From [email protected] Tue Jun 2 09:08:56 1992 Received: from Kodak.COM by gawain.cif.rochester.edu (4.1/1.15) id AA19794; Tue, 2 Jun 92 09:08:56 EDT Received: from kodak.kodak.com by Kodak.COM (5.61+/2.1-Eastman Kodak) id AA15419; Tue, 2 Jun 92 09:09:55 -0400 Reply-To: [email protected] Received: from park.kp02.kodak.com by kodak.Kodak.COM (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA14098; Tue, 2 Jun 92 09:09:17 EDT Received: from kodak.Kodak.COM by park.kp02.kodak.com (4.1/SMI-4.1-DNI) id AB23497; Tue, 2 Jun 92 09:09:17 EDT Date: Tue, 2 Jun 92 09:09:17 EDT From: [email protected] (James Batten) Message-Id: <[email protected]> To: balloon Subject: the butterfly Ok, here's the butterfly I promised. The body is pretty easy but the wings may be hard to describe.. just bear with me. Needed are three 260's, or two 260's and a broken balloon(if you save them like I do.) Start by making a catapiller (what else would a butterfly start with.) Inflate a balloon about half way and tie it off. Make a small (less than one inch) bubble then push it back inside the rest of the balloon. Push it in a little ways so you will have enough 'new' end to twist off another bubble, which also gets pushed into the balloon. ---------------------------- -- ( )( 1) ---------------------------- -- ---------------------------- ( ( 1) 2 ) first bubble pushed inside.. ---------------------------- ^ twist here to make a second bubble ------------------------ ( ( 1)( 2) 3 ) ------------------------ ^ twist to make a third bubble... etc. When you have about six bubbles INSIDE the balloon, twist one more, but leave it on the outside (this little head is MY contribution to the critter) Lastly, while holding the head (it'll look like an apple twist) take a pair of siccors and cut off the tail end of the balloonan apple tiwst) cut off the tail of the balloon with a pair of sissors. You want the entire outside of the balloon to deflate around all the small balls you've put inside. You might have to "milk" some of the air out. At this point I would draw a little face on the head and hand it to the child while you make the wings so they can play with their catapillar before it becomes a butterfly, and also to keep them busy. Now the wings. Fill the balloon to within an inch of its life... er I mean end.. give it a good healthy burp so it's not too tight, then tie its two ends together forming a big loop. Fold it in half with the knot in the center and give it a twist. You now have two loops joined at the knot. Here's where the description MIGHT get fuzzy, but this is what MAKES it wings....... Hold the two loops side by side and position the knot so you have about one third of the double loops ready to be twisted off, then twist at the knot. If done right, you will have two large loops with two small loops below them. ************************* * * * * * * * * *****************X******* X marks the knot *****************X******* * * * * * * * * ************************* If you twist every thing where the knot is indicated I think you'll see how the four loops are formed. Now, get the catapillar back from the kid and tie the wings to its back. I wasn't really to sure if I liked this guy after I made him. The pictures seemed to look SO much better, but the reactions I've gotten tell me that its worth while doing. I hope you enjoy it... ciao - jim batten P.S. The machine I used to mail from has finally bit the big one and it looks like my new machine may not be registered yet, so my mail MIGHT look like its comming from [email protected] but trust me... it is still [email protected] later...