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Instructions
for
Stretch & Company's
"Bear with Heart"
By Stretch The Balloon
Dude
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really cute bear in a heart made mostly from from 360s
that is great for a delivery, display, table decoration
or special balloon. It uses six 360s (3 violet, 1 white,
1 pink and 1 blue) and the tip of a black 260. With a
completion time of less than 10 minutes, it is fairly
quick, but still large, impressive and fun.
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Inflate all of the violet 360s leaving about 3 inches
of uninflated tail on the end. Inflate the pink 360 leaving
just enough tail to tie it into a loop. Inflate the blue
360 leaving about 2 inches uninflated. Inflate the white
360 leaving about 5 inches of uninflated tail and pull
a small, round bubble on the end of the black 260 and
tie a knot at the base of the bubble. |
2.
Start with one of the violet 360s and make a 4 inch bubble
followed by a small round bubble. Make the round bubble
into a pinch twist. (You are making a bear head without
the nose out of this balloon.)
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Make about a 3 - 3 1/3 inch bubble followed by another
small round bubble and then make the small round bubble
into a pinch twist. |
4.
Make another 4 inch bubble and twist the knot at the end
of the balloon into the end of this bubble completing
the outline of your bear head. |
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Twist a 7 inch bubble followed by a small round bubble
and then make the small round bubble into a pinch twist
to begin your bear's body. |
6.
Make another 7 inch bubble and twist the end of this bubble
into the base of the bear's head and then pop off any
excess bubble and tie off the end of this balloon. |
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Tie the small bubble in the black 260 to the nozzle end
of the white 360 and then twist off about an 8 or 9 inch
bubble. |
8.
Twist the white 360 at the base of this bubble into the
base of the bear head in the violet 360. Poke the end
of the bubble through the hole in the middle of the bear
head to complete the face of your bear. |
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Make a bubble the same length as the two violet bubbles
in the bear's body and twist the end of it into the pinch
twist at the bottom of the body. Twist about a 1 1/2 inch
bubble for the bear's tail, pop off any excess balloon
and tie off the bear's tail. |
10.
Take one of your remaining violet 360s and twist an 8
inch bubble followed by a small round bubble. |
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Make the small round bubble into a pinch twist. |
12.
Twist another 8 inch bubble and then pop off the excess
balloon and tie the end of the 8 inch bubble you just
made. These are your bear's arms. |
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Attach the arms to your bear by twisting them into the
base head and positioning the pinch twist on the back
side of your bear's body. |
14.
Take the last violet 360 and tie it into a loop and then
twist the middle of the loop to for two equal sized bubbles. |
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Form two large fold twists by bringing the two twisted
point to meet and twisting them together. These wil be
your bear's legs. |
16.
Attach the legs by twisting the middle of them into the
pinch twist at the bottom of the bear's body. Position
the pinch twist between the two fold twists on the bottom
with the bubble for the tail on the backside of the bear.
Add artwork and your bear is complete. |
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| 17.Take
your blue 360 and twist a small bubble on the nozzle end
and make it into a pinch twist. Make another small bubble
and make it into a pinch twist so you now have two pinch
twists on the end of this balloon. Make a 1 1/2 inch bubble
and make two more pinch twists immediately after this
bubble and position them as shown in picture 17. |
18.
Bring the end of balloon around and twist it into the
middle of the second pair of pinch twists forming a large
loop. Position the pinch twists so that one is on one
side of the loop perpendicular to the loop and the bubble
with the other two pinch twists is on the opposite side
of the loop. Position the second pinch twist so that it
lines up with the loop and forces the bubble with the
two pinch twists to stand up when the loop is layed on
a flat surface as shown in picture 18. |
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Take the pink 360 and tie it into a loop by tying the
the nozzle end to the tail and then form the resulting
loop into a heart. |
20.
Attach the bottom of the heart to the two pinch twists
on the top of the bubble sticking up from the large loop
as shown in picture 20. |
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| 21.
Spread the large loop in the blue balloon base and position
the bears legs so that he is standing inside the loop
behind the heart as shown in picture 21. You may use glue
dots to hold the bear in place by placing one at each
of the points where his legs touch the inside of the blue
loop. |
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Wendell Clendennen,
a.k.a. Stretch the Balloon Dude, has been twisting tubes
of latex into fun and zany shapes since 1989. Since then
he has developed a unique style that combines a slightly
twisted view of life with an eye for detail. Stretch has
taught at conventions and seminars across the US, including
being the featured lecturer for T Jam on the Road 2006
and repeat appearances at Summer Balloon Camp and Twist
and Shout. Together, Stretch and Mrs. Stretch host G.O.T.
Balloons, the monthly balloon jam in the Dallas-Fort Worth
area of Texas that has been meeting regularly since April
of 2003. www.stretchc.com |
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