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 »
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.
Had an order come through the other day asking if we could up the cute factor on one of our deliveries by adding a balloon ’60′ to our Loving Bear…… We never like saying ‘No’ unless we really have to so this is what we came up more »
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 »
We always love to come up with a new design for Valentines Day and this is the cutie that we came up with this year. He is on the site and ready to send to visit the love of your life with flowers and your own special message on 14th February. Who will you surprise 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 »
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 »
It is so easy! All you have to do is ‘like’ our facebook page over at http://www.facebook.com/balloonbaboon and when we get to 500 likes we will select someone at random to receive our utterly gorgeous new Giraffe design.
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
We have a real soft spot for Harry Potter so couldn’t resist making something a little bit special to celebrate the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. We give you our Balloon version of the Golden Snitch. Want one? Know someone who would? They are for sale here if so. The more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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
Decided to make a cute little Balloon Girl with a ponytail today – here she is.
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 »
We have been thinking about coming up with a cheaper supporters cap so that it can be used by groups and today we found one. We love it and hope you do too. It can be made in all sorts of colours so that no team should feel left out.
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.
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 »
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 »
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!
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
I love Valentine’s Day to bits and always have. When I was at University my room looked out over the entrance to the campus reception and I would spend as much time as possible sitting on the windowsill on 14th Feb watching all the bouquets of roses arriving. It was bliss. The person who came more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »