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An apparatus for tethering a lighter-than-air balloon. The apparatus has a connector attachable to the balloon; a tether with a first end attached to the connector and a second end; and a hollow, elongated anchor with an interior core. The tether is contained in the interior core and is extendable outside the core. The tether is secured to the elongated anchor at a point between the first end and the second end. Preferably, the anchor is a straw. The apparatus includes a decorative card attached to the straw. The connector includes a tab attached to the card by perforations. The tab has an adhesive for attaching the tab to the balloon. A method of merchandizing a helium balloon, consisting of threading an end of a ribbon through a slot in a plug at an end of a straw; making a knot or placing another stop in the ribbon at a desired ribbon length; and attaching an end of the ribbon to a tab that has a covered adhesive, with the tab attached to a card which is in turn attached to the straw. This prepares the straw and balloon for shipment. When the straw and balloon are desired to be set up at the end user's location, the user then removes the tab from the card by tearing the tab at the perforations in the card; exposing the covered adhesive on the tab and adhering the tab to the balloon; and pulling the ribbon through the slot until the knot encounters the slot. The straw may then be inserted into soil in a flower pot.

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