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 »

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 »

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

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!

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 »

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 »

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 »

Post Office grumbles

Today a member of Post Office staff practically accused me of lying about the measurements of a box – twice! The boxes that we send our balloons out in are pretty big but are within the PO limits on size. I am used to PO counter staff saying “That box looks too big” then turning more »