My favorite balloons to twist
Birthday cake hat
Nov 27th
Happy birthday, Angie!
Here’s yet another birthday cake hat! They are (usually) fun for the birthday person to wear. 🙂 (And always fun to model balloons on my stuffed animals.)
Birthday cake hat
I injured my thumb earlier this fall and needed surgery. This is the first balloon I’ve twisted since my injury! I needed to use my left hand more as I just don’t have the strength in my right thumb quite yet and it was feeling a bit sore. But glad to be able to twist again!
Dragonflies
Apr 24th
Dragonflies
I’ve made dragonflies before, but I wanted to try them with the new Qualatex Chrome colors… and I really like them!
Some kids know what a dragonfly is, but not all kids have been exposed to them. But they are winged and fun in any case!
To make this balloon, check out Sergey’s tutorial video. You’ll need one 260 balloon for the body, two 160s for the wings, and one small round for the eyes. Leave about 2.5″ uninflated for the 260.
Penguin with flower
Jan 9th
Penguin with flower
Another penguin balloon to start off the new year! 🙂 Penguins are just the best.
Also, I have a lot of black and white balloons (but running low on orange.)
Happy birthday, Angela!
2021 in review
Jan 1st
Happy 2022!
Here’s a look back at 2021 in some balloons. I was especially thankful for all the times I could hang out and celebrate with friends and family.
Hoping this next year will bring you more of what you need. Wishing you all the best.
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- Polka-dotted penguin
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- Penguin with Christmas tree
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- Big heart balloon
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- Birthday bouquet
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- 60th birthday cake hat
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- Wild unicorn hat
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- Balloon hat
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- Poop wand
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- Birthday hat and scepter
Polka-dotted penguin
Dec 29th
Congratulations to my friend Amy Moy on the publication of her wonderful children’s book The Polka-Dotted Penguin, a book about celebrating differences, inclusion, and kindness. Available on Amazon, as well as other bookstores. Also check out Evie the Extraordinary’s YouTube channel!
Learn more about Amy and her daughter Evie, and their story on their web site!
Polka-dotted penguin
Penguin with Christmas tree
Dec 25th
Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!
I know it’s been another tough year, and things have been difficult.
Here’s a penguin with a Christmas tree, wishing you a wonderful holiday, filled with peace, rest, connection, and great joy! We will get through this together!
Penguin with Christmas tree
Thank you for hosting us, S&M, when we couldn’t do what we originally planned for Christmas. So wonderful to spend the evening with y’all! Our friend named this penguin, Wilbur! Doesn’t it kind of look like a Wilbur? 🙂
Anniversary heart
Nov 11th
Big heart balloon
We got to spend the weekend with our nephew and niece, and we put together this humungous heart for their parents’ anniversary! It was fun building the heart balloon together! Happy anniversary A&A! 🙂
I’ve made this one before, but this time we made it red with a pink border, which my niece picked. Check out the very talented Sue Bowler’s instructions for how to make this!
Birthday bouquet
Oct 1st
Birthday bouquet
A birthday bouquet for a good friend of mine! Happy birthday! 🙂
60th birthday cake hat
Sep 1st
60th birthday cake hat
Happy birthday to a longtime friend of ours!
I’ve made a similar 50th birthday cake balloon hat before. I like how the use of the clear 260 balloon helps make it look like the numbers are floating.
60th birthday cake hat worn by the birthday boy
Wild unicorn hat
May 20th
Wild unicorn hat
This unicorn hat got a bit wild! I feel this hat matched the bold and fun spirit of the birthday girl, who also loves unicorns.
This was a fun one to make, especially as it was my first time trying this idea out. I took apart my swiffer so I could use the stick to make the curls.
Happy birthday, Koko!
Balloon hat
May 2nd
Balloon hat
Happy birthday to a special birthday girl, S! I’m starting to get short on many balloon colors, but you can use almost any color combination for hats!
I haven’t been to a birthday party in a while! This one was outside at a playground, on a nice, sunny day (super great to be outside except for the pollen allergies.) Hope everyone is hanging in there; we’ll get through this together!
Also, I found another use for my stuffed animals!
Poop (emoji) wand
Mar 29th
Poop wand
Introducing the newest poop emoji balloon – the poop wand! Everything it touches turns into magical poop! I’ve been making wands, scepters, and poop balloons, so I thought why not a poop wand? I added some ribbon for fun.
I think this one is a winner – I got some laughs out of it. But who doesn’t like poop?
Happy birthday, G!
Hat and scepter
Jan 15th
Birthday hat and scepter
A birthday hat and scepter, and very special happy birthday to a fabulous friend who turned the big 5-0!
2020 in review
Jan 1st
Happy New Year! Wishing you all the very best in 2021.
2020 was a tough one, a real tough one.
I will remember 2020 as the year of poop [balloons]. When life gives you poop, make poop balloons.
Some losses we’ll never get back. But good things happened too (and I was glad to celebrate some of these this year, even if in a different way than expected.) We’ll get through this together. Stay healthy and safe!
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- Penguin
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- Christmas tree poop emoji
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- Snowman poop emoji
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- Christmas poop emoji with holly
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- Balloon hat
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- Balloon hat
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- Alien poop
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- Unicorn poop
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- Ghost Poop [emoji]
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- Pumpkin poop [emoji]
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- Small pumpkin
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- Bicycle
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- Orderly tangle of triangles
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- Green/gold (Celtics) hat
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- Peppa Pig
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- Birthday cake [hat]
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- Flower bouquet
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- Gudetama, the lazy egg
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- Jeep
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- Lobster
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- Bride
Penguin
Dec 29th
Penguins are one of animals I have twisted so many different versions of. I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of more penguin designs. Plus, I usually have so many black and white balloons to use up. This super cute penguin is designed by the super talented Lily Tan. Instead of giving it a bow, I gave it a heart balloon to hold.
Penguin
Christmas poop
Dec 25th
Merry Christmas to my peeps from my poops! After making Halloween poop, I started thinking about poop emoji balloons for Christmas. Who knew I’d be making so many of these in 2020. 😀
Hope you all have a restful holiday break!
Christmas poop emoji with holly
Snowman poop emoji
Christmas tree poop emoji
Balloon hats
Dec 15th
This year, I’ve made more balloon hats. They are just fun, and perfect for the birthday person! Here’s a couple recent ones I made for some special birthday people! (And look! I found a way to use my basketball during this pandemic!)
Balloon hat using Qualatex neon balloons
Happy birthday, S!
These are both six-sided hats. The more sides, the more balloon you have to use after building the base. These are also easier than making the birthday cake hat, which requires more twisting, tying of knots, and other details.
Balloon hat
Happy birthday, T!
Alien poop
Oct 31st
Alien poop
Alien poop
This is “alien poop,” based on the aliens from “Toy Story.”
I put a short piece of pipe cleaner in the antenna so it could be bent.
Have a fun and safe Halloween everyone!
Unicorn poop
Oct 31st
Unicorn poop
I didn’t plan on it, but I’ve been making a lot of poop this week! 🙂
My niece suggested this one – unicorn poop!
I didn’t have a 160 balloon in gold chrome, so I stuffed a 160 inside a 260 gold chrome to get the size and color I wanted. It worked well! I think it helped to hold the twist better too.
Unicorn poop
