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Step 1: Create "raisins" by making a knot and cutting it off from the balloon. You will need 3 raisins.
Step 2: Insert raisins into a pink 6" heart.
Step 3: Grab one raisin at the side of the heart. It should be in the center of the balloon from side to side.
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Step 4: Having pre-inflated a goldenrod and made a small pinch twist, wrap the raisin around the pinch twist several times and ways.
Step 5: Make enough small bubbles to wrap evenly around the head to the opposite side. Make a small pinch twist and wrap another raisin around it.
Make another row of bubbles if you wish. Step 6: Using a small pink scrap twist it firmly around the remaining raisin and tie it off. Set the head aside.
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Step 7: Inflate one Spring Lilac 260 and one Tropical Teal leaving about a 5" tip.
Step 8: Make two small pinch twists.
Step 9: Make two 3" bubbles for his body.
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Step 10: Make his legs about 12" long and twist together.
Step 11: Make two 8" loops for his feet.
Step 12: Make two 1" pinch twists for his heels.
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Step 13: Inflate an orange 260 and make a 6 - petal flower. Set aside.
Step 14: Inflate one Spring Lilac and one Tropical Teal 260 about half way.
Step 15: Make two small pinch twists. Attach these pinch twists to the two pinch twists at the neck of the clown. The 4 pinch twists become the ruffle of the clowns costume and the rest is his arms. Make his arms about 7-8" long and twist in half. Make pinch twists at the bottom of each arm for hands and twist them together.
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| Step 16 | Glue Dots | Step 17 |
Step 16: Twist the flower into the waist of the clown. Attach the head using the scrap we twisted around the raisin. This allows the head to not be too tight at the neck and gives more flexibility for positioning it.
Step 17: Add artwork. Tear off a glue dot and position it on the face where you want the nose to attach. Being careful not to touch the glue dot with your fingers, remove the paper backing.
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Step 18: Make a small round nose from a 260 or a 160. Pull the knot very tight and cut the excess off very close to the knot.
Step 19: Attach it to the glue dot.
Step 20: Make a small poodle or something for the clown to hold out of a 160 and add it to the hands using a scrap.
NOTE: I've used a white marker to accent the eyes and nose. This is a trick I learned from Fabrizio Bolzoni.
