Sunday, March 10, 2013

Balloon 3. Balloon letter З


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

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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 two—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).

Twist the seventh soft one—inch bubble (Pic 11).

Lock both ends of the seventh bubble in one lock twist. This step is marked with arrows between points G and H on the scheme. Twist the eighth two—inch bubble (Pic 12).

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

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

Twist the tenth two—inch bubble (Pic 15).

Twist the 11th soft one—inch bubble (Pic 16).

Lock both ends of the eleventh bubble in one lock twist (Pic 17). This step is marked with arrows between points K and L on the scheme.

Twist the 12th two—inch bubble (Pic 18).

Twist the thirteenth soft one—inch bubble (Pic 19).

Lock both ends of the thirteenth bubble in one lock twist (Pic 20). This step is marked with arrows between points M and N on the scheme. The rest of the balloon is the fourteenth bubble. 

Cut off the fourteenth bubble and tie off the end (Pic 21).

Congratulations, you have made the digit 3. Also, this sculpture represents Russian letter З. Choose appropriate color sewing thread to fix the sculpture in the shape of the digit 3 (Pic 22) and to attach it to other letters or digits. After you made and connected all digits and 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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