How to Shape Balloon Animals
If you're making balloon animals at a children's party, not all of the moves needed to create shapes involve complicated twists. Some techniques, in fact, are quite basic. Shaping parts of animals can be done with little more than a few folds and the heat of your hands or breath. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Pack an Elephant Trunk
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Create an elephant's trunk by folding a 10-inch piece of the balloon upward, so that it is folded against itself.
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Give a gentle squeeze to the fold of the trunk. The heat of your hand will help the balloon adapt to its new shape.
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Release the balloon so the trunk unfurls, completing the animal.
Finish the Swan Song With the Neck
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Make the graceful neck of a swan by rolling a long balloon into a basic shape that looks like a cinnamon roll.
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Rub your hand along the outside of the roll. You can also breathe on it to heat the balloon, shaping it into the curve you want.
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Unroll the balloon, and you have a swan's neck.
Put Your Heart Into It
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Grab a long red balloon and inflate it, leaving a couple of inches uninflated at the end.
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Tie the ends of the balloon together to form a basic circle.
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Push the sides of the circle together so that you have two parallel lines in your hand, and keep the knot at one end.
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Roll the two sections toward the tied end, aiming for a tight roll that looks like a snail. Keep a good hold on the two sections because they may try to escape your hand.
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Unroll the balloon, holding onto the end opposite the knot. That end will be the indentation in the top of the heart.
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Open the two parallel sections of the balloon into a heart shape, continuing to hold onto the end opposite the knot.
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Squeeze the end and rub it a little, shaping it to become the indentation in the top of the heart.
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