Did you ever start a business to impress your girlfriend? That’s not exactly how David Nguyen started Super Inflated, a Garden Grove party balloon entertainment firm, but it’s close. In 2008, Nguyen, ...

These balloon animals by artist Masayoshi Matsumoto are so realistic they could be mistaken for the real thing. The intricate designs of a lizard, buffalo, octopus and a baboon are among the balloon ...

Humor me while I present a silly scenario: Let’s say you find yourself at a carnival. While there, you play games, eat cotton candy, and get some balloon animals, meticulously crafted for you by a ...

Today's balloon animals—those mainstays of carnivals and country fairs—all begin as flat, 60-inch-long "worms." Air gives the worm structure, and twists give it dimension and shape. Balloon “twisters” ...

The most elaborate balloon sculpture that Dean Davis ever made was a full-size wheelchair for an “over-the-hill” birthday party. “It took me two days to do it,” the 34-year-old Glendale Heights ...