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- 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.
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- 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.
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Bubble Hat
- Step 1--Blow
up two balloons half way to 3 quarters.
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- Step 2--Start
at the beginning with the knot and twist a 1 inch bubble about
1 - 1 1/2 fingers wide. Make sure you hang on to both ends of balloon,
otherwise it will untwist. Twist the same size bubble in the second
balloon. Now, very carefully twist the bubbles together. 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.
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- Step 3--Make
the next bubble about 1 foot in size or big enough to fit around your
head. You will then twist the balloons together at this point.
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- Step 4--Make
a small bubble about 2 inches, or 3 - 4 finger width in length. Twist
the balloon to make a bubble. Loop the bubble back into the two twisted
balloons. The balloons are twisted together and should stay that
way.
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If
yours looks like this, very good; if not, try it again. Practice
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- Step 5--With
the other balloon twist another bubble the same size (2 inches, or 3
- 4 finger width in length) and twist the balloon back in to the loop.
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- Step 6--Now
twist the balloon antenna to face up.
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Step 7--To
make the bubbles on top; twist the balloon about a inch from the end
and push the air to the top of the balloon.
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You have just made a Bubble Hat!
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