Serving Scarborough
Event Decoration and Party Rentals in Scarborough
We are an event decoration company based in Toronto, and Scarborough is one of the areas our team travels to most. Backdrops, balloon installations, marquee numbers, photo booths and performers, delivered, installed and collected by us.
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What this covers
Event decoration in Scarborough, delivered and installed
If you are looking for event decoration in Scarborough, this page explains what we bring, how we work in the rooms and homes people actually book here, and what the starting prices are. We are based at 126 Willowdale Ave in Toronto and we travel east to Scarborough regularly. We do not have a showroom or a depot in Scarborough, and we would rather say that plainly than imply a local storefront. What you get instead is a team that drives in with the pieces, installs them, and comes back for them.
Scarborough is part of the City of Toronto, so there is no regional boundary to cross and no separate travel arrangement to negotiate. What does change from one booking to the next is the room. A banquet hall on a Saturday, a community centre with a hard access window, a condo party room with a low ceiling, and a back garden in the summer are four different installs, and the same balloon decoration design will not sit the same way in all four.
Updated 3 November 2026
Venues
The four kinds of space we install in most often here
Banquet halls are the most common. Many of them run two bookings in a single day, which is the single most important fact about installing in one. It compresses setup into a short window after the previous event clears, and it means takedown is often same-night rather than next-morning. When we quote a hall booking in Scarborough we ask for the access time in writing, because a two hour install on paper becomes a forty minute install if the room is still being reset.
Community centre and school rooms come with the tightest rules. Access is usually keyed to a booked slot with someone on site, decoration may be restricted on walls, and helium or open flame is often refused outright. None of that is a problem if it is known in advance, and all of it is a problem discovered at the door. Ask your booking contact what may be attached to a wall and whether balloons are permitted before you settle a design.
Condo party rooms are the ones people underestimate. Ceilings are commonly lower than a hall, which rules out the taller arch configurations, and building management often requires booking the service elevator separately from the room. A garland or a backdrop wall works well in these rooms; a tall stand usually does not.
Homes and back gardens are the fourth, and they make up most of our children's birthday work in the area. Here the limits are doorway width, stair access and an outlet within reach for anything that needs power. Outdoor work also needs a weather plan, which for anything between autumn and spring means an indoor fallback rather than optimism.
Tell us where your event is
Send us the venue, the date and a rough guest count, and we will tell you what fits the room before you commit to a design.
Large family events
Designing for a guest list that grows
A pattern worth naming: the guest count on the first phone call is usually lower than the guest count on the day. For large family and community celebrations this matters for decoration, not just catering, because a photo area sized for a group of four becomes a bottleneck when thirty people want a turn in the same twenty minutes. If your event is that kind of event, the honest advice is to buy width rather than height. An eight foot backdrop with a garland across it serves a queue; a narrow tall piece does not.
The same logic applies to seating and sightlines. Anything on a table between roughly twelve and twenty-four inches tall sits exactly at a seated guest's eye level, so either stay below that band or go clearly above it. For long banquet tables you want a repeating rhythm of smaller pieces rather than one large centre, so no guest ends up talking around an arrangement. We plan our cultural celebrations work around that constraint as a matter of course.
What we bring
What you can book for a Scarborough event
Everything here is delivered, installed and collected by our own team. Event DJs can be booked with us too, so one team handles the whole setup.
Balloon installations
Garlands, arches, walls, ceiling work, marquee and mosaic numbers, centrepieces and bouquets, built for the room rather than assembled from a kit.
View balloon decorationsBackdrop rentals
Shimmer wall, boxwood hedge wall at eight by eight feet, plinths for cakes and gifts, and a moon and cloud backdrop for a christening or baby table.
View backdropsPhoto booths
A 360 video booth that guests share to their phones and a classic booth that prints on the spot, both with an attendant, setup and takedown included. For company events, see corporate photo booth rental.
View photo boothsNeon and marquee signs
Four foot LED marquee numbers from zero to nine for an age or a year, plus rented neon wording suited to birthdays, showers and engagements.
View signsKids Entertainment
Face painting, balloon twisting, magic and bubble shows, character and mascot appearances, and dry ice for one specific moment.
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Party rentals, photo booths and corporate events in Scarborough
Decor is usually where a Scarborough booking starts, and these are the three things most often added to it.
Party rentals
For a backyard birthday or a hall, our standalone rentals are a green wall at $90, a flower wall or shimmer wall panel at $120, marquee numbers and letters at $55 per letter, neon signs from $30 to $55 and white plinths from $40, set up by the same crew as the decor. See event extras for the full list.
