From: "Graham Rouse" <grahamrouse@hotmail.com>
To: lisa_kingsbury@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: House
Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 16:45:30 -0000

Lisa,

You might model your house after the balloon house at this location:

http://www.rouseinternational.com/rmsPhotos/index.html

It is the first photo in the upper left hand corner.  Select the picture to 
go to a larger version with notes.  From there you will find a link to more 
detailed instructions that you can download and print out.

The instructions are for a larger house than you asked for, but if you use 
the plans at half scale it should be about the right size.  (Just use 5" 
balloons inlfated to 4" rather than 11" balloons inflated to 8";  And 
substitute RMS Banners for RMS Builders.)  You can change the color pattern 
to match the blues clues house.  It is also possible to change the pitch of 
the roof if you like.

If you build it at the smaller scale, you may get away with no reinforcing 
hardware at all.  If you build it with strings of Link-O-Loons instead of 
pairs of standard round balloons, you can simplify construction and 
strengthen the finished structure.

Email me directly if the idea suits you but you should need help.

Graham Rouse
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Lisa Kingsbury wrote:

I have seen some of the pictures where people have made castles and such.  I 
was wondering if I were to try and make a house about 4' tall would conduit 
on bases at the corners be strong enough.  My goal is for it to look like 
the house on blues clues.  My other thought was to just make the front of it 
as a walk through instead of the whole house.  I'm going to be experimenting 
but thought maybe I could get some hints first.  Thanks