Bank of China Chinese lantern inflatables

Lord Mayor’s Show 2019

katebarlow Lord Mayor's Show, Marches, Parades and Outdoor Inflatables

The nearest Saturday to Remembrance Day is always the day of the Lord Mayor’s Show.  We know this because we have made inflatables and travelled to London Wall to install them every year for the last 23 years! Compared with the 800 years that Lord Mayor’s Show has been running, 23 years makes us newcomers to the event! However, we …

Sadiq Khan inflatable

Inflatable Sadiq Khan balloon

abc_admin Airborne Inflatables (Helium Filled), Inflatable Characters

Following hot on the heels of August’s wacky inflatable projects, September began with another funny one. We produced one of the quirkiest inflatables we’ve ever made. A giant helium-filled caricature of the Mayor of London, an inflatable Sadiq Khan! We don’t look at commissions for bespoke inflatables from a political point of view. We are only interested in whether it …

Large inflatable black and white cow with udder

Cold air-filled inflatables for an eye-catching August!

abc_admin Fun Inflatables, Inflatable Characters, Marches, Parades and Outdoor Inflatables

August has been just as busy as July. We made a series of slightly unusual cold air-filled inflatables to be used at different outdoor events. The first of our cold air-filled inflatables for August was our giant Cow. Our good friend and artist Mark Sephton, designed her. Doesn’t she look brilliant?! Everyone loves a giant inflatable animal and she certainly …

inflatable cigarette characters

Inflatable Cigarette Characters for GASP

abc_admin Fun Inflatables, Inflatable Characters

We had a busy month in July! One of our big projects was a repeat order for a large number of inflatable cigarette characters from our long standing clients at GASP. GASP is a charitable organisation that educates people about the dangers of smoking. We made 500 fun inflatable cigarette characters go in to chemists and doctors surgeries. They are …

giant pink inflatable wall

Creative Custom Inflatables – a Giant Wall and an Ice Mountain!

katebarlow Theatre and Film Inflatables

September was a busy month here at ABC Inflatables. Busy and BIG, with two huge custom inflatables for different clients. Both inflatables were incredibly imaginative and, because of their size, both demanded a lot of workshop space to build them. It was an enjoyable challenge for us to use some ABC creative magic to bring each customers’ vision to life. …

Bespoke inflatable Easter egg for Cadbury in situ at event

Bespoke Inflatable Easter Eggs for Cadbury

katebarlow Promotional Inflatables

When Cadbury wanted to organise an Easter Egg Hunt at their Easter Event in Dublin they came to us. They wanted ABC to create a bespoke inflatable – a giant Easter Egg that could be easily handled and transported. Not a problem, we said! Cadbury wanted a 6m tall cold air filled inflatable Easter Egg on a 1m high inflatable …

giant inflatable betty boo

Inflatable Art for Nicholas Byrne

katebarlow Inflatable Art

These pieces of inflatable art are updated designs by the artist Nicholas Byrne. We originally made a number of inflatables for him to feature at The Cultural Olympics in London 2012. So successful were they – and universally admired – that we subsequently made another giant inflatable ‘Betty Boo’ artpiece that went to the Glasgow International Art Festival last year. Now …

inflatable guardsman standing on roof

Giant Inflatable Guardsman

katebarlow Inflatable Characters, Marches, Parades and Outdoor Inflatables

This giant cold air-filled giant inflatable guardsman was so big we couldn’t even stand him up in our workshop! He is over 8m tall and was made with a big plinth attached for him to stand on the client’s roof of their storage building on the North Circular Road in London. He is cold air-filled with a mains operated fan blower and …

GMB union demonstrating with large inflatable cube

GMB Union Parade Inflatable Cube

katebarlow Marches, Parades and Outdoor Inflatables

We have just made this 2.5m parade inflatable cube for the GMB Union to use in their marches and demonstrations. It is a different shape to the usual spheres we make for parades and really stands out from all the other banners and branding. It is just as easy to handle but gets your message across on four different sides rather …

Inflatable hard hat above Quarrying show

Inflatable Hard Hat for Institute of Quarrying

katebarlow Airborne Inflatables (Helium Filled)

Sometimes, what seems a relatively straight forward project can actually have underlying complications! The Institute of Quarrying asked us to create a giant helium filled inflatable hard hat to use at their big outdoor show, held at the Hillhead Quarry near Buxton. So far, so good. The custom inflatable itself was expertly executed by our design and build team and …