Monday, March 11, 2013

Balloon 8


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 soft one—inch bubble (Pic 4).

Lock both ends of the second bubble in one lock twist (Pic 5). This step is marked with arrows between points B and C on the scheme.

Twist the third eight—inch bubble (Pic 6).

Lock both ends of the third bubble in one lock twist (Pic 7). This step is marked with arrows between points C and D on the scheme.

Twist the fourth ten—inch bubble (Pic 8).

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

Cut off the fifth bubble and tie off the end (Pic 10). Congratulations you have made the digit 8.
Choose appropriate color sewing thread to fix the sculpture in the shape of the digit 8 and to attach it to other letters or digits (Pic 11). 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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