Making Balloon Appear Full

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Summary: Inside balloon animal techniques. Learn about Making Balloon Appear Full in this free childrens party entertainment video from an expert on twisting and folding balloon animals.

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Dan McLellan Dan McLellan is a Cruise Ship Director for Holland America. He has been making balloon creations for more than 15 years. For the last five years he has been t... read more

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Making Balloon Appear Full

Hi. I'm Dan McLellan. I'm with Expert Village. Now we're going to talk about how to give the appearance of having a fully inflated balloon. Previously I mentioned that you never really want to completely inflate a two sixty balloon, because after you tie the balloon then start to manipulate it by creating bubbles and twists and ties, you're actually taking the inflated part of the balloon and moving it down to the uninflated part of the balloon. However, there are times, especially with one balloon creations, where you're only going to do one or two ties and you need to give the appearance of having a fully inflated balloon, yet you still don't want to completely inflate it because you need to still be able to work with it a little bit. Now let me show you how this works. I'm going to self inflate this balloon to the point where there's about a quarter inch left uninflated. Now I'm going to take a little bit of air out as I always do before I tie it. Tie the balloon off, and then I'm going to fold it into thirds. This is what I call a bear hug. I just push it up against my chest here. And now the balloon looks like it is completely inflated. This will allow me to easily work with it. Let's say I need to make a hat for instance. I just make a move there, one little twist, and another little twist and ta da. I've got a hat being it looks like it's completely inflated, but in reality it's not.