Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 11:44:40 -0800 From: Zephie To: "'balloon@fooledya.com'" Subject: Cute cartoon bird Hiya! SweetHEart from Singapore again... after reading somewhere about the fishing reel twist ( an apple twisted in two) I came up with a pretty good looking bird like sculpture... very cartoony looking, and an instant hit with the children. Goes like this: Ingredients: 1 260q 3 small round balloon, the kind for water bombs First u make an apple twist in the waterbomb balloon, twist it in two, after that and you will get a doughnut looking thing, both front and back view. That will be the mouth, be sre to make one end much larger than the other. Next, you blow the 260 up till abt 3 inches left from the tip and tie. The lip will go between the the two doughnuts, and two eyes are made by twisting two 1.5 inch bubbles, and lock twisting them : you should have something like this now | | 0 | | | The | is the 260Q and the 0 is the waterbomb balloon. A bird body is made, abd the left over long bit is brought up to the water bomb balloon again, twisted and there should be abt 5 inches or so left of the balloon. Bird body the last bit, and you should have a balloon crest sticking out. Arrange the water bomb balloon to look like a mouth, and blow the other two water bomb balloons up. They will be the feet, so tie them to the second bird body. Your cartoony birst will look like this now, and it is done. crest: ( head: (|) mouth: 0 body: (|) legs: 0 0 variations: crest: ( head: (|) mouth: 0 neck: | body 0(|)0 and legs: Hope you like it! -- Dreams of Sunshine Drops of Rain Taste of Love and Tale of Pain. In every loss there is a gain, In every white there is a stain. -Zephyh, The West Wind | http://home.pacific.net.sg/~zephyh |