Comments on: A veritable balloon menagerie

A veritable balloon menagerie

filthy light thief — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:04:42 -0800

Balloon twisting is more than ballon animals. If you get really good, you can make life-sized dinosaur skeleton replicas, complex alien flora and fauna, or intricate scenes with thousands of balloons. It all starts with learning how to twist and shape balloons. If reading diagrams doesn't work for you, there are plenty of tutorial videos online.

By: Mrs. Pterodactyl

Mrs. Pterodactyl — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:16:39 -0800

Holy shit those are awesome. Thanks for posting this!

By: JohnnyGunn

JohnnyGunn — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:20:00 -0800

Wow. Did not know you could do this. Up until just now, I was still happy with the little puppy thing the 17 year old kid did for my nephews 7th birthday. Wait until said nephew sees the dinosaur pix I just sent. My brother will have to really spring for a balloon guy next party!!

By: modernserf

modernserf — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:20:38 -0800

Twisted: A Balloonamentary

By: JohnnyGunn

JohnnyGunn — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:21:39 -0800

Also, that balloon twisting instructional site is also pretty amazing and comprehensive.

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:21:46 -0800

::sigh:: Balloon sculpture is just one of the hundreds of things that I can do sort of half-assedly, most of which I could probably master if I just picked one and concentrated on it instead of becoming half-assed at hundreds of different things.

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:23:17 -0800

Half-assed Jack of all, full-assed master of none, I feel your pain.

By: Nanukthedog

Nanukthedog — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:42:52 -0800

My son's love of balloons and dinosaurs loves this.... He's now running around the house saying 'Balloon balloon balloon RAAAAR! Please Daddy?'

By: He Is Only The Imposter

He Is Only The Imposter — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:00:28 -0800

Black Cat Balloon's Muppet Balloon Project

By: oneswellfoop

oneswellfoop — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:40:26 -0800

I'm lucky if I can achieve quarter-assed skill at things like this... and don't call me Jack.

By: bouvin

bouvin — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:12:47 -0800

Speaking of Muppets - Steve Martin showing how it's done.

By: wenestvedt

wenestvedt — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:20:55 -0800

I have more fun twisting balloons than my kids do when I hand the "completed" item to them, but I don't care. They have never asked me to do any at their birthday parties, but I still have fun.

By: cmoj

cmoj — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:01:36 -0800

Hmm... no cervical vertebrae spines. not a T-Rex. Acrocanthosaurus maybe.

By: cmoj

cmoj — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:02:41 -0800

Wait, shit it's the other way around. Sorry, ballon man.

By: dylanjames

dylanjames — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:46:49 -0800

You can also do math with balloons! vi hart rocks