a balloon animal

Over the years, I have truly built an appreciation for those people who can make things out of balloons. It seems that often when other people would look at balloon creatures, they would scoff and joke that anybody can do it. I can say for a fact that this is not true, based on my recent experences.

So one of my best friends (the one who gave me this book) and I decided that it would be fun to help out at a daycare event, making balloon animals for kids. At the time, one of our most brilliant ideas for making easy cash. Not true. We spend a week looking through YouTube tutorials, trying to learn as many balloon creations as we can since neither of us know anything about balloon making (except worms, we made brilliant worms). We managed to learn how to make a sword, a flower, a helicopter hat, and a "dog" (which can actually be several different animals if you use your imagination). I took one step forward to learning more and was the only one who could make a teddy bear.

The event was one of the most stressful experiences ever. Kids crying to get what they wanted (and when balloons popped) as well as a lot of immediate gratification. Making teddy bears was definitely not one my brightest ideas, especially since they took me 10 minutes to make, not including the time to start over if they popped. All I can say is that balloon quality DOES matter and this is a difficult skill to develop in a week. To anyone who has this skill, you are amazing. Let me know what is the best thing you can make with a balloon.