HanAhrt

🦖🌈🦄 NEW TO HANAHRT:🦄🌈🦖
LIGHT-UP INFLATABLE DECOR HIRE!

✨ Fuss-free • Zero-waste • Instant WOW factor ✨

Planning an event and want décor that looks incredible without the stress, mess, or waste?

Want that glowing moment where I’m face painting or balloon twisting under a rainbow at your event - but without the cost, setup hassle, or cleanup of traditional décor like balloon arches?

These light-up inflatables are designed to make party styling easier, faster and more sustainable 🌱 🌎

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💥 SPECIAL OFFER 💥
Book as a standalone OR SAVE 50%+ when added to any HanAhrt booking!
(perfect alongside face painting, balloon twisting & full party entertainment 🎨🎈)

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⭐️ Available options: ⭐️

✨🌈 Rainbow Arch - $80 day hire | or $30 add-on + bond
✨🦖 Birthday Cake Dinosaur - $40 day hire | or $20 add-on + bond
✨🦄 Magical Unicorn - $40 day hire | or $20 add-on + bond

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💖 WHY PEOPLE LOVE THEM 💖

♻️ A reusable, zero-waste alternative to disposable décor
⚡ Quick 5-minute setup + pack-down (seriously fuss-free)
💵 Cost-effective way to instantly elevate any event
📸 Instant photo backdrop that makes memories effortless
✨ Big visual impact with minimal effort required
🌳 Works beautifully indoors or outdoors
🚗 Easy transport
🫟 No mess, no stress, nothing to clean up or store afterwards
☀️🌛Beautiful in day light + glow stunningly at night!

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🎪 Perfect for:
Birthdays • Weddings • Festivals • Schools • Corporate events • Private celebrations • Discos + more!!

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📩 Message Hanahrt today to check availability and secure your date - or to add onto your existing booking at the discounted rate 🌈✨

Email: [email protected] (or message via Facebook/Instagram)

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Looking forward to sharing the winter magic with you all this weekend!

❄️✨🎭 DUNEDIN MIDWINTER CARNIVAL STARTS TOMORROW! 🎭✨❄️

👉Swipe to see designs!!

The city is coming alive with glowing lanterns, dazzling costumes, incredible performers, music, magic and all the wonder that makes the Dunedin Midwinter Carnival so special! 🌙🏮✨

🎨✨ Find HanAhrt at the HanAhrt Pop-Up! ✨🎨

I’ll be bringing the sparkle again with:
❄️ Midwinter Carnival + A Rustle in the Night inspired face painting designs
✨ Glitter applications
🖤 Temporary tattoos

Swipe through to see the special designs available and choose your magical creation before you arrive! 🦋🌙⭐

I’m also excited to have my apprentice artist joining me for the event! Together, we’ll be helping twice as many carnival-goers transform into magical creatures, sparkly winter wonders, celestial creations and colourful carnival characters. ✨🎨

🏮 Dunedin Midwinter Carnival
📍 First Church
📅 June 12th & 13th
⏰ 5:30pm–7:00pm & 7:30pm–9:00pm

✨ Low Sensory Session:
📅 June 13th | 4:00pm–5:00pm

🌙 Postponement Dates: June 19th & 20th

Enjoy:
🏮 Lantern Installations + Parade
✨ Aerial Performances
🎭 Interactive Activities
🌙 Lantern Processions
🎶 Live Music
🛍️ Night Food Market + MORE!

🎟️ Tickets via midwintercarnival.co.nz
Under 3 FREE | $5 Child | $10 Adult | $25 Family (2 adults + 2 children)

Whether you’re after a touch of sparkle, a themed face paint, or a fun temporary tattoo to complete your carnival look, we’d love to see you! 💙

Come add a little extra magic to your Midwinter Carnival experience! 🌙🏮✨

🔥🍖🚗🎪 The Deep South BBQ Comp, Car show and market is taking over Forsyth Barr Stadium THIS SUNDAY… and it’s FREE ENTRY!! ✨

PLUS I’ll be there bringing the colour, sparkle, face painting & balloon fun from my HanAhrt Pop-Up! 🎨🎈💕

I’ll have special custom event-exclusive designs available on the day, including the sneak peeks of the ones pictured in this post:
🍔🪽 Burger Wings
🔪 Chef’s Knife

There is SO much happening for families and everyone in between:

🎨 Face painting
🎈 Balloon twisting
🛻 Sumo Trucks
🚂 Mini Thomas the Tank Engine rides
🚗 Incredible car displays
🔥 BBQ competition
🛍️ Huge market area
🍔 YUMMY food trucks
✨ Loads of family entertainment all day long

📍 Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
📅 Sunday 31 May 2026
🕙 10:00am – 4:00pm

A few important event details:
🚪 Gates open at 10am via Gate F (see map in post for more details)
🚗 Limited parking available at the North end of the stadium carpark
🚧 The Leith Walkway is closed, so please plan an alternate route

You’ll find the market stalls beside the Smoke & Torque Car Show, so come wander through, support amazing local businesses, grab some treats, and stop by the HanAhrt Pop-Up for some colourful magic 💖

Massive shoutout to all the incredible vendors helping make this event awesome:
✨ Bacolod Nameetz
✨ Morgan Le Fay NZ
✨ Tack2/Redmare
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✨ Pure Stone Treasures
✨ Carolyn’s Crafts
✨ Jodi’s Lucky Dip
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✨ Leashy’s Jewellery
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✨ In the Flour Kitchen
✨ Meg&Max
✨ Two Fantails Design
✨ Highland Creations
✨ Honey Harvest Apiaries Ltd
✨ Costal Coffee
✨ Errol’s Kitchen
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✨ .pe_creations_nz
✨ Kombi Vinyl
✨ Resin Fusion
✨ Models4u
✨ Bacon Bliss
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✨ RA Amusement
✨ .co.nz
✨ Andy and Bow

