I'm not getting my balloons in a twist.
June 27, 2010 7:06 PM Subscribe
Where can you learn balloon twisting (a.k.a. making balloon animals) in the SF Bay Area?
Asking for Mrs. banks, who would like to add making balloon animals to her list of strange party tricks. East Bay preferred but hey, we'll take anything within 100 miles of Berkeley.
Asking for Mrs. banks, who would like to add making balloon animals to her list of strange party tricks. East Bay preferred but hey, we'll take anything within 100 miles of Berkeley.
Best answer: You can learn to twist in a couple of hours with one of the multitude of "learn to balloon" kits out there. Check out Balloon HQ and Terry Meyer's site. Qualatex used to have a nice starter kit too.
posted by Runes at 8:37 PM on June 27, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Runes at 8:37 PM on June 27, 2010 [1 favorite]
San Francisco School of Circus Arts doesn't offer a workshop or teach a class specifically on balloon animals... but I'll bet that if you called them, they'd put you in touch with someone who does.
posted by toxic at 8:50 PM on June 27, 2010
posted by toxic at 8:50 PM on June 27, 2010
Honestly I think she could teach herself how to do it with a book, an afternoon, and maybe the aforementioned youtube videos. My fiance quickly taught himself some basic animals when he was a camp counselor.
posted by radioamy at 1:57 AM on June 28, 2010
posted by radioamy at 1:57 AM on June 28, 2010
Best answer: Qualatex Balloon Magic is a decent starter kit, the book has photographs of the basic steps and then about 20 animals/shapes built on the standard 260q balloon. If you want to get into it a bit more then I've gotten a lot of use out of "Captain Visual's Big Book of Baloon Art", which has lots of different shapes and uses multiple balloon types, and is done in "standard balloon notation" so of she gets hooked on the idea she'll be able to understand complex instructions found on the web.
posted by Runes at 6:23 AM on June 28, 2010
posted by Runes at 6:23 AM on June 28, 2010
I got a book with a cheap pump and some balloons, and I was making dogs in about ten minutes (and then hats, swords, swans, dragonflies, airplanes...). As soon as you do it for a little while, the ideas come pretty easily. And if you are doing it for kids, whose imagination is wonderfully flexible, you can try darn near anything.
This Christmas I got two big bags of balloons and a better pump. I looked at a few idea books, but I found better explanations for free on the web. (I never did get that copy of "Captain Visual" that I was promised...)
Just give it a try, it's awesome!
posted by wenestvedt at 8:14 AM on June 28, 2010
This Christmas I got two big bags of balloons and a better pump. I looked at a few idea books, but I found better explanations for free on the web. (I never did get that copy of "Captain Visual" that I was promised...)
Just give it a try, it's awesome!
posted by wenestvedt at 8:14 AM on June 28, 2010
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posted by nogero at 7:52 PM on June 27, 2010