How to make a photo zone with your own hands for the holidays? TOP 10 ideas with examples!

Simple version of the product

To make a balloon arch with your own hands, you need to prepare materials - a pump, wire, metal cutters, buckets of gravel or cinder block. You can buy a frame or make it yourself using thick wire . Step-by-step instructions for creating decoration :

1. 
   Secure the base. To do this, prepare buckets with gravel or sand and insert the ends of the frame into them. The purchased product will have flat stands, but they also need to be weighed down additionally.

2. Using a pump, inflate the balloons by tying their tails in a knot. Products must be the same size, but their color may differ. Do not use a helium balloon for inflation.
3. Tie all the balls in pairs by their tails with a double knot. If desired, you can use threads for this purpose.
4. Connect two pairs of balls together to form a four-leaf clover. You can also knit them crosswise and join them with thread.
5. The prepared “clover” is put on the base with a central knot. Two adjacent balls are twisted around a wire. You can avoid twisting by tying the workpiece with thread.

Thus, you need to make an arch of balls with your own hands, securing new products above the previous ones. The process must be continued until the wire is completely filled.

If desired, the frame of the ball arch can be made from poultry house mesh. To do this you need:

1. Cut the base with wire cutters, measuring the desired size.
2. Bend the mesh. The shape can be made ideal or asymmetrical. For convenience, you need to bend the frame lengthwise, making it narrower.
3. Attach the base to the wall with nails, staplers or thumbtacks. You need to start work from one end, gradually moving towards the second.
4. Inflate the balloons with a pump. Their shape should be different. It is advisable to use different colors. This option does not use helium.
5. Secure the first ball. Stick a piece of silicone with an adhesive backing to the tail of the ball under the knot, wrap it around the wire and secure it to the other side of the point. Hold for 10 seconds and release.
6. Repeat with the second ball. It is placed close to the first. Glue another point to the point where the balls touch.
7. Continue creating the arch, repeating the steps described in point 6. You can also glue the balls onto the previous rows. Additionally, the finished product can be decorated with flowers without thorns.

How to make an arch in a stationary way

It is considered simpler to construct a front entrance using a ready-made base. If the porch or door has a similar frame (and many restaurants and banquet halls have a stationary frame), then the matter is greatly simplified. If this is not available, before making arches from balls, you will have to buy a frame - garden stores offer a wide range of these structures, of all sizes and different outlines. It is inexpensive, made of thick wire, so transportation to the site will not be difficult. If the legs seem wobbly or they are not intended for installation, but for digging in, the structure can be screwed to the nearest pole.

A drawing is developed in advance (if you plan to use balls of different colors). The elements are inflated and wound in the required order to the frame. In the case of a stationary base, it doesn’t matter what you inflate with: it is durable and will hold the pattern, even if the balloons are filled with air. The main thing is to avoid gaps so that the frame does not show through anywhere.

Creating an air arch

You can make an arch out of balloons filled with helium. Fishing line or white thread is used as a frame. Procedure:

1. A fishing line or thread is tied to the load. If you plan to create a large arch, then the base is tied to buckets filled with sand or gravel.
2. Inflate the balloons with helium. You can buy it at a store that sells holiday or craft supplies. The tail of the inflated ball is tied in a knot.
3. Step back 30 cm from the load, wrap the line just above the knot and tie.
4. Continue creating the arch. The balls should touch each other on their sides. 30-35 cm remain free at the ends.
5. Attach a weight to the other end of the fishing line. After the last secured ball, leave 30 cm of fishing line, wrap it around the weight and tie it in a knot.

Add contrasting ribbons to the balls, securing them at the base. You can create a curly effect by running sharp scissors along the ribbons. The cargo is decorated in the form of a gift, painted with aerosol or acrylic paint.

Advice from professionals

1. Take extra balls - this is necessary for all beginners, because working with such material can be difficult. You should always be ready to replace a burst balloon;
2. Try not to rub the balls against each other - this may cause them to burst.
3. The spheres must be secured securely, but without over-tightening.
4. While working, you need to step back and look at the product from different angles to identify the presence of voids and distortions.
5. If you plan to use 2 or more shades of balls for the arch, then think in advance and select matching shades.
6. Weighting agents in the form of cinder blocks, buckets of sand, or any others that secure the ends of the balloon arch must be decorated. Guests at a wedding, birthday or children's party should see only beautiful things.

Now, you know exactly how to make a balloon arch yourself from the master classes. Aerodesign is exciting and brings great pleasure. By understanding its secrets, you will learn something new and create unique masterpieces that will make any holiday beautiful and unique.

Author: GdeJoy

Ideas for decorating the base

You can decorate the base of the arch with flowers made from balloons . To do this, you must adhere to the following algorithm of actions:

1. Inflate five balloons with a diameter of 21 cm. They should be pink.
2. Inflate one white balloon with a diameter of 15 cm.
3. Arrange the balls as follows: 5 pink and one white on top. Connect them with braid. It should be a flower.
4. Inflate five pink balloons and attach them to the back of the flower. In this case, the core is not needed. This is done to add volume.
5. Place the created flower on the arch, passing it through the pipe.
6. Form the remaining flowers. You can take different shades of balls. The pieces need to be put on close to each other to make the structure stable.