Photo booths
Banquet halls usually have room for our 360 video booth, which needs a clear circle of about 10 x 10 ft, at least eight feet of ceiling and an outlet. In a condo party room or a community centre room, the classic or mirror booth at roughly 8 x 8 ft is often the easier fit. Every booth comes with an attendant; compare them on photo booth rental.
Corporate and community events
For offices, schools, places of worship and community organisations in Scarborough we plan and decorate holiday parties, appreciation events, fundraisers, grand openings and galas, and arrange AV, staffing and venue sourcing where needed. See corporate event planning and, for this season, corporate holiday parties. We also plan and coordinate weddings; the wedding page explains how.
Starting prices
Website-listed starting prices
These are the starting prices published on our product listings. They are a starting point for a conversation, not a quote.
| Item | Listed price | Sizes and options |
|---|---|---|
| Balloon garland, 12 ft | from $250 | 20 ft from $350 |
| Circle arch frame with balloon decoration | from $280 | 5.5 ft stand; 6.5 ft from $340 |
| Green wall with balloon arch, 6.5 x 6.5 ft | from $370 | One listed size |
| Shimmer wall backdrop with balloon decoration | from $420 | 6.6 x 5 ft; 6.6 x 6.6 ft from $480 |
| Marquee number with balloon decoration | from $320 | One 4 ft number; mosaic number from $260 |
| Moon and cloud backdrop | from $150 | One listed size |
| Balloon bouquet | from $85 | One listed size |
| 360 video booth, 2 hours | from $400 | 3 hours from $500, 4 hours from $600 |
| Classic photo booth, 2 hours | from $410 | 3 hours from $490 |
| Face painting, 1.5 hours | from $220 | 2.5 hours from $320; longer bands available |
What’s included
- 360 video booth: attendant, setup and teardown
- Classic photo booth: backdrop, props, printing and sharing
Add-ons
- Delivery and installation moon and cloud backdropfrom $85
- Delivery balloon bouquetfrom $35
- Custom name on balloon balloon bouquet$35
- Neon sign balloon garland, circle arch frame, green wall, shimmer wall, marquee number$35
- Custom name on the backdrop balloon garland, circle arch frame, green wall, shimmer wall, marquee number$35
- Flower or pampas bunch circle arch frame, green wall, shimmer wallfrom $45
- White fabric backdrop circle arch frame$35
- Animal prop green wall$15
- Each extra hour, 360 video booth 360 video boothfrom $150
- Green wall backdrop rental$90
- Flower wall backdrop rental$120
- Shimmer wall panel backdrop rental$120
- Moon and cloud backdrop backdrop rental; delivery and installation from $85from $150
- Decoration fillings balloon backdrops$35 to $65
Website-listed starting prices. The final price depends on location, timing, size and customization. Individual listings note where delivery, installation and takedown are included.
Check your date
Weekends in the holiday season and through the spring book up first. Send us your date and we will confirm what is available.
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How it works
From first message to takedown
Every Scarborough booking follows the same stages. The details change with the room.
Tell us the basics
Event type, date, venue or address, rough guest count, colours if you have them, and whether the space is indoors or outdoors.
We come back with a direction
One clear concept with a hero piece, the supporting decoration around it, and the starting prices that apply, rather than a catalogue to sort through.
We settle the logistics
Access time, load-in route, ceiling height, power, where guests will stand for photos, and the takedown window. This is where most problems are prevented.
Setup day
Our team arrives inside the agreed window, installs, and checks the photo positions before leaving. We work to the venue's rules on fixings, helium and effects.
Takedown
We collect the rented pieces at the agreed time, which for a hall running a second booking usually means the same night.
Before you book
Questions worth settling with your venue first
Five minutes with your booking contact saves a redesign later. Ask them:
- What time can vendors access the room, and is another event using it earlier that day.
- What is the ceiling height in the room you have booked, not the lobby.
- May anything be attached to the walls, and if so how.
- Are balloons and helium permitted, and are there restrictions on effects such as dry ice.
- Where are the power outlets, and is there a service elevator or loading door we should use.
- What time must everything be out of the room.
- Is there parking for a vehicle during load-in and collection.
Where we go
Scarborough and the rest of the GTA
We travel to every part of Scarborough, including Agincourt, Milliken, L’Amoreaux, Malvern, Morningside, Highland Creek, West Hill, Guildwood, Scarborough Village, Cliffside, Birch Cliff, Wexford and Woburn. We serve Toronto and the GTA from our address at 126 Willowdale Ave in Toronto. Alongside Scarborough that includes North York, Etobicoke, Mississauga, Vaughan, Markham, Richmond Hill, Aurora, Oakville, Ajax and Oshawa. Travel outside the GTA is extra and is quoted against the address rather than charged as a set fee. We are available seven days a week, and after a form submission we will contact you within 24 hours.
