Are you ready to make your first balloon sword? Let's get started. Hello everyone.
In this video, I'm going to teach you everything you need to know to
successfully make your first balloon sword. First a few things a few tips
about working with balloons. Number one: make sure that you have good quality balloons.
Now pros use high quality, very thick and strong balloons that are speciically for
twisting but you should be able to get by with your 99 cent store or dollar store
balloons. They should be just fine. Just make sure they're not old and brittle
because if they are old and brittle they will tend to pop. Second thing, is to check
your fingernails and make sure there are no sharp edges. Sometimes you have a sharp
edge, it'll catch on a balloon and tend to pop it. And so those are two tips to
help reduce popping. A little bit about balloon making itself. When making
balloon animals we always recommend that you leave a little bit of uninflated end.
The reason why is that anytime you twist a balloon you actually displace a little
air which has to go into this section here. So if you inflate your balloon all
the way at the very beginning and you begin twisting, your balloon is going to get
very tight and eventually pop. Now let's get to making our sword. We're going to switch
to a first-person view so you can see it from your own perspective. For your first
balloon sword, inflate the balloon to about an inch from the end. We're going to
start with the nozzle end. Now you're going to make what's called a basic twist. Now
something a lot of people don't know is that it's easier to twist a balloon when
you pinch and then perform your twist. So keep that in mind and you'll see me
doing that as well. It's a basic technique used in balloon twisting. Now
we're going to start with a basic twist of about an inch. So pinch and twist.
Now something you need to know is that - and please don't do this at this moment.
But I'm going to let go with my left hand and watch what
happens. See? It comes undone and you don't want that to happen so watch what
I do. I'm gonna catch up with you, now I'm going to pinch and then twist.
Now watch what I do with my left hand. My left hand actually creeps over
and holds the next section and that way, it doesn't come undone. Now we're going
to make a what's called a fold twist. We're going to fold the balloon in half
right about there and then use my left hand to hold it. This way it doesn't come
undone. Now I'm going to make another basic twist here with my right hand. So this
time I'm going to pinch with my right hand and twist.
Hold it. And you'll have something that looks like this. Now we're going to twist
this section into this section,
and there you have it a fold twist and a small basic twist. Now take the end of
your balloon - I'm just going to kind of move all the air to the end so it comes out
even. You're going to essentially thread the needle. You're going to take this end
and feed it through the loop here.
And there you have a sword balloon.
Now you have two choices with this balloon. You can leave it kind of bowed
up like this and you get kind of a saber look. Or if you like, you can actually
bend it the other way like this and it gives it a different look. So it's up to
you. Let's go to balloon number two.
Inflate your balloon to about two inches from the end. Starting with the nozzle,
you're going to make a basic twist of about five inches. This will form the handle of
the sword. So pinch and twist.
Now you're going to make a series of fold loops. So hold with the left hand,
fold,
and that's a good size right about there, and
twist.
Twist this here into this here.
Now repeat. And you want to make the next one about the same size. So hold,
fold - hold it with the left hand. Twist.
Now twist this into here.
And if you like you can make a third one of these fold twists to complete the
sword or you can actually give this sword out just as it is.
I hope you had fun making your first balloon
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videos in the future. Thank you for watching. See you next time.