What do I
spell in
letter balloons?
Spelling it out in letter balloons? Type it in for the balloon count, the letters to buy and how much wall it takes — before you find out at the party that you are one P short.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Type / where you want a new row.
About 14 ft 8 in of wall
Save balloons:
- HAPPY BDAY — 9 balloons (4 fewer)
- 16" letters are filled with air and hung — they're too small to float on helium.
Shopping list · 13 balloons
- A ×2
- B
- D
- H ×2
- I
- P ×2
- R
- T
- Y ×2
Already have letters?
Letter balloons deflate and store flat, and sets are sold as one phrase. Type the set you kept — HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CONGRATULATIONS — and see what else in our list it spells, and what is a letter or two short.
Need the words first?
839 letter balloon phrases, sorted by occasion, tone and who they are for — each with its balloon count, so you know what you are signing up to buy.
Ideas for a specific person
Phrases written for one person, not pulled off a shelf — a wife's birthday, a coworker's retirement, a teacher's thank you.
Short enough for anywhere
8 balloons or fewer. These fit over a mantel, a doorway or a cake table, and they are the cheapest banners to buy.
3 2 1
3 balloons · about 4 ft 4 in of wall
BAE
3 balloons · about 3 ft 3 in of wall
HBD
3 balloons · about 3 ft 3 in of wall
I DO
3 balloons · about 3 ft 10 in of wall
YAY
3 balloons · about 3 ft 3 in of wall
LOVE
4 balloons · about 4 ft 4 in of wall
SOLD
4 balloons · about 4 ft 4 in of wall
TA DA
4 balloons · about 4 ft 11 in of wall
Or pick a tone
New to letter balloons?
How they are filled and hung, how to space a banner, why the wall widths here say “about”, and how to reuse the letters afterwards.