Archive for the ‘Balloon Animals’
This is my Life’s Work
A world class juggler was scheduled to perform at convention. At this particular convention he was doing Q&A secession and a show later that evening. While at a Q&A session, a novice juggler asked the question – “I’m a big admirer of you work and respect your talents, but will you be doing any new [...]
Changing the Balloon Retailing World Forever
Being an innovator means standing alone, attempting something that others would not do. It involves work, creativity, and the willingness to help others succeed. The hard part is getting people to believe in your vision, to inspire them to leave the comfort zone and try something new. As soon as a person embraces your vision, [...]
Secret to Learning How to Make Balloon Animals for Your Kids
Learning how to make balloon animals has now become easier and educational. Magical Balloon-dude Dale developed Balloon Twisting, an instructional DVD, specifically for kids. Step-by-step instructions illustrate how to twist each balloon bubble and configure them into a balloon animal. These systemic instructions reduce frustration of failure by building off previously learned skills. A child’s [...]
Dale says, “No” to Movie Premier
Representatives from Paramount Pictures contacted me this past week and wanted to know if I would entertain at four theaters premiering their new kids movie, “How to Train Your Dragon”. Set in the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons, and based on the book by Cressida Cowell. The action comedy tells the story [...]
Inspirational Valentines Balloons
Over the past couple years, mbd2.com forum members have been coming up with some inspirational balloon designs. As I looked through the designs, I was inspired to make a couple and also design a couple of my own. I started out negative in thought and slowly became positive. Subscribe to Dale’s Blog and get notified [...]
Snow Sculptures are Fun to Make
What does a balloon artists do when the airport shuts down and his flight to Florida is interrupted by a snowstorm? He goes out and plays in the snow. That’s right, I was expecting to be winging my way across the US and heading to Florida to visit family when a snowstorm hit. Southwest Airlines [...]
Take a Minute to Increasing you Income
Are you taking advantage of the opportunity’s given to you to make extra money? Each day you spend hours networking on Facebook and Twittering; so why not turn that into a moneymaking opportunity? Advertise a URL to earn money Entertainers, parents, and hobbyist are always looking for companies that supply quality products. Make money by [...]
It’s elementary, my dear Watson its a balloon animal.
I’ve learned in the past couple hours that having a 7th month old crawling around the house, a 2.5-year old being potty trained is not the place to develop a detailed balloon sculpture. Between chasing the baby, answering questions, and getting up-to-the-minute recaps about the cartoon playing on TV, it took me 2.5 hours to [...]
Avatar – Balloon Animal
James Cameron’s “Avatar” I haven’t seen the move yet, but that didn’t stop me from make one of the main characters of movie Jake Sully. This was the picture I used to develop the balloon sculpture. Let me know what you think of the design? I always like reading your comments. Subscribe to Dale’s Blog [...]
Secret to Surviving 2010 Economy as an Entertainer
It’s the 4th day into 2010 and I am already working on how I will stay in business. Now, this may sound a little radical to think this way, but you have to in bad economic times. Saturday, I was working at a restaurant and I overheard a Fox News cast saying “States are closing [...]
