When you are planning a party or celebration, a great way to inflate the act is with balloons! Balloons can make any party special. If you want to recognize the party boy or girl with a huge bouquet of birthday balloons, or designate places with balloons on which you have printed names of your guests, balloons are the greatest thing ever.

With the simple use of mounds of pink and white balloons, you can create a fairy princess hideaway fit for a queen and her court. Brown and green balloons filling an empty room can create a treasure hunt worthy of Robin Hood and Sherwood Forest. Balloons are somehow magical and create a very special party environment. They may be inflated with air or helium. They can carry sentiments of love, party theme caricatures, humorous sentiments, or be personalized. They can be decorative or even be a gift. Balloons can even allow you to reach new heights in the open air.

You might consider a birthday party hot air balloon ride. Many people offer them, and many enjoy seeing the world below them while feeling the wind in their hair, but if that is not for you, you can still use balloons in your parties in a multitude of ways, from crafting piñatas to creating crafty lighting for your party.

Consider blowing up balloons, saturating cotton cording or ribbon in a water and white glue mix and wrapping the balloon. You can sprinkle the wet cording with glitter for an added sparkle. Hang the balloon and allow the ribbon to dry. Then, poke the balloon with a pin, and fish out the broken balloon. Feed strings of clear or colored mini Christmas tree lights through the stiffened ribbon or cord, thread the end through the top, hang and plug in. This provides decorative lighting that you can tailor make to fit with your party theme.