Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 14:22:03 +0200
From: Jan Lissens W 51737 <lissensj@access.bel.alcatel.be>
To: "Marc A. Dodd" <marcd@ufl.edu>
Subject: Heeeeerrrrre chick chick chick

"Marc A. Dodd" wrote:

> I'm twisting at a children's Easter Egg hunt this weekend...does anybody
> out there know of instructions for a one-balloon baby chicken (chick)?
>
> Thanks a bunch!
> ~Marc

Here`s a simple 1 balloon chick. Results are best with a 160.

1. start with a .5 inch bubble, then a 75 inch bubble, and lock twist
2. Make two small loops.

This forms the beak.

The head is a 1.5 inch four-bubble birdbody with a pinch twist on top.

3. make a 1.5 inch bubble, a small pinch twist, a 1.5 inch bubble and lock
to the first. Twist another 1.5 inch bubble and roll through. Make another
and roll through again. Position the beak.

(making the beak and the head in one balloon is tricky. Another way is to
make the beak separately and lock it to the bottom of the head)

4. Make a .5 inch bubble for the neck and then two small pinch twists,
positioned side by side.

The body is a modified 3-bubble birdbody.

5. Make a  3 inch bubble,
6. Make a 1.5 inch bubble, two 1 inch bubbles (lock-twisted), and another
1.5 inch bubble. Lock the end of this bubble to the 3 inch bubble in 5.
7. Make another 3 inch bubble and roll through

This will give you a 3 inch birdbody with a 1 inch double bubble sticking
out (these are the legs)

The rest of the balloon is the tail. Deflate and discard part of it if it
is too large, or loop it to make a fancier tail

If, for the legs, you use a .75 inch bubble, then two small pinch twists,
and then another .75 which is lock twisted to the first, it is possible to
clip the chick onto something, eg the edge of half a chocolate egg.


Peep-peep, people !

Jan aka The Trekkie Twister (suffering from nerves due to coffee overdose
to stay awake at work, and therefor best called the Trekkie Twitcher at the
moment )