Today”s Best Deals and Information Balloon Party:
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Whip-It! Brand: The Original Whipped Cream Chargers Whip-It! Brand: The original; Reflecting over 60 years of manufacturing expertise. Food grade N2O is used as a propellant for whipping cream, which dissolves in the liquid cream. As the cream is released from the whipper, the gas expands and in doing so whips the cream into foam…. |
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Wilton Minnie Mouse/Daisy Duck Cupcake Fun Pix, 24 Count $1.99 A quality paper cake or cupcake pick that is about 3 inches high. There are 24 items per package. Sold by the Package…. |
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King Of The Jungle Baby Shower Baking Cup 50 Pack $0.24 From the Queen/King of the Jungle Shower Party Collection. Queen/King of the Jungle Baking Cups. Use these colorful, party themed baking cups for that extra touch to cupcakes or any other treats. They are standard size, made of microwave and oven safe paper. Each measures 3.25″ across. 50 paper baking cups included in pack…. |
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Gretchen Wilson: Here for the Party $2.49 Her mother was 16 when she had her, and her father moved on when she was two. By the age of 15, with a double-barrel shotgun always at the ready, she was managing a kicker bar in rural Illinois where the corn fields meet the pig farms. That gave Gretchen Wilson something to sing about, with attitude in spades. “You might think I’m trashy, a little too hardcore,” she admits on the smash single “Red… |
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VH1: The Big 80′s $13.96 … |
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2000 Millennium Party Music $1.97 Product Description 1. Celebration 2. 2001 Space Odyssey 3. Don’t Worry, Be Happy 4. Macarena 5. The Hustle 6. Shout 7. Hot Hot Hot 8. Rock Around the Clock 9. 1999 10. In the Year 2525 11. Hands Up 12. Y.M.C.A 13. The Midnight Hour 14. The Twist 15. I Like it Like That 16. Electric Boogie 17. Auld Lang Syne… |
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Balloon Creations by Mike Whisner $39.95 Step-by-Step instructions for making 15 balloon figures. Included are such favorites as Snake, Pirate Sword, Wiener Dog, Watch Dog, Giraffe, Humming Bird, Deer, Fancy Sword, Bee, Rabbit, Swan, Parrot, Poodle, Monkey and Flower…. |
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Balloon Magic $15.00 Balloon Magic is filled with fun and creativity for the entire family. Scotty the clown takes the birthday girl and all her friends to Balloon Land, where he shows them, amidst song and laughter, how to make all kinds of funny animals and sculptures with balloons. An easy to follow instruciton booklet, as well as stickers add to the fund. Make your own Balloon party magic…. |
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8 Assorted (DIFFERENT) Color Chinese/Japanese Paper Lanterns/lamps 8 Diameter – Just Artifacts Brand $7.95 Great for party and home decoration. Some color lanterns in the picture may not be available. Contact us for the availability of the colors. To choose colors/sizes by yourself, check out other Just Artifacts products…. |
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3.5 D Multicolor Paper Lantern String Lights (set of 10) $6.25 MULTICOLOR PAPER LANTERN PARTY STRING LIGHTS. INDOOR USE ONLY…. |
History of the Balloon – From Hydrogen to Helium
He inflated them with Hydrogen gas and was elated with the results, which he documented thoroughly. He wrote in his scientific journal: “The caoutchouc is exceedingly elastic. Bags made of it…have been expanded by having air forced into them until the caoutchouc was quite transparent..” and later on, “When expanded by Hydrogen, the rubber bags were so light as to form balloons with considerable ascending power..”
In the following years toy balloons became a motive of merriment and entertainment for children and adults alike. Therefore, wholesale balloons were manufactured and used in birthday parties, celebrations, political and commercial campaigns, etc.
Filling the balloons with Hydrogen gas, caused them to be buoyant and able to rise quite high and be driven far away with the winds. Races and contests developed nation-wide and amazing stories are told, like that of a man releasing a balloon with his name from the USA that got picked up by a fisherman in Singapore. Or a Mickey Mouse –shaped balloon that startled a group of natives in Africa.
Extensive research to explore the potential was done by the scientific and military communities, who -prior to the First World War- started using these balloons as probes to formulate the ascension and flight of much larger balloons, ending with the construction of the giant Zeppelins. The research and information collected was very useful.
The probes were used to measure the air currents over the earth and calculate the altitude that the bigger balloons –and later the airplanes– could fly against the wind. All this experimentation assisted to develop the future speed of the early aviation.
Hydrogen being quite volatile, easily explodes if close enough to a source of fire. Some serious accidents happened when randomly floating Hydrogen-filled balloons collided with fire sources and exploded. The fire department of NY City was concerned and in 1914 proposed banning the use of Hydrogen in toy balloons. It was not until 1922 that its use was officially banned, after some prankster caused the explosion of balloon decorations during a City Function and an officer was badly burned.
Though hydrogen had one tenth more lifting power than any other gas, because of its danger, had to be replaced by the much safer gas Helium. Today, Helium balloons are the party balloons most sold worldwide.
Rose Gagnon is a veteran balloon twister, who has performed at many events and charities in many countries. You will find in her page all you ever wanted to know and more about balloons and balloon twisting.
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