Materials for a ball arch

Let's move on to precise calculations. For the arch you will need:

• 2 packs of white balls and 2 packs of red. (each contains 100 pieces)
• Fishing line, 2 packs, only thick, otherwise you can seriously injure your hands.
• Stationery carnations, buttons and paper clips. According to packaging.
• Pump or compressor.
• Calibrator (to control the size of the ball)
• Stationery knife or scissors.
• Hammer.
• Decorative ribbon 1 reel (polyethylene, the one used for decorating flowers)

Advice: for this design, balloons of any manufacturer are suitable, it depends only on the impact of their quality on your personal time, since very low quality balloons can burst during the inflation process. Or in general, the number of defective ones in a pack may exceed the number of quality ones. Which can significantly affect the shape of the structure. It is advisable to take Mexican, German or Italian.

I bought a lot of balloons, and this helped me out a lot, due to carelessness, and also, of course, due to inexperience, several dozen balloons, I simply, trivially over-blowed them, and they burst.

Materials needed

Before you start work, you need to stock up on the necessary materials. These include:

1. Directly balloons. Decide whether the arch will be monochromatic or multi-colored, and also select matching colors. It is also important to understand how many balls you will need. On the street it is better to make large balls (30 or more centimeters); for indoors, balls measuring from 12 to 25 cm are suitable. Their number will depend on how large the arch you want to make, so it is better to stock up on a fairly large number of balls. It's better to have them in stock than to run to the store for more. On average, 20 large, 30 medium or 45 small balls are needed per meter of garland.
2. Pump. You will have to inflate quite a large number of balloons, so you will hardly have to rely on your own strength. We advise you to purchase a special pump, which can easily be found in holiday supply stores or even in regular construction supermarkets.
3. Fishing line, wire, hose. In general, this is what the garland of balloons will be held on. The material for the base depends on whether the celebration is being held outdoors or indoors. But in any case, it is also worth having such material in reserve.

Types of photo zones

Conventionally, all photo zones are installed outdoors and indoors. The first ones are made from wind and moisture resistant materials. As a rule, this is wood, metal, plastic, thick fabric, polymer paints, and less often - fresh flowers. The ways you can decorate your premises are limited only by your imagination.

Filming areas are divided into frame and background. The feasibility of choosing one or another option is determined by the location of the event, the role assigned to the decor and the available space. The more expectations the event participants have for the photo shoot, the more grandiose the design should be.

Arched and framed

The photo zone is a rigid frame with floor placement. The structure is assembled from metal rods, plastic pipes, wooden slats or plywood.

Various forms:

• classic “horseshoe”;
• U-shaped arch;
• a screen made of several sections fastened with furniture hinges;
• tantamaresque - a painted stand with a slot for the face;
• frame in the shape of logos, hearts, geometric shapes, silhouettes of people or cities.

Stationary arches look stylish, but are inconvenient to transport and require a lot of material and effort to assemble. A screen is more practical. It is advisable to paint or varnish the supporting structure.

Arches are decorated with beads, foil, balloons, lanterns, chiffon, tulle, satin ribbons, openwork plastic elements, branches, fresh or artificial flowers. The decor includes:

• along the perimeter;
• along the top crossbar;
• in certain sections of the arch, forming a wave, triangle, symmetrical pattern;
• with an emphasis on the center of the photo zone.

A translucent background of the arch is made from fabric, similar to a theater curtain. An effective solution is a screen made of beads, satin ribbons, or origami garlands. Flowers emphasize the shape of the arch and place accents on its individual zones.

When decorating, it is important to stick to specific tones. Designers recommend using no more than six shades, selected in accordance with the theme of the event and a palette of successful color combinations.

It is also advisable to maintain a balance between the quantity and quality of jewelry. You should not assemble an arch from all available materials. Plastic lace is a self-sufficient element. Flowers or fabric will overload it. But the lanterns will emphasize the ornateness of the pattern. The situation is similar with balls. They are beautiful in themselves. The fabric goes well with flowers and beads.

U-shaped photo zone

Press Wall

This is a banner stretched over a support. Press walls are printed in almost any printing house. Manufacturing takes two to three hours, and installation and dismantling takes a few minutes. The only difficulty is assembling the frame.

The banner is fixed on a telescopic tripod or metal frame. The installation method should be thought out in advance so that the appropriate fasteners are applied to the canvas.

This photo zone is mainly intended for decorating premises. The press wall can be installed outdoors, but only in dry weather.

Illustration of a photo zone in Press Wall format

Decorated background

A photo zone with a decorated background is assembled from available materials:

• bookshelves;
• old doors;
• panels of paintings, photo frames, clocks;
• gramophone records;
• musical scores;
• children's toys;
• textiles;
• suitcases;
• colors;
• foil;
• paper pompoms;
• baskets or shelves with seasonal fruits and vegetables.

Decorative elements are placed on a plywood board with a support for stability. A solid black background with white inscriptions, as well as photo zones decorated with foil, look trendy. Even an inexperienced master can make them with his own hands.

Natural background

Another way to design a photo zone with minimal financial and time costs. A natural background means nature, brick walls, wooden picket fence . Trees are decorated with glass beads, ribbons, photos with clothespins, lanterns, and themed accessories. You can put a bench nearby or lay out a picnic.

Ascetic loft minimalism is at the peak of popularity. Firstly, it’s easy to organize such a photo zone with your own hands. Secondly, shots against the background of wooden or brick walls have not yet become boring. The play of chiaroscuro gives the space a special charm. Garlands of lanterns are attached around the perimeter of the wall. Words or shapes are made from light bulbs. To decorate a loft-style photo zone, paintings, leather furniture, musical instruments, and retro interior items (radios, old grandfather clocks) are used.

Photo zone in loft style