This is shaping up to be one giant smoky, shiny, family-fun wonderland 🌭🚗🎡✨

Come say hi and get painted at the HanAhrt Pop-Up! 🎨💕

🎡 Wingatui Twilight Carnival was hands down one of our all time fave events to face paint & balloon twist at!! Looking forward to the next event where I get to bling my Pop-Up with lights!! (Looking at you Dunedin Midwinter Carnival ❄️) here’s hoping the Twilight Carnival swings by again next year 🤞

🎡✨ Wingatui Twilight Carnival is the place to be this weekend! ✨🎡

Glowing lights, carnival rides, delicious food, disco vibes, magical entertainment AND an incredible community atmosphere all coming together for one unforgettable weekend at Wingatui Racecourse! 🌈💜

And I’m SO excited to be bringing my HanAhrt Pop-Up along for the fun!! 🎨🎈✨

I’ll be there all weekend face painting & my partner Ryan will be balloon twisting amongst the sparkling lights, market stalls, food trucks and carnival magic, creating colourful designs, wearable art, glowing glitter magic & balloon creations for all ages! 🌟

🪩 PLUS… upstairs at the MKT Party Place - Dunedin disco there’ll be UV lighting! So if you’re heading along to dance under the disco lights, let me know when you come for your face paint and I can use special UV-reactive paints and glitters so your design glows under the disco lights and around some of the light installations!! ✨💜🌟

Expect an atmosphere bursting with:
🎡 Fairground rides for all ages
🍔 Delicious food trucks
🛍 Amazing market stalls
💡 Stunning light installations
🎨 Face painting by HanAhrt
🎈 Balloon twisting by HanAhrt
🪩 Disco fun & glowing UV vibes by MKT Party Place

🎟 FREE ENTRY
(rides have a separate cost)

📅 Saturday 16th May
⏰ 3:00PM - 9:00PM

📅 Sunday 17th May
⏰ 11:00AM - 3:00PM

📍 Wingatui Racecourse / Wingatui Function Centre

Whether you’re bringing the kids for a magical family afternoon, chasing carnival thrills with friends, bringing a date, or wanting to soak up the glowing twilight atmosphere, this is shaping up to be such a beautiful, vibrant community event 💜

Come find me under the carnival lights at the HanAhrt Pop-Up (near the playground & Dinosaurs, in-front of the perfect photo-op glowing heart arch!) and let us add some extra colour & sparkle to your magical memories over this incredibly fun weekend! ✨🎠🌈

Event Hire Christchurch Otago Racing Club

🕺✨ WARM UP FOR RELAY FOR LIFE… AT THE GEORGE STREET DANCE PARTY! ✨💃

Before we step into the magic of Relay for Life Dunedin, come warm up with us at the city-wide dance celebration on George Street, Dunedin!

SATURDAY 2 MAY
George Street becomes one giant disco party dance floor from 12pm - 3pm 🪩

I’ll be there from 11:30am - 2:00pm!
📍 Find me outside Wall Street Mall ( just down from Meridian Mall Dunedin & Golden Centre Dunedin ) in my NZ famous HanAhrt pop-up!!

I’ll be offering:
🎨 FREE face painting
🎈 FREE balloon twisting

All made possible thanks to Dance Ōtepoti and Dunedin City Council 💛

💥 What’s happening on Saturday?
✨ 37 dance groups
✨ Hundreds of dancers
✨ Live DJ spinning a family-friendly disco
✨ Performances flowing through the street (and even popping up in the malls 👀)

It’s bold, bright, and bursting with movement… the perfect pre-Relay spark to get hearts lifted and spirits glowing before the evening ahead 💫

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🌟 SUNDAY 3 MAY - THE CELEBRATION CONTINUES (I won’t be there, but you should be!)

Head to Toitū Otago Settlers Museum for a full day of free dance experiences:

👶 Taster Sessions kick off from 10:00am, including:
• Tiny Tots (with playtime!)
• Ageing Gracefully
• Contra Dance
• Rock & Roll
• Salsa
• Line Dancing

💃 Performances from 2:30pm (90 mins) featuring an incredible lineup of local groups bringing everything from ballet to cultural dance to aerial artistry

Whether you’re dipping your toes in for the first time or just want to sit back and enjoy, Sunday has a softer, explore-and-experience kind of rhythm 🌿

👣 Bring your whānau
🎨 Get painted on Saturday
🎈 Grab a balloon creation
💃 Then keep the good vibes rolling into Sunday

Free. All ages. All FUN!!

Let’s fill the streets with movement, colour, and connection… then carry that energy straight into Relay for Life 💜✨

🏒🎨 SUMMER OF HOCKEY FACE PAINTING 🎨🏒

Colour, sparkle, and serious team spirit are taking over the sidelines!

I’ll be set up face painting all weekend right through to the finals, with a range of special supporter designs made just for hockey fans of all ages, as well as offering anything else you or your children may want, I can paint almost anything-just ask!!
Head back out to the sidelines with bold colours and plenty of flair so you can cheer on your team with that extra splash of pride from the sidelines 🙌🔥

AND… the fun doubles on Saturday & Sunday!
My partner and fellow balloon entertainer Ryan will be joining me this weekend making balloon creations to keep the good vibes rolling between games 🎈😄

✨ Face painting + balloons are both FREE ✨
Huge thanks to for making this possible for our hockey community 🖤

Come say hi, grab some colour, and let’s turn the crowd into a sea of team spirit!

📍 Alexander McMillan Hockey Grounds
🏒 See you this weekend!

Vantage Black Sticks Otago Hockey Association