By
eHow Parties & Entertaining Editor
Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Things You’ll Need:
- Long balloons
- Balloon pump
Step1
Buy the super-long, skinny balloons for your balloon sword. Take one and inflate it, leaving about 3 inches uninflated at the end. Tie a knot to prevent air from escaping.
Step2
Go down from the knot about 5 inches and twist about three times. The 5 inches will give you a good length for the hand grip.
Step3
Measure about 8 inches down, grip the balloon at the 8-inch mark, and bend the balloon back toward the first twist you made. Where the 8-inch mark meets the twist, twist the two sections together to lock them in place. You've created a loop that is one-half of the hand guard for the sword.
Step4
Create the other half of the hand guard by going another 8 inches down. Grip the balloon there and bend the balloon toward the meeting of grip and hand guard. Twist this new section into place.
Step5
Twist the grip, blade and hand guards into position to have a proper looking sword.
Step6
Repeat Steps 3 and 4, if you have an extremely long balloon, and you can create a four-piece hand guard.