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#1
Balloon Chit Chat / Blue balloons, bad idea?
February 08, 2015, 07:22:12 PM
I'm a kids entertainer, 15 yrs now and have never done an adult themed event so always tame balloons... until last night!
Was my cousin's stag do and it was all blue balloons, everyone was having a whale of a time, a huge success

So now I'm thinking maybe look into promoting a balloon artist for stag and hens.

Is this a bad idea? Can it affect my reputation?

Of course I'm going to need a smart outfit, black balloon apron and a NEW NAME

What's your thoughts?
#2
Off Topic.......... plus Hidden Talents /
June 11, 2014, 07:24:34 PM
We stopped taking email booking forms, became such a waste of time. When people call they are serious and book but with emails people not always.

Have more spare hours and noticed no drop in booking by removing our contact /booking form



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#3
Topic/Discussion Of The Month / Re: Balloon Workshop
November 02, 2012, 09:25:23 PM
Thanks for all the great ideas.
There were 25 kids in all plus 4 helpers. For the warm up I put some music on and all the kids danced to Gangnam Stlye!
As suggested I printed of some info sheets with pictures of how to make a dog and a sword plus a flower and a freestyle competition so they'd use their imagination.

Glad a took plenty of inflated balloon!

Even at 10 years old most could not inflate a balloon without it flying off into the distance and tying knots was difficult too so didn't need the 25 balloon pumps I'd bought :|

The went by very quickly and they all had a great time. Think I'll roll out & promote a workshop for next year.

Thanks again everyone
#4
Topic/Discussion Of The Month / Re: Balloon Workshop
October 31, 2012, 05:37:34 PM
Quote from: "tangoo"The I.D.E.A.S. coaching methodology is universally useful. It makes things run very smoothly and it is easy to do. I won't go into the psychology much except to say that each step matters, and so does the sequence. I learned this as a canoe coach but it works anywhere.

Introduction : Hello, we are going to make a balloon dog today. Has anyone made a dog before? Well we will all do it together to start with. First of all I'm just going to show you. Then I shall explain. Then we will all have a go.

Demonstration.  DO NOT SPEAK AT THIS POINT.

Explanation . Repeat the demonstration, explaining as you go

Activity . Now is the time to give out the balloons and let them have a go

Summary . Well done everyone now that you can make a dog, you might like to try some other animals
Thanks for that...a great tip and useful foundation giving me something to build on
#5
Topic/Discussion Of The Month / Re: Balloon Workshop
October 31, 2012, 12:19:29 PM
Thanks for the tip. I forgot to mentioned the scout are age 8-10
#6
Topic/Discussion Of The Month / Balloon Workshop
October 31, 2012, 10:41:53 AM
Hi Everyone,
I have been asked to help the scouts with their 'new skills badge' and will be doing a workshop making basic balloon animals. I've not done a balloon workshop or been to one and would welcome any advice or tips.

Normally it's children's parties I do and have occasionally showed older kids how so make a dog or sword when just one or two kids but this group is 25!
I've bought some spare balloon pumps and thought it would be good to take some pre-inflated balloons and some kids might not even be able to tie a knot!.

Not thought yet how best to plan the hour so hope I get some feedback.

Thanks in advance....bye the way the event is this Friday!
#7
Browsing through the forum I found the butterflies so thought I'd upload the design I do at the moment.
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