Caution: Balloons are fun
toys, but can be dangerous like all toys...PLEASE make sure small
children do not chew balloons or have access to broken bits. We
would like all our kids to grow healthy and happy. I ask you to be
responsible like professional balloonist. Adult supervision is
recommended.
The first trick to making a balloon animal is to blow up the balloon.
This is hard. You can buy a hand pump or use a football pump to help
blow up the balloons. Do not blow the balloon up all the way... you
only need 1/2 a balloon.
Carefully tie the balloon. When twisting a balloon, always start at
the end with the knot. Do not worry, it will not break if you twist
it, but you must hold on to both ends of the balloon. Otherwise, the
balloon will untwist. The balloon will not stay twisted by itself. You
have to twist the balloon together.
Balloon
Animals - Crocodile
Step 1--Blow up two balloons half way to 3 quarters.
Step 2--Start at the beginning with the knot and twist
a 3 to 4-inch bubble or 3 or 4 fingers wide. Make sure you hang on to
both ends of balloon, otherwise it will untwist. Twist it around 2 or
3 times. Do not worry it will not break. Why didn't it break? There is
space at the end of the balloon for the extra air. That is why we only
blow the balloon up half way.
- Step 3--While holding on to the twisted balloon, make
another bubble 1 to 2 fingers in size. This will be the one eye. Do
not let go.
Step 4--Make another balloon bubble the same size.
This is the other eye. Look at picture.
Step 5--Twist balloon joints A & B together. Twist
2 or 4 times all the way around. The balloon will not break, and they
will stay together.
If
yours looks like this, very good; if not, try it again. Practice
makes perfect.
Step 6--Now for the neck. Twist a 2 to 3-inch bubble or
3 or 4 fingers wide. This is the neck. Make sure you hang on to the
balloon, both parts.
Step 7--Let's make the front legs, after all--we want
your crocodile to stand. Start by twisting a 3 to 4-inch bubble. Hang
on to the neck as you twist the balloon, and do not let go of the leg.
Twist point Y into point X, then twist point Z into point X
Step 8--Back legs, same as the first. Twist a 3 to
4-inch bubble. Twist those two parts together just like you did with
the other legs. Remember twist around each other 4 or 5 times. Twist
the parts together to look like the drawing.
Step 9--Have
a lot of balloon left over? That's the tail.
Congratulations, you just made you first
Crocodile.
