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From: moss@swift.cvs.rochester.edu (Larry Moss)
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 13:45:27 EST
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Subject: Re: Storage - and show

On Mar  7,  9:33am norm@strobe.ATC.Olivetti.Com (Norm Carpenter x3055) writes:
> Sorry for the long report,  but this was the first time I have ever
> accepted money for tying balloons (even if I didn't get to keep any)
> and I had a good time.

No need to apologize.  Glad to hear it went well.

>  I got a lot of requests for a dinasaur and
> didn't know how to sculpt one,  but came home after and came up with
> a pretty good idea.  If there is any interest let me know and I'll 
> send mail. 

More dinosaurs are always useful to know.

I do two dinosaurs.  Still no Barney.  I've seen a bunch of people's
attempts at Barney, but still nothing I'm happy with.  I think one of
them is an apotosaurus.  At least that's what I was told.  It's what I
would have called a brontosaurus a few years ago.  (They've been dead for
all these years and we still can't settle on what to call them.)  The
other one, a stegasaurus (as far as I know they haven't changed the name
of that one on me), doubles as a hat.

Quick descriptions - 

brontosaurus:
	basically the standard four-legged animal shape, but I give it a
3 bubble body, a long neck, and no ears.  Just shape the head and neck
the way you want without making any more bubbles.  
     __
    /  \
       |
       \=====/
       /     \

That make sense?  I'm not going to draw all the bubbles now.  YOu can also
stretch the neck a bit so it's longer and thinner, but leave teh head as
is when it's inflated.  Or even roll the knot out a bit (hmm, someone may
want that explained too) to make the head bulge a bit.

What I mean by rolling the knot out - WHen you tie the knot, you should
leave it real loose.  Dont' pull it tight.  The air isn't goin to
escape.  Now, if you roll the knot toward the end of the balloon to
tighten it, air will rush into the new space you created for it and form
a bulge in teh end of the balloon.  It makes a great head.

Stegasaurus:
	Start out making a hat.  Simple headband with a real small bubble
in the nozzle end of the balloon (first leg) and a long bubble in the
other end (neck and head).  With a second balloon, make a small bubble to
match the first leg and attach to the headband at that point (there are
now two front legs). Make 3 largish ear twists along the balloon (the
scales along the spine) and connect it to the back of the headband.  Make
two bubbles for rear legs at that spot.  The remainder of the balloon is
the tail.


Let me know if either of those needs to be explained better.

Larry