| Monkey in the palmtree
By Hans Siemons |
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This monkey in a palmtree from one balloon won 2nd prize at the millennium jam 2001 in the small (one balloon) sculpture category! And I thought I would share it here with you. More pictures from the millennium jam 2001 can be found right here on BalloonHQ and on the millennium jam site! |
| Balloons needed : | 1 160q pale blue |
| Inflate the blue 160q. Leave about a 6″ tail. Make the knot as close to the nozzle as possible. Make a 1.5″ bubble followed by 2 3/4″ bubbles en a 1.5″ bubble again and lock them using the nozzle. |
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| Repeat that again. This makes the leaves of the palmtree. |
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| Grab them all together and give it a couple of twists, point all the small bubbles making your leaves curve down a little. |
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| Like this. |  |
| Make a 4″ bubble followed by a pinch twist. |  |
| Make a small bubble and a loop that will fit around the small bubble and the pinch twist. |
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| Push the pinch twist and small bubble through the loop. |
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| Follow it up by a pinch twist which is the tail of the monkey. |
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| Make a 1″ bubble for the body. |  |
| For the arms, make a loop twist like shown on the picture. |
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| Make this loop as tight as possible. |  |
| Make a small bubble for the neck followed by 5 bubbles for the standard teddy bear head. |
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| Make a bubble (chin) followed by 2 small pinch twists for the mouth. |
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| Make a small bubble followed by another pinch twist for the eyes. |
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| To make the eyes, split that last pinch twist in half. |
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| twist of a small bubble and deflate the remainder of the balloon and tie off. |
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| Push the final bubble through the 5 bubble teddy bear head. |
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| And pinch twist bubble 2 and 4 of the teddy bear head to make the ears. |
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| Wrap the remainder of the balloon around the neck of the teddy bear to clean it up. |
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| Draw on eyes. A coin is stuck between the bottom loop twist and the pinch twist there to make it stand on it’s own. |
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