| Rabbit
By Hans Siemons |
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I just loved Simon the Rabbit from Alberto Falcone, CBA featured in Balloon Magic the magazine issue 24. Feature I liked best was using a 5″ round for cheeks. I’ve started playing with that idea and came up with this variation. Using a 5″ round is a great alternative for using the “standard” loop twists for cheeks. I hope this rabbit will be of use to you for easter! Comments and suggestions? Send them to [email protected] and happy easter to you all! |
| Balloons needed : | 1 5″ round white; 1 5″ round hot rose; 1 5″ round black; 1 6″ heart white; 1 160q white; 4 260q white. |
| Inflate a white 260q leaving a short tail. 2 bubbles, locked together with the nozzle form one foot. |
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| Like this. |  |
| Followed up by a small loop twist. |  |
| Break of remainder. Don’t let the air go out of the remainder. Tie that off. |
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| And with the remainder make the 2nd foot. |  |
| Underinflate the white 6″ heart. |  |
| Twist of a small bubble from one of the lobes. |  |
| Lock one foot onto the small bubble. |  |
| Like this. |  |
| Another bubble from the other lobe. |  |
| And lock foot 2 into place. |  |
| Underinflate a white 5″ round to about 4 inches. |
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| Split in half. |  |
| A bubble, pinch twist, and another bubble make the top of the head. Locktwisted using the nozzle. |
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| Follow up by 2 more bubbles for the nose. |  |
| Lock the white 5″ round into place. |  |
| At the back make a little pinch twist. It’s not needed to stabilize things but it just looks neater. |
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| Under inflate the hot rose 5″ round. |  |
| Split in half and locked in place on top of the nose part makes the eyes. Googley eyes would also work great on this sculpture. |
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| Underinflate a black 5″ round for the tip of the nose. And make 2 little bubbles from the white 160q for teeth. |
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| The tip of the nose is attached to, surprise surprise, the tip of the nose. Just wrap the nozzle through the locktwist a few times and it will stay. |
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| The teeth are connected to the same point. |  |
| Inflate the tip of a red 260q for a tongue. |  |
| And lock it in place. The tongue is not just an extra, it also cleans up an otherwise ugly spot. |
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| Make a figure 8 from a fully inflated white 260Q for using as ears. |
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| Shape them by squeezing and bending them. |  |
| Lock the ears in place at the pinch twist on top of the head. |
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| Twist of a bubble for the neck at the bottom of the head and deflate the remainder. Tie off. |
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| For the arms and hands blow up a white 260q leaving a short tail. The hands are 2 bubbles locked into place using the nozzle. |
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| Followed up by 2 pinch twists. |  |
| Twist of a bubble for one arm, followed by a stabilizer pinch twist and another arm. |
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| Make a hand exactly like you did the first one and cut of any remainder. |
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| Tie the head onto the nozzle of the 6″ heart. |  |
| Put the arms in place. Draw on eyes and voila. There’s your rabbit! |
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