Hello, my name is tasha and im just geting into this as a hobby. i find it alot of fun, but im not that good at it yet. still working on it. but i was wondering is anyone had and tips or some instruction i would really appreciate it alot. thanks for the help.

Welcome tasha!
You've come to the right place to get started. Take time and read through back posts here in the forums, And If you can, stop by and join us for chat some thursday evening we start at nine And usually her Royal Highness, The Princess of Bozonia [Looks around to see where the trumpets are coming from :D ] Has a topic up for discussion.
I do reccommend that you find a copy of the book, Creative Clowning. It's a great started book that covers all the basics, makeup,costume, history,character developments, twisting balloons, even juggling and unicycling! You can borrow it from most libraries. If you want to buy it, Amazon has is. I think I got my copy on Ebay for about six dollars.
Welcome again.
Scruffy

*looks sheepish* Uh hi Tasha, it looks like I owe you an apology... :cry: I was fixing a problem with the database just now, clicked the wrong box, and accidentally deleted your account. Please sign up again and I'll be more careful! :oops:

Her Royal Clutziness

Thanks ill look into that book. my fav. is twisting balloons i just love it :P. and its ok i resigned up

Howdee, Howdee, come on in an sat a spell.

As Scruffy said take time to read the post [I know there are a lot], but you'll find a lot of info there. and then if you have specific questions ask and every one will try to give you an answer.

ok well im trying to make a monkey(balloon twisting) and i dont get how u do the ear twist i cant get it to work..... can anyone help me?

Jamz is the man to talk to. I don't know if I can explain it, but it's were you twist a bubble end to end, say you have a two in bubble then make a 1 in then another 2 in. twist the 1 in so that each end of it twist together. Check out www.balloonhg.com and www.multihobbies.com/balloons/ they might help and have some pictures.

The best way to show you an ear twist is this
Make three 1 in bubbles lay the first and third bubble together so the middle one is on top now pull up on the middle bubble and twist
this now should look like an teddy bear ear hope this helps
I will try to post a picture

Thanks i think i got it now. i found a few good web sites. but thanks for the help!

Welcome!

Ask away with any questions.....be careful though, you can easily gorge yourself on the vast amount of information here!

lol thanks ill keep that in mind. :P umm well i do have one question... i went to the coles in the mall by my house and there didnt have anything to do with balloon twisting or anything.... any other book stores or anywhere i could look?

I have my best luck with amazon.com for books. Just got volume 2 of "How to be a Magic Clown." Can't fine the other volumes yet but some day they will show up.

try ebay or www.bubbasikes.com he carries some books and vidoes. A lot of suppliers carry various books and video , dvd etc. www.clownantics.com and www.tmyers.com are just a few.

it can likely be ordered by a place like borders, or barnes and noble. it is called:

Creative Clowning by brufe fife, and Tony blanco. Picadilly press.