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Instructions for
the
"New Year’s Hat With A Twist!"
By Stretch The Balloon
Dude |
| Celebrate
the New Year with a new attention-getting party hat that
will top off the event! Made with non-round balloons,
that hat is lightweight, is held securely in place and
is a true attention getter.
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| For This Sculpture You Will
Need: |
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1.
Inflate the Fashion Blue leaving about 1/2 inch tail and
then make a basic helmet. |
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Twist about a 4 finger bubble on each side of the top
piece. |
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3.
Inflate the Fashion Yellow completely and then deflate
it. Wrap it around your finger or similarly sized object
and re-inflate it into a spiral. |
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4.
Twist a small bubble at the nozzle end and make it into
a pinch twist. |
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5.
Lock the pinch twist onto the hat at one of the twisted
spots on the top piece of the helmet. |
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6.
Repeat steps 3 thru 5 with the Deluxe Key Lime to make
another spiral and attach it to the other twisted spot
on the top piece of the helmet. I generally wrap this
one the opposite direction on my
finger to make it spiral the opposite direction of the
first spiral. |
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7.
Use one of the Fashion White 260s to make a zero. Start
by inflating it leaving a 4 inch tail and then making
a 4 finger bubble at the nozzle end. |
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8.
Follow that with an 8 finger bubble, a pinch twist, another
4 finger bubble, a pinch twist, another 8 finger bubble
and then a final pinch twist. Complete the zero by twisting
the nozzle around the last pinch twist, but don’t
remove the excess balloon yet. |
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9.
Twist a 2 finger bubble on the remaining length of balloon
followed by 2 pinch twists. Remove the excess balloon
and secure the loose end. |
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10.
Inflate the second White 260 leaving about 5 inches un-inflated.
Make an eight by twisting a series of six 4 finger bubbles
each separated by a pinch twist. Connect the end of the
6th bubble into the second pinch twist indicated by
the letter “A” in the attached photo. |
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11.
Make another 4 finger bubble and connect it to the 3rd
bubble indicated by the letter “B” in the
attached photo. You will have 2 bubbles going between
pinch twist “A” and “B.” |
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12.
Make another 4 finger bubble followed by a pinch twist
and then twist the nozzle of the balloon into this last
pinch twist to complete your eight. |
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13.
You should have just enough balloon to make a 2 finger
bubble and a small bubble on the end. |
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14.
Twist a small bubble on the end of each spiral and attach
the zero to one and the eight to the other using the pinch
twists on the bottom of the zero and the small bubble
on the bottom of the eight. Inflate the Crystal Clear
and use it to put a bubble between the base of the zero
and the eight as shown in the photo to stabilize the top
of the hat. |
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15.
If you use this hat for years other than those ending
in “08” you will have to make different numbers
to go on the top. |
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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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