by BalloonHQ Team | Feb 18, 2023 | Highlights
Walrus Hat by Ralph Dewey The Balloon HQ challenge this month is a walrus or walrus hat. The Walrus hat is fairly easy to make. You’ll need a mocha brown #350 balloon, two black round balloons, two white #321 balloons, one gray #260 balloons and one white #260...
by BalloonHQ Team | Feb 18, 2023 | Highlights
Sitting Dog by Ralph Dewey The Balloon HQ challenge this month is a dog. Here are some possible ideas, a dog with a bone in his mouth, a dog jumping through a hoop hat or a dog chasing his tail. 2006 is the Chinese year of the dog, so I thought that I would share my...
by BalloonHQ Team | Feb 18, 2023 | Highlights
Easy Penguins by Ralph Dewey The Balloon HQ challenge this month is a penguin. Penguins are very popular these days. It’s one of the most requested balloon animals. And I understand another animated movie featuring penguins will be at the theatres soon. So this...
by BalloonHQ Team | Feb 18, 2023 | Highlights
Bill Holliday: A Bit of Balloon History by Ralph Dewey This article is about a balloon twister of color from the early days. Bill Holliday was included in my balloon history book, Balloon Twister Origins, but here is some additional information. Bill Holliday was...
by BalloonHQ Team | Feb 18, 2023 | Highlights
Balloon Preservation by Don Caldwell On June 21st, 2005, six, simple balloon dogs were twisted in an attempt to once and for all put to rest the quibbling and urban legends that revolve around the longevity of balloon sculptures. All six were created using red...
by BalloonHQ Team | Feb 18, 2023 | Highlights
Reindeer Hat By Rob Balchunas Hi everybody! It’s been just over a year since my last column, but I couldn’t go through 2006 without writing at least one column. So here it is! Ya happy, Jimmy? For this holiday season, I decided to upgrade the reindeer hat...
by BalloonHQ Team | Feb 18, 2023 | Highlights
From the BHQ photo collection Title: Dear John Bear Event: Twist & Shout 2013 Balloon Convention (2013) Creator: Jack Matson Description: awwww! Photo ID: 93515 Photographer: Larry Moss Use this link to share this photo: http://www.balloonhq.com/p/93515 This...
by BalloonHQ Team | Feb 18, 2023 | Highlights
From the BHQ photo collection Title: Psy. Gangnam Style Creator: Jill Schmidt Description: I was inspired by Sébastien Limare’s Psy design. Oppa Gangnam Style (Use any of my photos however you want.) Photo ID: 93013 Photographer: Jill Schmidt Use this link to...
by BalloonHQ Team | Feb 18, 2023 | Highlights
From the BHQ photo collection Title: Fancy Nancy Solo Creator: Steve Yarosko Description: Here is a better picture of the Fancy Nancy Balloon Photo ID: 84699 Photographer: Steve Yarosko Use this link to share this photo: http://www.balloonhq.com/p/84699 This picture...
by BalloonHQ Team | Feb 18, 2023 | Highlights
From the BHQ photo collection Title: Easy Line Twistin’ Lion Creator: Steve Yarosko Description: Here is an easy lion for line twisting. It is based on Andrew MacDonald’s tiger that he taught at Twist and Shout ’09. Photo ID: 69578 Photographer:...