Hello everyone. In this video, I'm going to teach you how to make a monkey in a
tree. This is a real crowd-pleaser. I like the fact that it's really big so
if you're working an event - let's say you're being paid by the hour. You make
some of these and people will be walking around the event and everybody will see this.
And your host who hired you will know that you're doing your job. And if you're
vending, this is almost like free advertising. You
offer this, you make it and people will walk around with this and they'll say
"gosh that's a really cool monkey on a tree." And they'll try and find the
balloon artist who is out there making them. You only need three balloons. It
takes a little time but I think it's well worth it and in fact this is
perhaps one of the most popular balloons that I've made when I'm doing balloon
gigs. So here we go, a monkey and a tree. For this monkey balloon you're going to
need three balloons. One balloon will form the trunk. The other one will form
the monkey itself and finally, you have one last balloon which will represent
leaves. Let's start with the monkey. First of all, let's take a look at the first
person view and then we'll come back and show it to you from this view. First of
all, inflate your balloon to about three or four inches from the end. Starting at
the nozzle you're going to make a basic twist about an inch and a half
long.
Make a pinch twist here.
Make another basic twist of about an inch long.
Now make a pinch twist here to match the one here.
You'll have something that looks like this. Now you're going to twist this base
of the ear into this base of the ear. So hold these two together and now grab the
entire assembly here and twist just as if you're screwing on the lid of a
peanut butter jar.
And there you have a monkey's head. Now the rest of the monkey is actually just
a variation on a dog balloon. So you're just going to make a neck with a basic twist.
I'm going to make a couple of short front legs or arms maybe about two or three
inches long. You can use the fast method if you like to
make the lock twist. You can see the basic monkey
forming. Make a basic twist for the body and make two hind legs to match the
front legs. So here we go.
And there you have it. A monkey balloon that is ready to be placed onto your tree.
Inflate your balloon to about three to four inches from the end.
Starting at the nozzle, you're going to make a basic twist of about an inch
and a half.
Now you're going to make a pinch twist - a small pinch twist.
Now you're going to make a small basic twist try and make it round so it should
be about an inch in in diameter.
Now you're going to make one more pinch twist to match this pinch twist
You'll have something that looks like this. Now this is the spot that that
twists a lot of people up. You're actually going to grab this entire
assembly here and spin it around just like you're screwing on the top of a
peanut butter jar. So let me show you what goes on. Push these two together.
Take these three segments and twist.
Adjust the ears
And you'll have the head of a monkey . Now make a basic twist of about an inch here
or half inch.
From this point you're essentially making the body of a dog. You're going to
make a couple of short arms, short legs and the remaining part of the balloon
will become the tail. So let's do that. So all you're doing is two basic twists and
the lock twist or you can use the streamline method. Let's do the two basic
twists. First, so you'll want to make two basic twists of about three inches
and there you have arms for a monkey. Make a basic twist of about three inches.
Now repeat - making legs here about the same size.
I'll use the streamline method here.
And there you have a monkey and the remaining part of the balloon becomes
the tail as it does with a dog. I came up a little short here but all you do is just
kind of press forward and fill in the air and you can give it a little twist.
And there you have your monkey for your tree. You're just going to start out with a
balloon for the trunk of the tree and you're pretty much inflating it all the
way. We're gonna use yellow here. Get your monkey balloon and simply feed the legs
onto your tree trunk.
And you'll have a monkey on a tree trunk. finally let's get to the leaves. With
your third balloon that will represent the leaves, you can inflate the balloon
almost all the way. I've left maybe half an inch at the end. So here's what I like
to do. There are all kinds of variations which I'll discuss. But take your nozzle
end and just make a small basic twist.
You can make a pinch twist at this point which
would make for a more stable leaf
structure. So it depends on how much time you have. You want to take the extra care
it will make a more stable tree. Now what I like to do is just make a couple of
big loops here and I like to make them uneven because I think it makes the tree
look a little cooler. So let's just make a leaf here.
A big fold twist and the remaining part will be one more leaf. And you're just
going to leave a little basic twist at the end to twist into here. So actually, let's
just do that. We'll do a basic twist here and twist it into this right here.
I now have a couple of giant fold loops. What I like to do is just twist in
here - it's a little awkward - but I just twist in here to make give it more of a
leaf structure. Let me show you what that looks like.
Same thing over here.
And that gives you kind of a palm-tree look with the leaves. Now put it all
together. Take your tree trunk make a basic twist at the top and all you're
doing is twisting this into this structure here.
And there you have a monkey on a tree. Well I hope you were successful at
making your monkey on a tree. If so, please give us a "like" and please comment
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so much for watching and we'll see you next time