From: "That Balloon Guy" <thatballoonguy@hotmail.com>
To: billdelk@angelfire.com, balloon@balloonhq.com
Subject: Hippo
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 11:20:30 +1100

I'v Just come up with a hippo myself (Trying to make a cow at the time)
I don't have a picture but i hope this helps:

Inflate all but 6 inches of a 260
	form a 1/2 inch bubble followed by a 1 1/2 - 2 inch bubble and twist the 
knot around the second twist to form something like a parrots head         
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            /___\
            \_/

Now PINCH TWIST THE SMALL BUBBLE this should force it to curve like a bottom 
lip .

twist a four bobble loop of 1 1/2 inch, 1/2 inch, 1/2 inch, 1 1/2 inch
pinch twist the two 1/2 inch bubbles to form ears (eyebrows?)
Follow with a 1/4 inch neck, two stumpy legs, a roll through body and the 
back legs.
If you have too much left for the tail pinch twist a large-ish tail and 
click-pop the rest away

I find that some eyes, eyebrow and nostrils complete the model very well and 
kind recognize it first time every time which is all the proof i need.



regards



       THAT BALLOON GUY

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