If you’ve ever taken your kids to a festival of any sort, you seen it there with a long line of children. It’s the person making balloon animals. Some of those folks can make pretty incredible things with balloons. It is truly a craft—even an art form. The thing is that kids can learn how to make balloon animals. I love empowering kids to learn craft techniques and do for themselves.
So if you have a kid who thinks that learning how to make balloon animals is a neat idea, you could start with getting them a book at the library. Or you could look online. I would suggest starting with the basic balloon dog. It’s easy and fun. Instructions can be found at the great how-to Web site Instructables.com. The link is http://www.instructables.com/id/Balloon-Puppy. You can also find other tutorials on Youtube.
The balloon dog is the basic animal shape. This is where it all begins. Think of it as the primordial ooze of balloon animal evolution. Plus, this is by far the most requested balloon animal of all time. Why? Probably because it’s quick, easy, and all of us like dogs.
Just by altering the length of the segments you could turn a dog into a giraffe, horse, maybe even a monkey. Use your imagination and a sharpie marker. Balloon animals seem to have a grip over children. Even at a very young age kids are mesmerized by the act of twisting a balloon animal. It’s great fun and your kids will love it.
Just by altering the length of the segments you could turn a dog into a giraffe, horse, maybe even a monkey. Use your imagination and a sharpie marker. Balloon animals seem to have a grip over children. Even at a very young age kids are mesmerized by the act of twisting a balloon animal. It’s great fun and your kids will love it.
