Arches, Drops & Races
Here’s a few recent updates over the summer 2020: 29/04/2020 – We created the leaderboard widget to place the live leaderboard on any third party website. 22/05/2020 – We added a duck therefore making it possible to run a virtual duck race. More coloured ducks are on the way. 29/06/2020 We made the register a […]
UPDATE November 2020 – This is resolved – download the attached 22 page Legal Classification Advice – read the Conclusion on the last 2 pages. I’ve had a few charities ask me if they need a Gambling Licence to operate the balloon race. After looking into this I’ve come up with a solution but wanted to make Charities […]
Virtual Balloon Race for your PTA. Meet Sarah. Sarah volunteers for the PTA and wants to raise some cash to buy a new friendship bench. Sarah is lost for ideas, everybody is stuck at home and can’t come out. This makes Sarah sad. Then somebody tells Sarah about the Virtual Balloon Race, apparently it costs […]
I’ve been following the Les Miserables tour around the UK for 2019. Now in 2020 they’re back in London at the reopening of the stunning Sondheim Theatre. It was great fun decorating the Ham Yard hotel and creating this crazy massive bunch for the stairs. We helium filled 2000 x 12″ balloons. We were working […]
NYE 2019 could have been my busiest day of the year but is it my most profitable… probably not. NYE 2019 I took on less jobs and only worked in locations where it was easy to hang stuff – like The Hippodrome & Novikov. As a result there was time to have fun and eat […]
2 x 1250 Balloon drops in Hall 3, The ICC for Slimming World conference 2019. On this occasion the balcony area was used for guests so we had to move the pull strings to the higher gantry. We installed at 8pm on a Friday night and pulled the lines 9pm Saturday. On arriving at The […]
You’ve got to be brave to order Grey balloons… but they look great. We only had 1 hour access to build these 3 organic style arches in The Wembley Hilton (between 5pm to 6pm). We incorporated some chrome, marble and feathers to match the masquerades theme. The 3 arches are constructed with 15 carbon poles, […]
A creepy spider arch installed at Amazon, Stoke. Made using an Aeropole system and I ‘balloon shined‘ just the spiders so they had extra nasty look. Amazon were keen on health and safety so I had to wear steel toe capped boots, Hi Viz and supply the usual risk assessment. The spiders were made with […]
Organic style balloon arch for Diwali event at BP HQ. I installed a rainbow arch here in the summer and completed an hour induction course – thankfully I kept my pass which is valid for a year. Installation is required at 6.30am before the staff arrive so a managed to fit the BP organic arch […]
My first drop at Victoria Warehouse in Manchester. This was 550 balloons stuffed with scratch cards for a Christmas Conference. To get around the problem of trying to drop the balloons over every seat, we moved the whole thing back in the room and got all the attendants to leave their seats for the drop. […]
Wicked 13 put on a fantastic night for their anniversary. We did the usual balloon drop and then supplied a balloon wall for the after show press night. The 2000 drop for wicked 13 was installed at The Apollo Theatre, Victoria and the wall setup in The Park Plaza. I used vinyl graphics on this […]
I think it’s been 15 years since I last made an exploding balloon wall. They’re not for the faint hearted but thankfully this one worked perfectly. Bangles were used on the side poles which instantly helped everything fall to the floor after the balloons exploded. Each 3ft balloon has a pyro fuse taped to the […]