How To Prevent Inflatable Airblown Decorations from Falling Over

Years ago air-blown inflating yard decorations were a novelty you’d only see on a few front yards during the Christmas season. These airblown inflatables are quickly and easily set up, don’t take up much storage space, and can transforming the look of a yard in minutes. But they all have one big weakness: strong winds can blow them down, or even send them flying right out of your yard.

0:00 Watch a 4 year old get crushed by an inflatable Santa
0:15 Attach steel bars to widen the surface area of the blower's feet
0:55 Skip the wimpy stakes - use larger landscaping nails or even tent pegs
1:31 Secure ropes with big tent pegs, drive at an angle opposite of the string pull direction
1:49 I keep the steel plates on for storage

Almost all airblown inflatables are designed in the same way: The decoration is inflated with a constant flow of air provided by an electric fan encased in a plastic base. The plastic base usually has three or four legs which are supposed to be “staked” into the ground with thin, smooth and light aluminum spikes. The inflatable decoration itself usually features two or more “tie down” cords which are staked into the grass as well, just to keep the inflated decoration standing straight and slightly more secure in breezy weather.

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