Balloon art is a wonderful task once you get over the fear of popping balloons. By practicing it, we can also save money by decorating our own parties
The only required equipment to start ballooning is long balloons. Buy a good pump so that you can save your lungs. In the maket single and double direction pump are available. Use a double direction pump - one that will blow air while being pushed and pulled, making blowing up the balloons extremely quick. The first, and most critical in not popping balloons is the "tail." The tail of the balloon is the part that is left flat. When you begin to blow up a balloon, it will start filling closest to your mouth/pump and go outward. The tail is the other end. Each pattern will require a certain amount of tail length to be left over.
"Twisting" is as simple a term to use. This is where you twist the balloon. Take a blown up balloon (with a tail of any length) in both hands like you were putting your hands on the handle bars of a bicycle. Now twist one hand towards your body and the other away. A twist will form in the balloon, separating it into two parts. Usually one or two full rotations will give you a good joint for locking. Each twist is described by the length of the bubble you are creating. A "1 inch twist" is a twist 1 inch away from the end or previous twist. A "2 inch twist" is a twist made 2 inches from the previous twist or end, and so forth. Many time ballooners will simplify the "1 inch twist" to a "1 inch bubble", which means the exact same thing. A bubble is the area between 2 twists or an end and a twist.
You might find if you tried twisting the balloon and letting go, your twists will not hold. This is where the "lock" comes into play. A lock is where you have taken two twists, and twisted them together. Lets make an example:
If you make a 2 inch twist from the tied end, make another 2 inch twist from the first, and then another twist (this takes agility because you have to hold all the bubbles in your hands to prevent it from unwrapping), you will have 3 bubbles and the rest of the balloon. To lock the balloon, you will take your first twist and twist it with the third twist. What you have here is something that will resemble legs or ears, depending on the lengths you use for your twists.
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