From [email protected] Sun Nov 5 01:37:42 1995 id AA15881; Sun, 5 Nov 95 01:30:53 EST Date: Sat, 4 Nov 1995 22:30:44 -0800 Message-Id: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] From: [email protected] (Dan Curtis) Subject: Pocahontas in her entirety >OK, I'm lost. Ok, I figured that I'd lose someone with that one. Here goes..... Inflate a balloon about 19". make a 1 1/2 inch bubble (her head), a 3" bubble (an arm), a pinch-n-pop series (her hands), another 3" bubble (other arm) and then lock twist the arms just below her headmake a 2" bubble, and then 2 bear ears twists (arranged correctly, they should look like hips), make a 4" bubble (a leg), 2 more bear ears (her feet) and another 4" bubble (her other leg). Lock-twist the legs just below the hips. Pop-off the excess balloon. I usually wrap it around the twist where the hips are and the hide it under (or over) one of the hips. Now for the hair... inflate a balloon about 6 inches (this'll be too much but it's a good length to work with). Tie the knotted end of your newly inflated balloon to the knot that tops her head. Make a 3/4 inch bubble and then lock twist it. Make two more 3/4 inch bubbles, and then hold them against her head while you give it a full turn, this should anchor them to her head. Now is where the hair changes, but just a little. Make a bout a 2 inch bubble, followed by 2 bear ear twists, and another 2 inch bubble. Lock twist them all to her head. Thry should (sort of) hang down in the back, like straight hair. (Don't call them "braids", because Pocahontas wears her hair down!!!!) Make two more 3/4 inch bubbles and anchor them to the first bubble you made for her hair. Now make another 3/4 inch bubble, and then a 3-4 inch bubble and then pop off the balloon...... Let the air out of the big bubble you just made. Pull the balloon piece down the back of her head. and wrap it around her neck several times. The last bubble isn't necessary, but it covers the back of her head better, AND you can use it to hide the remainder of the balloon now that you've got a balloon end to hide. Hide that end of the balloon behind the new bubble, or if you prefer, tie-off the balloon and then hide it. Drawing on Pocahontas: I just draw her face, necklace and then fringe along her legs to insinuate her indian dress. (Make sure you get a look at a Pocahontas poster or something so you know the way the fringe is patterned and the necklace is, cause kids notice if it's wrong....don't worry, they're both simple. Any questions??? ---Lorna For Ariel's hair: You just make a series of five bubbles and lock-twist them so they hang down in back, instead of making the straight hair section of Pocahontas' hair. o o o o o \_O_/ L / \ _/ \_