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Let's start with the basic twist and start from the very beginning. Just pinch
and twist the balloon and you've created a basic twist. We'll do one more, just
kind of pinch and twist the balloon. It's used in everything that you make with
balloons. Here's a giraffe, a mouse, and here's a crown, and of course, the basic
twist forms the blades in the swords.
Next up is a lock twist. Let's make one small basic twist and
then you usually use the lock twist to lock the balloons in. So you're going to
make a second basic twist this is beginning the lock twist, and now for the
third twist, you're gonna want it to be approximately the same size as the
second twist. Here we go. We're actually going to make it here. We'll show you a
shortcut in just a moment, but notice the second and third twists are
approximately the same length, and twist it just like a jar of peanut
butter. And we've made the head of a dog here and that is the lock twist. Now
here's a fast version where you don't have to actually make the third basic
twist. We'll do this quickly: one basic twist, fold and twist and you
get the same lock twist. And we'll do it again here with the legs
of a dog. And that's the fast version so again lock twist.
They form the the head and the legs of the dog as seen here and that would go
for all the variations. Here we have a mouse, it's just pretty much a dog with
very small proportions. We have a bunny here. Notice the lock twist is used for
the ears - it's essentially a dog but with different proportions. And one more just
for fun this is a moose or deer and the lock twist
suggests antlers, So you'll be using lock twist in
everything you do with balloons. Pinch twist. We're going to make a small basic
twist - usually you make your pinch twist in between other twists. So anyway, here's
our second small basic twist which will become a pinch twist. Just grab that
basic twist small basic twist and twist it just like a jar on a lid of
peanut butter. We haven't actually formed anything
there. You'll notice here on the tiger that the pitch twists form the ears and the
points of this crown as well as holding in place the parts of the head, the part
that rests on the head are pinch twists. Next up is the fold twist. It's
essentially like a long pinch twist. You fold a long segment, basic twist and
twist it and that's your fold twist.
You can think of it as a long pinch twist. The fold twist forms the hand
guards as well as the petals of the flowers. Three balloon push through. We're
gonna start with one basic twist that has nothing to do with the three balloon
push through, but here we go, we form one basic twist to start our three balloon
push through. Make a second twist of the same size you're
essentially just making a lock twist here so you can use the fast version. And
there we have our lock twist. You kind of have a bunny head there. Now for the
fourth segment you're going to make it about the same length as the second and
third twists as you can see here. One more basic twist and then you push this
third twist through the first two. You can see that we get something that looks a
little bit like a turtle there but that's a three balloon push through. It's
often used as a body of an animal as you can see here in this elephant - that's a
three balloon push through for its body.
Here's an unusual twist called the tulip twist. You take the nozzle, you push it
into the balloon . Now with my left hand, I'm grabbing the nozzle through the
balloon and then twisting. So that's what happen,s that's the tulip twist. Again, I'm
holding the nozzle and twisting the nozzle into the twist here and that's
what holds it in place. That is a tulip twist. Now some people say it looks like
a flower and some people do use that as a flower, however, here's an airplane. I
like to see it as a propeller for the airplane. Here's a biplane and there's a
tulip twist in the front that suggests a propeller. And for flowers, it makes a
great center of the flower with the green balloon. Now here's how you cut a balloon.
Oftentimes, you make a balloon and you have extra balloon left over. So you kind
of pinch it at the end to kind of reduce the stress - you don't want to pop the
balloon. So notice how I'm pinching to relieve the pressure in the balloon and
then I just cut with my scissors a tiny slit. And now when I let go of my hand
here it lets the air out gently. I have a length of uninflated balloon and you
just twist in or tie a knot and you're done. You're going to have extra balloon
left up over after the crown or these two balloon sculptures you often have a
balloon left over as in the legs for the t-rex as well as the second balloon used
in the elephant. And here's a bracelet. Notice that the remaining balloon was
turned into the strap that goes around the wrist. Here's an advanced technique I
just call ripping a balloon. Instead of using scissors, you can use your
fingernail. Now look at the motion here. I'm going to dig with my right hand. I'm
going to dig that thumb nail right into the balloon. There it is. I end up with a
little piece right there of the balloon that I've torn off the end. I've
essentially ripped it. And then you let go and I've deflated the balloon. So it's a fast
method that doesn't require scissorsj. I want to show it to you one more time. See
my right fingers are curled they go up while thumb pushes down. So once again,
right fingers curl under and thumb nail goes directly into the
balloon and down. Rip, and I now have an uninflated end.
so you use this in place and now here' it is in slow motion. Use this
in place of cutting and it's a much faster technique than reaching for
scissors. So once again slow-no - the fingernail digs into that balloon and
the right fingers come up so it's just one fast aggressive motion and there it
happened. I ripped the end of the balloon off and now I can slowly allow the air
to deflate. And that's tearing a balloon
There must be a name for this I just call it a tassel. What you do is you
leave uninflated end at the end of your balloon sculpture. And then all you're
doing is pushing a small basic twist all the way to the end of the balloon. So you
just make a small basic twist and using your hands squeeze it and push it all
the way to the end. And you get something of a tassel here.
Anyway, here it is used as a poodle - the end of a poodle's tail there and here it
is with a two balloon jester hat. And it's a great hat because these tassels
bounce around as a person wears it. It's a real hit at parties. Now here's a
technique I just called "balloon in balloon." And notice what I've done here. I
have balloons that are tiny balloons inflated inside of another balloon. But
what I'm actually doing is breaking off these balls into the balloon itself. A
little complicated I will do my best to explain. You just take a balloon, a clear
balloon, this way, people can see the balloon that you create inside. You make
the tiniest basic twist that you can. Take your finger, your index finger. I
like to use my index finger. You push it into the balloon inside. Okay, now here's
another angle. See. I'm pushing the tiny basic twist into the balloon and notice
how my finger is inside of the balloon with this small ball at the tip. Now grab
the small ball with the other hand through the balloon and then with my
right finger I'm actually going to whirl it around a little bit and actually tear
the balloon. Now this one didn't go as smoothly which allows me to better
demonstrate. But notice how how my finger is spinning and actually tearing the
ball away from the rest of the balloon. In just a moment, I should have it a
little bit and there it is now. It's still open on the end so you have to
pinch it. Pinch the balloon, otherwise the air will escape. And then tie it.
And now, you have a balloon inside of a balloon. That's what it looks like from
the other angle. Tie it off at this point. If you let go, the balloon is going to deflate.
And now, you have a balloon in a balloon. And that's kind of a special purpose
balloon twist. I'm having a little too much fun with this. We hope you liked the
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We have a lot more balloon animals to teach in the future so thanks for
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