Big Ideas Parade Giants has industry known leader and designer of parade balloons, Ken Moody, who started building parade balloons over 25 years ago. A true parade balloon artist, his work has been seen in parades and events since 1990 throughout the USA, Moscow, London, Milan, Italy, Tokyo, Japan, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. His creations have included Yogi Bear™, Lucy™, Charlie Brown™, Cookie Monster™, Grover, Yogi Bear, Hagar the Horrible, Life with Louie, Mr. Potatohead, George Jetson, Woody Wood Pecker, Cat in the Hat With Fish Bowl, Jay Jay the Jet Plane, and Betty Boop to name a few.

In 2007, Ken Moody of Big Ideas Parade Giants was largely responsible along with Chip Schilling, Massimiliano Gioni, and Pawel Althamer, a contemporary Polish artist, in the creation and construction of one of the largest floating human sculptures ever created in the World. The figure, a 70 Ft tall helium balloon sculpture of artist Pawel Althamer, flew for one month above the Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, in Milan, Italy, achieving International Acclaim.

With Ken Moody as leader of our design team, his high quality and complexity of designs make our helium parade balloons truly Parade Giants in the helium parade balloon industry.



Chip Schilling has over 30 years experience with giant balloons beginning with hot air balloons in 1979. He was involved in hundreds of flights and special event promotions before he became a commercial hot air balloon pilot in 1985. His experience started with giant inflatables at that time providing sales and rentals.

For the past 23 years Chip has provided clients throughout the USA and the World the best giant inflatables made. Quality and realism is always his priority when providing inflatable products to his customers. Chip handles preliminary design as well as marketing and sales for Big Ideas Parade Giants.