How Do You Blow Up Balloon Animals?
Kids love to watch adults blow up balloon animals. You can see their faces light up. Learn how to blow up your own balloon animals with these simple instructions. Buy your modeling balloons from a party shop. The most commonly used balloons for making animals are sizes 160Q and 260Q. Use a professional pump to blow up the balloon animals. It’s much faster than using a manual pump or by blowing them up by mouth. Do not inflate the entire balloon. Instead leave about two inches of a tail at the end. This will give the balloon the air needed to let you twist it into various shapes. Tie the balloon in a knot. When you begin twisting the balloon, always start at the end with the knot, so air can move down the balloon into the tail that you left. Make all of your twists in the same direction, so that they will stay in place. Twisting in different directions will cause the balloon to un-twist. To lock off two bubbles that you created in the balloon, bend one bubble down to meet the other half
