Looking for a fun, inexpensive way to add a lot of color to a room for a party? Decorate it with Helium filled balloons! Balloons provide festive decoration for all sorts of events, plus kids love to play with them, and they are cheap enough to send home as party favors. Just be sure to tie a ribbon and a weight to the end of the balloons so they don’t get away outside. Kids get pretty upset when they lose their balloon.
Balloons come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. You can purchase bags of latex balloons in single colors, multi colors, with different images on them, or in various shapes at stores such as party stores and dollar stores. Mylar balloons can also be filled with helium. Most balloons are pretty inexpensive, but if you want the store to fill them with helium, the price can add up when you are getting a bunch. A more affordable option may be to rent a helium tank and fill the balloons yourself.
A word of warning about helium tanks. The tanks are not toys. Never, ever inhale helium from the tanks. Doing so can have fatal consequences.
Once you have filled the balloons with helium, tie ribbons or strings to the bottom. You can let the balloons float to the ceiling, tie weights to the base, or tape or tie them to walls and furniture.