The world of balloon entertainment, by Dale Obrochta
Restaurant balloon entertainment antics
I have been wracking my brain all month on what type of turkey balloon figures to make for my blog. Last year, I created several unique turkey designs, and I was stumped on what to make this year. Then it hit me like a balloon exploding in my face. Football! Football and Thanksgiving go hand … Read more
The Manager Feels The Heat When you entertain at a pizza parlor you hear kitchen staff complain regularly about the heat in the kitchen. This past week the manager was feeling the heat so I thought I would give her an explanation on why it was as hot as Hell in the kitchen.
Using pumpkin’s for a figures head is nothing new. It’s just a mater of how much detail you want to incorporate into the body once the head is complete. I like to keep the body simple and keep most the details in the pumpkins’ head. The open face pumpkin is built with your typical 260-twisting … Read more
For years, lovers have requested an arrow through the heart. Why not put a twist on it for this Halloween. Give the pumpkin lovers something they can proudly show off to friends and family. Nothing like the fresh kill of a pumpkin to fit in with the spirit of Halloween. The artwork on the pumpkin … Read more
Pumpkins by the millions are sold and carved each year and the internet is littered with pictures of creative carvings and unique uses for the Halloween pumpkin. I’ve incorporated this ability to morph them into a balloon sculpture and it adds a creative flair to standard balloon sculptures. In fact, you can take your basic … Read more
What am I going to do today? The best part of my job is that I get to choose what I want to do. I can work efficiently, swiftly, and pick the jobs I want to do. Other days, I can take on the world, tackling completed jobs that require planning, work, and perseverance. Doesn’t … Read more
Cute Little Teddy Bear Every balloon entertainer has experience making a teddy bear, and I have done thousands of them over my career. After a time, I can craft a teddy bear so that all dimensions are perfect in size and the details are a speck on. The world’s smallest balloon teddy bear came about … Read more
Simply complicated, that’s how I roll. The job of a balloon entertainer is to make the completed look simple, but sometimes we make the simple complicated. Balloon designs that we have made 100’s of times become simple. It does not matter how many balloon twists are involved or the number of balloons. A challenge at … Read more
Why not help keep the US economy growing in your community? The doorbuster holiday season is upon us, and people are scrambling to chow down their Thanksgiving dinner and run off to stand in a line, waiting hours to get that particular purchase, willing to endure the craziness and join in the comrade of getting … Read more
Doesn’t matter how you slice it, there’s going to be turkey on my plate. This weekend is going to be crazy at the grocery stores with everyone stocking up for Thanksgiving. Do you go with a fresh whole turkey, process turkey, or skip the dark meat altogether and go for the turkey breast? Whether you … Read more