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The world of balloon entertainment, by Dale Obrochta
The world of balloon entertainment, by Dale Obrochta

Archive for the ‘Restaurant Entertainment’

1st Birthday Party Theme

If you’re having a 1st birthday party and looking for a theme, then here are resources to theme ideas for birthday parties.  Don’t forget you going to need a good balloon entertainer who can incorporate cool balloon designs to fit your theme party. Book mark this page now! A Abby Cadabby Birthday Party - create birthday magic [...]

Halloween Balloon Animals - Don’t do it yourself!

The Internet is a great place to learn different skills, but too often people try to learn a skill days before an event.  As a professional balloon entertainer, I get numerous emails from desperate parents seeking out how to make Halloween balloon animals or looking to make flowers for the school homecoming. These instructions are [...]

Toolbar for Balloon Entertainers

Do you like making balloon animals and want to know what is happening in the industry? Want to know about: Conventions Forums Blogs Manufacturer - Qualatex Balloon Jams Video Links Classifieds RSS Feeds Balloon Supplies plus some fun gadgets Simply download the toolbar and install it!  It works with IE and Firefox.  It’s free-give it a try. Just click on the banner bellow.

The Unknown Entertainer

Since starting my blog I have been reading more and more blogs. What surprises me is how many bloggers talk about entertainers, but never mention the entertainer’s name? They write how great the entertainment was, how the kids enjoyed themselves, and will complain about the long line they waited in, but very rarely, [...]

How to make balloon animals

This is the first video of 10 on how to make balloon animals. This is the opening video that explains who I am, what you will need, and balloon safety instructions. Introduction and Safety Notes Save $2.00 on the basic balloon animal kit. Enter the discount code BALLOON at checkout and save $2.00! Each video will explain [...]

Panoramic view of Choo Choo Johnny’s

It was the end of the night at Choo Choo Johnny’s Eatery and I was playing with my new digital camera and thought I would try the panoramic setting. He is the view from the front looking back. Here is the view back to front. If you come on a Thursday night, I’ll make you a balloon. This week [...]

Taking a train ride.

Since my new digital camera can take video, I mounted the camera to the train that delivers the food at my Thursday night restaurant Choo Choo Johnny’s Eatery. I synced it with an old radio ad, hopefully the new advertisment will mention me by name. They dropped the face painting on Fridays, so [...]

Did you just take my picture?

Fox’s Restaurant in Orland Park is known for it’s St. Patrick’s Day party and this year with it happening on a Monday made the weekend busy. Friday night I was doing my roving balloon entertainment and on completion the family asked if I could pose with the kids and their balloon animals. This happens often [...]

New Camera

Over the last year I have been using my wife’s (Michelle’s) digital camera. My mother-in-law has been passing down her old digital camera’s to me, most of them required AA batteries and quickly drained if used more than a couple days. So I finally broke down and purchased my own camera. Every time [...]