American Star Ornaments are a pair of novelty balloons from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
History with the Macy's Parade[]
The American Star Ornaments made their first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade appearance in 1985 alongside many other ornament novelty balloons. The balloons are simple spheres with blue stars outlined in white and red, with Macy's branding circling the balloon.
The balloons continued to appear in the Parade throughout the 1980s, making appearances outside of the Parade in the summer of 1988 for the Pink Panther's test flight in San Jose, California and at Woodstock's test flight in November 1988.
The duo of balloons made their final appearance in the 1992 Parade, and haven't been seen in the Parade since. The following year, the balloons would be strung together and refurbished into the original Wiggle Worm balloon.