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HELIUM BALLOON WEIGHTS

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noonar · 09/03/2007 21:08

dd's party is tomorrow. dh just came home with a helium canister, balloons and ribbon, but no weights. the party is in a church hall with massively high ceilings.....so you can see the problem!

are weights expensive? which high street shops sell them? any ideas how i could 'improvise' weights for them?

tia

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TrinityRhino · 09/03/2007 21:09

ballons of flour??

TrinityRhino · 09/03/2007 21:10

Spoons?

Moneybags of pennies?

erm... tough one

TrinityRhino · 09/03/2007 21:14

duplo blocks?

twigs?

I'm really trying here....

ThisTime · 09/03/2007 21:16

potatoes wrapped in foil

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noonar · 09/03/2007 21:16

lol trinity! a balloon weighed down by...another balloon??

i thinka 2p coin taped to the ribbon could work.

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morningpaper · 09/03/2007 21:17

I do this a lot and use cutlery - a fork or spoon will hold them down

not v. glamourous but it works!

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noonar · 09/03/2007 21:18

MP, i guess i was thinking they'd take the weight home with them. wouldnt leave me with much cutlery

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TrinityRhino · 09/03/2007 21:18

oh god, everyone had much better ideas than me

noonar, I thought that was a GOOD idea

oh well,at least I bumped it for you

mustrunmore · 09/03/2007 21:19

Just tie them to the chair backs.

ThisTime · 09/03/2007 21:19

Tie it to their party bags!

morningpaper · 09/03/2007 21:19

noonar you just slip the spoon out and tie it to their party bags

ThisTime · 09/03/2007 21:20

Just remembered not everyones likes party bags!

morningpaper · 09/03/2007 21:20

Tie it to their hair then

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noonar · 09/03/2007 21:20

aah, so it is not necessary to provide a weight for them to take home then ?

sorry trinity, thought you were joking

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TrinityRhino · 09/03/2007 21:22

well I thought you wanted lots of them, all the same, safe, easy to make and able to be taken home
I would say that a balloon with some flour in would do all those jobs

morningpaper · 09/03/2007 21:22

tie it to a worm

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noonar · 09/03/2007 21:23

lol Thistime! am actually quite annoyed with dh for being so bloody generous and ignoring my party bag/going home gift boycott!

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morningpaper · 09/03/2007 21:23

Actually you can tie it to a NORMAL balloon which you have blown up with non-helium air. Normally they will float a bit then, but not too high. You can use an electric paddling-pool pump to blow up the normal balloons in a fraction of the time.

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noonar · 09/03/2007 21:24

easy, trinity??? how would one funnel flour into a balloon?

ps enjoy the worms.

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Kbear · 09/03/2007 21:24

Go to a card shop tomorrow and buy them for about 15p each!

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noonar · 09/03/2007 21:25

MP think i will just tie them round their necks as they arrive. much simpler. and will keep the buggers quiet.

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TrinityRhino · 09/03/2007 21:26
ThisTime · 09/03/2007 21:26

Maybe you could buy the bemybear to add to the party bags that are advertised at the top of this page!!!

Hope you have fun tomorrow - I vote for the potoato wrapped in tin foil, if they take them home thier parents can use it!

morningpaper · 09/03/2007 21:27

rofl @ getting flour into a balloon

are you some kind of management consultant?

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noonar · 09/03/2007 21:27

kbear, werent you on my party bag thread?

now taht i realise the weights are not compulsory, dont think i'll be spending any MORE mnoey on our guests.

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