Sunday, March 10, 2013

Balloon letter B


Materials: a balloon; an air pump; sewing thread and scissors.

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Inflate a balloon leaving a five—inch flat tail (Pic 1).

Twist the first soft one—inch bubble (Pic 2).

Lock both ends of the first bubble in one lock twist (Pic 3). This step is marked with arrows between points A and B on the scheme.

Twist the second two—inch bubble (Pic 4).

Twist the third soft one—inch bubble (Pic 5).

Lock both ends of the third bubble in one lock twist (Pic 6). This step is marked with arrows between points C and D on the scheme.

Twist the fourth sixth—inch bubble (Pic 7).

Twist the fifth soft one—inch bubble (Pic 8).

Lock both ends of the fifth bubble in one lock twist (Pic 9). This step is marked with arrows between points E and F on the scheme.

Twist the sixth two—inch bubble (Pic 10).

Lock both ends of the chain of the last five (the second through the sixth) bubbles in one lock twist (Pic 11). This step is marked with arrows between points G and B on the scheme.

Twist the seventh four—inch bubble (Pic 12).

Twist the eighth soft one—inch bubble (Pic 13).

Lock both ends of the eighth bubble in one lock twist (Pic 14). This step is marked with arrows between points H and I on the scheme.

Twist the ninth seven—inch bubble (Pic 15).

Lock the free end of the ninth bubble around the third bubble (Pic 16). This step is marked with arrows between points J and G on the scheme. The rest of the balloon is the tenth bubble.

Cut off the tenth bubble and tie off the end (Pic 17). Congratulations, you have made the letter B. Choose appropriate color sewing thread to link the letter B with other letters. As you can see here the light color thread is hardly visible on a light background. After you made and connected all letters in words you can attach the signs you made to a wall with a sticky tape. 
Have fun and happy twisting :)

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