Elsewhere in Toronto, we have decorated events at Casa Loma, Bisha Hotel, the Four Seasons Hotel Toronto, the Chelsea Hotel, Hotel X Toronto and Markland Wood Golf Club. See all the venues we've decorated.
If you are comparing suppliers, the questions that separate them are not about price. Ask who is on site during the event, whether takedown is included or billed, and what happens if the venue changes your access time the week before. Our event planning and event extras pages cover how we handle each of those.
Plan your Scarborough event
Send us the date, the venue and what you have in mind. We will come back with a direction, the starting prices, and the logistics to settle.
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Questions
Event Decoration in Scarborough: Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about booking event decoration in Scarborough.
Do you deliver event decoration to Scarborough?
Yes. We are based at 126 Willowdale Ave in Toronto and travel to Scarborough regularly, which is part of the City of Toronto rather than a separate service area. Delivery, installation and collection are handled by our own team. Individual product listings note where delivery, installation and takedown are included in the price, and where they are quoted separately.
Do you have a showroom in Scarborough?
No. Our address is in Toronto and we do not have a showroom or depot in Scarborough. Everything is delivered to your venue or home and installed there, then collected afterwards. If you want to see finished work before you book, our portfolio is the place to start, and we can talk through a design against photographs of your room.
How much does event decoration in Scarborough cost?
Website-listed starting prices run from $85 for a balloon bouquet and $250 for a twelve foot garland up to $480 for a shimmer wall backdrop with balloon decoration. Photo booths start at $400 for a 360 booth for two hours and $410 for a classic booth. The final price depends on location, timing, size and customization, so we quote against your actual event.
Can you work in a banquet hall that has another event the same day?
Yes, and it is common here. The thing we need is the access time in writing, because a hall turning over between two bookings gives a much shorter install window than an empty room. Tell us when the previous event clears and when your guests arrive, and we will design something that can be built inside that window.
What do you need to know about my venue?
Access time, ceiling height in the booked room, whether anything may be attached to walls, whether balloons and helium are permitted, where the power outlets are, the load-in route, and the time everything must be out. Those seven answers determine what is possible, and getting them early prevents a design being changed at the door.
Do you set up in homes and back gardens?
Yes, and a lot of our children's party work is in homes. The practical limits are doorway and stair access, and an outlet within reach for anything that needs power. Outdoor setups need a weather plan, so for anything between autumn and spring we would ask you to have an indoor fallback in mind.
How far in advance should I book?
Sooner is better for weekend dates, particularly through the holiday season and the spring, since those fill first. We take shorter-notice bookings when the pieces and the crew are free, but a specific backdrop or a specific booth on a busy Saturday cannot be guaranteed late. Send us the date and we will tell you honestly what is still available.
Do you supply a sound system?
Yes. Event DJs with professional sound are available and can be booked with the decor. Catering comes from a separate supplier, and we are glad to work alongside one.
Can you match a specific colour?
Usually yes for balloon work, and it is worth sending a reference image or a fabric photo rather than a colour name, since names vary between suppliers. For a corporate event where a brand colour has to be exact, tell us at the quote stage so we can be honest about how close a match is achievable in the materials involved.
What happens if it rains on an outdoor setup?
We agree a plan before the day rather than on it. That usually means identifying the indoor position the setup can move to, and deciding at what point the call gets made. Anchoring, surface and wind all affect what is workable outdoors, and our on-site team's judgement and any park or venue rules apply on the day.
Do you provide photo booths for Scarborough events?
Yes. We offer a 360 video booth, a classic print booth and a mirror booth, each with an attendant. A 360 platform needs a clear circle of about 10 x 10 ft and at least eight feet of ceiling, so in smaller rooms the classic or mirror booth at roughly 8 x 8 ft is often the better fit.
Do you deliver balloons in Scarborough?
Yes. Balloon bouquets are listed from $85 with delivery from $35. Garlands, arches and walls include installation by our team, and helium pieces are delivered close to the start time so they look their best.
Do you plan corporate and community events in Scarborough?
Yes. We plan and decorate holiday parties, appreciation events, fundraisers, grand openings and galas for offices, schools and community organisations, and can arrange AV, staffing and venue sourcing.
Can we hold an event in a Scarborough park?
Scarborough parks are City of Toronto parks, and many need a permit for organised events, picnic sites or tents. Check the permit conditions before you settle on a spot, especially for tents, generators and amplified sound, and send them to us so we can design within them.
Which Scarborough neighbourhoods do you serve?
All of them, including Agincourt, Milliken, Malvern, Morningside, Highland Creek, West Hill, Guildwood, Cliffside, Birch Cliff, Wexford and Woburn. Delivery and installation are quoted with the items for your address.
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