by BalloonHQ Team | Feb 19, 2023 | Highlights
Balloon Puppet by Ralph Dewey The BHQ challenge this month is a balloon puppet, vent figure or marionette. One of the neatest and cheapest performance ideas you could have is to make a balloon puppet, ventriloquist figure or marionette while on stage and then do a...
by BalloonHQ Team | Feb 19, 2023 | Highlights
Cobra by Ralph Dewey The Balloon HQ challenge this month is to make a snake. This time I’ll be showing you how to make a fairly simple yet menacing cobra snake using only two balloons and a black marker. Mouth Fully inflate a green #260 except for 2.5 inches and...
by BalloonHQ Team | Feb 19, 2023 | Highlights
Quick Easter Basket by Ralph Dewey This months BHQ challenge is an Easter Basket. Quick Easter Basket Well-known twister Paul Belanger shared his quick Easter basket creation with me and I thought that you might like to add it to your repertoire. You’ll need one...
by BalloonHQ Team | Feb 19, 2023 | Highlights
Quick Link Cross Routine by Ralph Dewey Quick Link Cross Routine By Ralph Dewey This month’s challenge is to use the Qualatex Quick Links to make a design. Colin Myles is a creative balloon artist and one of his ideas is to use a series of 24 balloon bubbles...
by BalloonHQ Team | Feb 19, 2023 | Highlights
Creativity Abounds by Ralph Dewey I have conducted several Twister Think Tanks (TTT) and all of them have worked out very well. The first one was in Houston, the second one was at the Diamond Jam convention in Phoenix and the third one was at the Millennium Jam in...
by BalloonHQ Team | Feb 19, 2023 | Highlights
Brown Monkey by Ralph Dewey This month’s Balloon HQ Challenge is a monkey. In the Chinese calendar, 2004 is the year of the monkey. I thought that it would be appropriate to share a monkey design with you in this month’s column. I make several different...
by BalloonHQ Team | Feb 19, 2023 | Highlights
Unsung Balloon Heros by Ralph Dewey Balloon History Spotlight It was August 29, 1996 at the conclusion of the Democratic National convention in Chicago when a spectacular balloon drop happened. It got rave comments from the usually nonchalant television commentators....
by BalloonHQ Team | Feb 19, 2023 | Highlights
Gayla Industries by Ralph Dewey One of the companies that makes #260 pencil balloons is Gayla Industries headquartered in Houston, Texas. I got a chance to tour their facilities recently. Their facility looked to be about 150,000 sq. ft. and filled with a variety of...
by BalloonHQ Team | Feb 19, 2023 | Highlights
Cow Hat by Ralph Dewey The BHQ challenge this month is a cow or cow hat. Making the Hat Balloons needed: 1 pink 6″ heart, 2 white #260, 1 brown #260 and 1 black #160. Start making the cow’s head by inflating a white #260 balloon fully except for about...
by BalloonHQ Team | Feb 19, 2023 | Highlights
Janie Driscoll’s Snow Globe by Ralph Dewey The Balloon HQ Challenge this month is a Snow Globe design. Here is a design that Janie Driscoll shared with me at one of the Florida Super Jams. It takes a bit of work, but it is something different and special for...