Balloon Animals

It was a long day and I was finishing my third picnic in 85 degree heat, with a humidity of 90-100%.  The sun was popping in between rain clouds the last event was over and the two other balloon entertainers were winding down. I had the tedious task of helping shutdown their lines.  Ending a [...]

This video is one of a series 10 videos I produced for a website company.  In this video you will learn how to make a teddy bear balloon animal.   I presume you know some of the basic twists.  If you don’t, go to kid’s stuff and learn the basic balloon twists.  Knowing how do the [...]

It seams like more and more balloon artistes are cranking out DVD’s for everyone to learn the balloon entertainment industry….

This past weekend I participated in the Chicago’s Run to Remember, which is a 5K run - walk for police office’s wounded or killed in the line of duty.  While walking to the event I passed a series of Chicago Police cars.  The 1967 CPD car caught my eye just because of the year.  I [...]

Now this hasn’t been the first time I heard this comment, but I just cannot understand the reasoning behind it. While balloon twisting I get an adult who feels they are superior to others and will request multiple balloon animals for a child that’s not present. They tell me stores like the child [...]

For the past several years I have been performing my comedic kids balloon entertaining for the local residence attending Discover Tinley Community Expo. In 2005, I started bringing a large display pieces to aid in drawing attention to balloon entertainment service. Not that I really need too — lines are always 20 people deep [...]

Many balloon twisters will tell you the answer is anywhere they want, but I put a little thought into this question and have come up with the true answer. An 800-pound gorilla can only twist balloons where the zoo keeper allows it to go. The zoo keeper is controlled by the zoo management and [...]