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Needed balloons:
Repeat this and roll the four bubbles around each other for the back of the head. Now make two three inch loop twists for the cheeks.
Set this aside and fully inflate two more 260s. Give both of them a good burp to soften them. Now make a one inch bubble and a 3 inch loop twist. Repeat this on the other side and twist the balloon in half. Fold the two halves over and twist in the middle so it looks like this. Repeat with the other 260.
Now roll the four bubbles around each other like you did with the head to form a banana cluster for the body. It should look like a headless man now. Pick up the head and twist a two inch bubble for the neck and run the balloon through the front of the banana cluster. Make a one inch ear twist to hold the head up then twist a one inch bubble on the end of the balloon and wrap it around the back.
Now onto the hair. Inflate a black 160 about halfway and make a one inch ear twist. Wrap this around the four bubbles on top of the head. Make five one inch bubbles and wrap the balloon around the cheeks. Then make two more sets of five one inch bubbles and wrap them around the pinch twist on top of the head. Here's what we have so far:
Inflate the rose 260 to about four inches and split it in half. Tie a knot and cut off the tail but save it. Inflate a periwinkle 260 to ten inches and tie it to the middle of the rose 260. Wrap the periwinkle 260 around the rose 260 like a figure eight. This makes the ears.
Break and tie the end of the periwinkle 260 but save the other half for the tail. Tie the ears to the top of the head. Now comes the tricky part, you have to force the ears between the four bubbles on top of the head so you have this:
Time to use those scraps I told you to save. Inflate the rose to about six inches and make a figure eight out of it. Put a puff of air into the periwinkle 260 from the ears or use a whole balloon if this one's not long enough. Either way force the air into the tail and wrap it around the rose. Tie the knot end around the one inch bubble on the donkey's backside.
You can add eyes with a scrap of white if you like. You can also add some animation with a marker, which I did not do here.
As always questions and comments are welcomed at:
magicalballoonmichael@balloonhq.com
