Balloons By Mike has been doing Kids Night at Moe’s Southwest Grill for many years. Currently, he is working at Moe’s in Leesburg, VA every other Tuesday evening from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. He does balloons and face painting for the kids. It is free for customers. Here are some pictures from the past summer.
Unicorn Balloon
Boy Balloon
Face Painting
Balloons at Moe’s
Hockey Player Balloon
On Saturday, March 18, 2017, Mike was invited to join the DC Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation on their visit to Inova Fairfax Hospital for an ice cream social for the children with cancer. He added to the event by making balloons for the kids.
Mike and the other volunteers getting ready to deliver Ice Cream to the kids at the hospital
DC Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation was founded in 2007 by parents of children with cancer. DC Candlelighters provides emotional, educational, practical and financial support to families of children battling cancer in the Washington DC area.
http://www.dccandlelighters.org/
On Sunday, December 11, 2016, Mike and his friends participated in the DC Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation annual Holiday Party by doing face painting and making balloons for the kids.
Mike and Justin
Mike and Sweet Pickle
Mike and Fancy
Fancy painting faces
Mike challenged himself to make one balloon every day in November and called the challenge 30 Balloons of November. His goal was to try out new designs and have something different every day. Here are some of the balloon designs he made…
Turtle balloon
Turkey balloon
Two penguin balloons
Monkey with a banana balloon
Dinosaur balloon
Rabbit balloon
Cow balloon
Rainbow hat balloon
Snake balloon
On Saturday, November 19, 2016, Mike was at the St Timothy Fall Craft Fair. Mike is one of the business partners at St Timothy Catholic School in Chantilly and has been going to their fall craft fair to do balloons and face painting for many years.
Monkey balloon
Balloons
Rainbow tiger face painting
Face painting
Mike with his face painted like a tiger, the school’s mascot is also a tiger.
Butterfly balloon
Penguin balloon
Happy Easter! Mike made this wonderful balloon rabbit and basket of Easter eggs and wanted to share with everyone.
Balloon rabbit and basket filled with Easter eggs.
Each December, United Airlines and Children’s Hospice International host a Fantasy Flight to the North Pole at Dulles International Airport. Their goal is to take children with life-threatening conditions and their families on a magical journey in a special plane to the land of Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, elves, princesses, storybook friends and TV characters, toys, treats, and everything that each child dreams of at Christmas time.
Mike and his friends from Just Clowning Around of Northern Virginia have been volunteering at the event and making balloons for the children and their families. Here are a few photos from the event on Saturday, December 12, 2015.
On Saturday, November 21, 2015, Mike was at the St. Timothy Fall Craft Fair doing face painting and balloons for the kids. This is one of Mike’s annual events at St. Tim’s Catholic School in Chantilly.
Mike with his face painted like a tiger, which is also the mascot of St. Timothy’s.
Kids at the St Timothy Craft Fair
November 2015, Mike had time to visit his family in Chicago and made balloons for everyone.
Ninja Turtle balloons
Penguin balloon
Spiderman balloon
Blue dinosaur balloon
Princess heart wand
Pink dog balloon
Monkey with a banana balloon
Pink rabbit balloon
Space alien balloon
Ladybug balloon
Blue unicorn balloon
Two flower balloons
Two ladybug balloons and a turtle balloon
For many years, Mike hosted a face painting and balloon jam for his friends at Cici’s Pizza in Chantilly. They would get together each month to practice new designs and share ideas. The families at Cici’s Pizza would benefit with face painting and/or balloons for the kids. Here are some of the pictures from the Jam on Monday, October 12, 2015.
Balloons By Mike holding a balloon and with his face painted
Girl with her face painted
Mike’s Friend Fancy
Mike’s friend Miguel
Mike at the jam
Mike’s friend Fancy showing off some balloons
Mike’s friend Violeta showing a balloon she is working on