From: Ricndebb@aol.com
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 19:36:22 EDT
Subject: gotta monkey
To: balloon@balloonhq.com

OH!!! The post of not enough new creations being posted hath stung me to the 
quick. (I'm not sure where the quick is located but it sounded good). Anyway 
a few months back I woke up one morning and the very first thought I had was 
about how to make a different monkey. I think I may have been dreaming about 
it and woke up in mid-dream. Anyway this is a great monkey. The head is an 
adaptation of a mountain goat that was posted on BHQ. My thanks to whomever's 
goat that was.

1. Take a 6" heart (pink seems to work best) and under inflate to 4".
     Twist a soft large 2" bubble at the nozzle end. Ear twist this and then 
split it in        half. These 2 small bubbles will eventually be the eyes.

2. Inflate a brown (although yellow, blue , and purple are sometimes 
requested) leaving about a 3" tail.  

3. Twist a soft 1" or 2" bubble at the nozzle end. Wrap this completely 
around the 2 small bubbles on the heart. (If you can-ear twist this later to 
hide the knot and to give more character). This will be the nose. On the 
other side of the eyes, opposite the nose, fold twist one 4" bubble and then 
another.  These are the ears.

4. Make a 3 or 4" neck and then ear twist a 1" bubble. This is where the arms 
will attach.

5. Take a second brown and create a pair of arms. My favorite is to make the 
hands with a 4 bubble series so that he can hold a banana later. Attach the 
arms at the pinch twist in the neck.

6. Take a third brown and create some legs. Again my favorite are the type 
that Marvin uses on his 350 dog.  Inflate the balloon leaving  about a 3" 
tail.  Make a 2" bubble at the nozzle end. wrap a 4 or 5" bubble around the 
2" bubble. Make a 1" ear twist for support. Repeat at other end for the other 
foot. Attach legs about 5" below the arms. This will leave about 10" or more 
in the first brown balloon which can be nicely curled for a great tail.

7. Sharpie to taste. Add Banana.

Ya gotta try this guy. I call him Darwin but many people say "Oh look! Curios 
George.!"

Ric