putting the finishing touches to a set of gorgeous Disney Character table centres and a HUGE Mickey and Minnie Mouse. To say they were super cute and totally gorgeous would be an understatement (not that we are at all biased) but don’t take our word for it, here is more »

Say ‘Hello’ to Donald

In a couple of weeks we will be making all sorts of characters to decorate a Disney themed wedding and we can’t wait! Donald Duck will be sat on top of one of the 10 table centre pedestals that will be looking down on the guests and making sure that they have a great time. more »

Our Romantic Man is perfect this Valentines Day

If you are looking for something romantic, cute, memorable AND different to send the one you love this Valentines Day then this Romantic Man balloon could be the answer. He stands at about 45cm high and is absolutely adorable even if we do say so ourselves. As all our balloons are handmade our schedule sometimes more »

Personalised balloon caricatures – a step nearer

Last week we got a step closer to introducing our Personalised balloon caricatures by showcasing one of comedian Russell Kane on Twitter…. ……and then taking it down to wait for him in his dressing room at The Palace Theatre, Westcliff to see what sort of reaction it got. In a word – amazing! Russell Kane more »

Keep an eye out for these this Valentines Day

Balloons really can be used for all sorts of things by all sorts of people and this year we have been asked to come up with a couple of balloons that can be used by restaurants and pubs on Valentines Day. Something very simple, cost effective and great as a giveaway. Want to see what more »

The winter weather must be influencing us.

Even though we are tucked up and warm, apart from our treks out to the local Sorting Office, the snow and icy conditions must be on our minds more than we thought because we created a little Penguin cutie this week. Watch out for him on the site in the New Year

How cute are these?

Bit of a fuzzy picture but hope you like this cute little couple.  They are inspired by the Lootle design that the wonderful balloonist Robbie Furman created. They are such fun to make and we just can’t help but smile everytime we look at one We can’t wait to get them onto the website so more »

Which do you like best – please vote

Which of these mini  snowman designs do you like best? We are trying to decide which one to offer as an alternative to sending a boring old Christmas Card so, do you prefer……… 1. the one on the left with scarf, top hat and arms 2. in the middle with scarf and top hat 3. more »

Oodles of balloon bracelets on the way!!!

The party season is on it’s way, well that is our excuse anyway and we are sticking to it! We have decided that balloon bracelets are so much fun that we really need to get lots more on our website so over the next few weeks that is just what we are going to do more »

Vroom Vroom

Today’s challenge came via Twitter and it was for a balloon motorbike. What do you think? Would love to know. As always we can already see some tweaks that we will make for version 2 but liking it so far.

Balloon Wrapping Paper

We are always trying to think of new ways to use balloons but never thought we would come up with balloon wrapping paper! Your wrapping paper will come to you already constructed so all you need to do is take it out of it’s box, add your gift and wrap it around the ourside of more »

Please send some virtual hugs to Growler

Our gorgeous little ‘Stunt Cat’ Growler had a fall at the weekend and is staying at the vet’s tonight We thought that whilst she was poorly we would ask for some virtual hugs for her in return for a 10% cashback on our Kitty Kat balloon at www.balloonbaboon.co.uk. Peter Kay did a ‘Mum wants a more »

ConGRADulations!

If you know someone who is celebrating their degree then you might like our latest creation… A male and female Graduate balloon. We remember the essays, exams and then the wait for the final result only too well!

Race For Life 2010

Are you taking part in the Race for Life this year? Or supporting someone who is? If so you may like our latest creation We could never run the Race For Life so anyone who takes part is a hero in our eyes. We also can’t afford to sponsor all of the people that contact more »

Our ultimate accessory for Footy Fans

With the FA and World Cup coming up football is going to be pretty hard to ignore soon, especially if you live with a football fanatic. Footy fans love their shirts and scarves but what about this for the ultimate accessory? Yep a funky top hat made out of balloons and in their own team more »

Behold the Balloon Jesus

Ok, settle down, settle down please – before you start drafting strongly worded letters  of complaint to your local MP, or worse still phoning the Daily Mail, Balloon Jesus was commissioned by a client for a friend who was being ordained. I must confess I did have reservations about Balloon Jesus. I said it as more »

What would you want to see at a fair?

We have a stand at the Essex Easter Craft and Gift Fair in Harlow on March 27th and 28th and are starting to write a list of things that we need to take with us to sell on the day. We would love to hear what you would want to see available – remember that more »

Butterfly challenge Part 2 – final designs :)

Now that we had chosen the cutest butterfly design that we could come up with, below, we had to make a lovely big version for the Ally Cadence Trust for Spinal Muscular Atrophy dinner dance. Just using bigger balloons didn’t give us the elegance or size that we were after so a quick jiggle with more »

Butterfly challenge Part one – what shape to use?

A few weeks ago we got an email from Karl at the Ally Cadence Trust for Spinal Muscular Atrophy who is organising a fundraising dinner dance for the Trust in March of this year. Having seen our balloons on Twitter Karl wondered if we could make some large floating blue butterflies (their logo) that would more »

Happy Birthday to us, Happy Birthday to us…

It is our First Birthday today With everything going on I almost missed it!! Over the last year things have changed quite a lot but one thing has stayed the same – the level of support that people have shown us. It is great to know that so many people think that the idea behind more »

What can we make for you?

We have an incredibly long list of balloons that we want to try to make and if they work out add to our balloonshop BUT what do you want to see included? We are often asked if we can make specific balloons – that is how this wonderful Mickey Mouse, Froggie, Buzzy Bee, Piggie and more »

A Dog isn’t just for Christmas

We just couldnt resist trying out a Pluto balloon and here he is. He will probably get a tweak here and a twist there but we already think he is a bit of a cutie pie. He has just joined , WallE, Bob the Builder and Marvin the Martian in our balloonshop so if you more »

New bouquet idea – what do you think?

As well as offering standard bouquets of roses and mixed flowers we are also thinking of offering a ‘create your own bouquet’ service that will allow you to put the flowers that you want together – just like when you visit a real florist. That way you can personalise the bouquet and spend as much more »

Argh!!!! Computers!

We have just tried to send out an email to everyone on our emailing list to let them know about our New Year Offer below. What could be easier? Well it seems that building a lifesize balloon replica of the Eiffel Tower would be easier because although our test emails look very pretty they seem more »

One of life’s little pleasures.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! One of my favourite things about a New Year is starting a new diary. Fountain Pen in hand Birthday’s and Anniversaries are first to be added. As they are written in, in my very best handwriting, I start thinking about present ideas and they go into another little book of mine. That more »

Hospitals ban fresh flowers

Our local hospital banned fresh flowers from wards earlier this year and it seems that more and more across the country are doing the same. They haven’t banned deliveries of balloon flowers though which gives us the perfect excuse to add more varieties to our collection. It has nothing to do with the fact that more »

Want to win our latest Creation?

We have been working on a brand new character to bring to our balloonshop this afternoon. It looked like it was going to be far trickier than it was and I really thought it would all ‘end in tears.’ If you follow us on Twitter you can enter the competition that we have just launched more »

Balloon Handbags

Yep you read that right – I am working on a collection of Balloon Handbags for the website. Above is a sneak preview of one of the ideas that I have been playing about with although they are likely to be sold in single colours. Have to say so far I LOVE them but would more »

So what balloon did we create yesterday?

We ran a competition on Twitter this week to win one of our newest additions to our balloonshop. It seemed easy enough -  all you had to do was guess what we were going to make next which was the cute robot above, an homage to WALL E and was revealed yesterday. Answers during day more »