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Simple-Easy
To Make! Beagle-Giraffe-Weiner Dog-Sitting Dog-Doggie
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Supplies
you will need: 1 long skinny balloon
(Qualatex 260 Q) 1 wind bag (your lungs or a BALLOON
PUMP) 1 magic marker (Sharpie’s are best)
A lot of patience! |
• SAFETY IS
FIRST!:
• NEVER LET A YOUNG CHILD HAVE A BALLOON
UNSUPERVISED!:
• NEVER PUT A BALLOON IN YOUR MOUTH!!
• NEVER POINT A BALLOON AT SOMEONE’S
FACE WHILE YOU IN-FLATE THE BALLOON!
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Now,
let the fun begin:
Let‘s learn about
the balloon-there are two ends and 1 middle. The
two ends are different, one you can blow into
and the other you can’t! Simple, HUH? The
middle is the fun part, it is the part of the
balloon where MAGIC HAPPENS! |
Your
imagination can go wild with the middle of a balloon,
anything is possible here. For our first balloon
animal we are going to start with something different
- a DOG! Not just a dog, but a dog that you created.
It is a basic balloon creation , but you gotta
learn to walk before you can run. From a dog’s
basic shape you can create any number of things:
a giraffe, an alligator, a space gun, a hat, and
a bracelet. |
HOW TO MAKE
A BALLOON DOG:
Take
a long skinny balloon and blow it up anyway you
can. It is best to use a balloon pump! Blow up
the balloon until you have about 2 inches of the
balloon still uninflated. The uninflated part
is call the tail ( not the tail of the dog). Burp!!!
Your Balloon. (Oh, It’s OK. Your mom isn’t
listening). Let just a puff of air out of the
balloon to soften the balloon. This helps keep
the balloon from popping. Does your balloon look
like this one? |
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mouth-------------body---------------------------tail |
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Great!
Let’s do the Twist!
What is the twist, you ask? A twist is what you
do to get a straight balloon to look like an animal.
This is where patience and practice will pay off.
When you twist, use your fingers and your hand
to measure the balloon. This way you will have
a balloon creation that looks like an animal.
You will see, what I mean after you start to twist
your balloon into a dog. It is important to imagine
in your mind how a dog really looks, a head, ears,
legs, a body and a tail. |
Basically,
to make a balloon dog , you will twist a balloon
and make a run of smaller balloons (bubbles).
Twist the balloon by taking it into both hands
and turn the balloon in opposite directions. This
will break the balloon and you create a twist
as you turn the balloon 3 times minimum. When
you are finished with your balloon creation you
will have a balloon with a run of 10 bubbles.
The bubbles will measure approximately 2 inch,
1 inch, 8 inch, 1 inch, 4 inch, 4 inch, 3 inch,
4 inch, 4 inch, and the rest will be the tail. |
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Head head2
ears neck leg leg body leg leg tail |
Head |
head2 |
ears |
neck |
leg |
leg |
body |
leg |
leg |
tail
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Sounds
simple, it’s not. Use your fingers and hand
to measure approximate sizes, you will get better
as you practice.Twist the 2 inch and one inch
bubbles and hold them. |
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Twist
the 11 inch bubble and loop it and twist (point
A) with( Point B) this will give you a loop which
you will slide the 2 inch bubble into until the
one inch bubble meets the loop. This is the head
and ears. |
Twist
a 1 inch bubble (neck ) and two 4 inch bubbles
(front legs). Twist (point C) with (point D) to
make front legs. |
Twist
a 3 inch bubble (body) and two 4 inch bubbles
(back legs). Twist (point E) with (point F) to
make back legs |
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The
remainder of balloon will be the tail. |
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You
have just created your first balloon animal.
Congra-tulations!
Take a magic marker and add some eyes, color
the nose, add whiskers and spots and you
have a custom balloon creation.
Do you want more?
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If
you vary the length of the body, legs, ears
and tail. You will be able to create a number
of different balloon creations without much
extra effort. |
A Giraffe is the same
doggie with a long neck, a short body
and a short tail, use a yellow balloon!
The bubbles will measure 2 inch, 1 inch,
8 inch, 8 inch, 4 inch, 4 inch, 3 inch,
3 inch, 3 inch, and the rest will be the
tail.
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A
Wiener doggie is the same doggie with short
legs, and a long body!
The bubbles will measure 2 inch, 1 inch,
8 inch, 1 inch, 2 inch, 2 inch, 8 inch,
2 inch, 2 inch, and the rest will be the
tail. |
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A
Sitting Dog can be made by tucking the front
legs into the hoop you make for the rear
legs on the doggie!
The bubbles will measure 2 inch, 1 inch,
8 inch, 1 inch, 4 inch, 4 inch, 4 inch,
8 inch, and the rest will be the tail. |
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A
Doggie Hat can made by eliminating
the legs, body and tail. Make a big
loop to fit the the persons head!
The bubbles will measure 2 inch, 1
inch, 8 inch, 2 inch, 16 inch, and
the rest will be the support for the
neck and head. |
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Corporate,
Private, Adult and kid lessons, instructions
and lectures are available.
SIR
LANTZ a full time professional balloon artist
who has been twisting balloons for fun and
profit for 15 years says,
"
It always amazes me how much fun a balloon
really can be".
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