OK. I've seen pictures & tried to figure this out, but I'm stumped. I want to make a flower basket or vase. Any of you expert twisters have some instructions you'd be willing to share??

Last December, right before Christmas VSGL1 (Sorry, I just looked at it and don't remember the correct spelling) started a thread called "balloon top hat." In that thread Jolly Well refered to Professor Wonder's site and an Uncle Sam top hat that they feature. That hat is a good skeleton for hats or vases or baskets. You simply fill in the blank spaces and by adjusting the length of the bubbles you can adjust the shape of the sculpture.

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My vase is a little lopsided, but the flowers are cute! :)

Harmony,

I think that is a great attemped!! :applause:

If you want to see a wild sculpture, go to:

mbd2.com Articles - Balloon Vase (http://www.mbd2.com/forum/articles/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=120&Itemid=86)

This thing is 4' tall and uses like 50 balloons!!

Firemoe

My favorite flower vase is made with 4 balloons of one color which will make the basket and the stems for the flowers. Then you need the tops...4 more balloons in what ever color you want.
It starts like a weave.

balloon 1 (b-1) half inch bubble, then 4 in. bubble.
b-2 half inch bubble, attatch at end of b-1's 4 inch. then a 4 inch bubble
b-3 same as above, attaching to b-2
b-4 same as above, attaching to b-3, then attatch to b-1's half inch bubble

You now have a circle.
b-1 Make a half in. bubble and a 3 in. bubble which then will attatch to b-2 after it's half inch bubble. Repeat around with last one pulling thru to complet the circle.

next round is the same but I make the long bubble a little smaller still.
next (and last) round is the same also but I go back to the 4 in. because this will be the base and it will stand up better.

Now pull all the long left overs thru the middle and out the top. Attatch flower tops in standard manner.

It is fairly fast and not to hard. I hope I discribed it well enough. If not, let me know and I will try again.

This thing is 4' tall and uses like 50 balloons!!



50... try 70 balloons!:o

hmm... i may have to play with that technique & see if I can do something similar on a small scale. I :heart: it!

Coco, thanks for sharing your vase. I'm definitely gonna try this tonight. You could probably snap & tie the ends & use a different color for the stems. Have you tried that? Just curious how that would work.

Ooo... I'm excited now! This will give me something neat to take to my cousins for our family's Easter dinner!

Of course you could if you wanted different colors. I don't normally have a lot of time to do extras. I make big things even if I have a lot of people so I like the time saving vase into stem thing. The stem doesn't show very much anyways.

good luck with it. After you do one or two of them they are pretty fast. Very do-able in a restarant.

Thought y'all might like to see these. The first one was made using Coco's instructions & pulling the remainder through for the stems. The white basket was made using the same technique but with 5 balloons instead of 4 for the basket & popping & tying the remainder, then adding the balloon flowers.

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Looks like you are becoming quite the twister there Harmony. Well done.

Thanks Fitz! I'm starting to get the hang of it. Twinkles is picking up pretty well too. Actually we have some exciting news to share. Our clowns have been invited to a Spring Carnival at a local elementary school in a couple of weeks! I'm going to post a thread about it later today, so check it out for details!

WOW!
:applause: Great Job!!


Huggz from Razz #2
"The Clown that Rides A Harley"

:applause:Thats truly Amazing Balloon Art work

OK - so my mom LOVES these things! She had me make one for her to take to my aunt that broke her hip.

I also made one for a lady from my church that was in the hospital, but forgot to take a picture of it & it was really cute! Actually it looked more like a small flower pot because it only had 2 rows - 2 of my balloons popped as I was twisting the 3rd row so I just cut it off, salvaged scraps & made the stems.

I'd love some instructions on how you made your flowers... If you have time... Great job on making the vase and the flowers. Anyone would love to receive them..

Yup, that's the basic 4 petal flower. I have used that same concept w/ less air to make one with the little dealy bopper sticking out the top - kina like the yellow one in my last set of pics. I leave probably about 4 inches uninflated, give it a good burp to soften & tie it. Start at the nipple end (not the know like normal), twist off a small bubble & work it to the end of the balloon. Take the remaining inflated part, make the circle (be sure the balloon isn't too tight & you have room to work the twists) then twist like Luki said above.

For the "rose" (the red one you can't see very well in my last set of pics) I inflate about 3/4 of the way bc you end up cutting off the end of this one. Start w/ the knot end & make a small (about 3 inch) 3 bubble roll or "bird body" (You do this by twisting 2 bubbles, lock twisting them together, make a 3rd bubble the same size & roll it through the other 2). Then just make 3 soft loops at the base of the 3 bubble roll & sort of push them up around each bubble in the roll. Make a small pinch twist, pop & tie the rest. Now, the stem of this can be done like the normal stem, but I like to add a little extra to my rose. I make 3 small loops (smaller than the ones on the actualy flower) at the knot end of my stem balloon. This becomes the leaves at the base of the rose. You can make these loops soft enough to sort of pinch & shape them almost to a point & it looks really neat. From there you can make the normal leaves or just leave it straight. Either usually looks good. I'll have to make one & post some pics soon. It will probably be sometime next week, but I'll get it up.

Here's a little quick and easy basket of flowers I make in restaurants. You need four or five 260s and one 321 "Bee body". Inflate one 260, leaving about a 1in. tail. Make a very small bubble (about 1/2 in.) and two bubbles about 8in. each. Bend the second 8 in. bubble back beside the first, then connect the two by twisting the small bubble between the 2nd 8 in.bubble and the rest of the balloon. Make another 1/2 in. balloon at the very end of the balloon and tie it between the two 8 in. bubbles opposite the first small bubble. Take the remaining 260s, inflate each about 1-11/2 in. and using a tulip/apple twist, make one bubble on each balloon. Inflate the 321 not quite to the black tip, then wrap the knot of the 321 around all the flower stems about half way. Push the knot into the 321 with one finger till you can grasp it with the other hand and twist it several times. Now push the tail of the 321 into the body. Finally, place the 321 construction between the two 8 in. sections of the first 260. Ta Da!
Good luck.

Sounds quick and easy, (and a good way to get rid of those extra, pesky bee bodies I always have.) Thanks

Nice vase... well done... i love to share mine...vase/basket/flowers :)

Sorry... more flowers i wanna share..:)

Love the balloons, they kook very nice.

I like your balloons Princess. I need to take some time with those last two and see about figuring them out.

I like your balloons Princess. I need to take some time with those last two and see about figuring them out.


Ok Good luck.. let me know if u need help...but i let u be a gentleman to try on ur own 1st.. :) :D

I like your balloons Princess. I need to take some time with those last two and see about figuring them out.


Hi Fitz...just wondering if u manage to do those flowers.. the braided rose and the other flower..?

Thanks for reminding me. I will see about pulling out the balloons later today.

These baskets, vases, and flowers are a bit over my skill level...

Who wants a nice sword?? :seltzer:

DO u mean this link..?
Make a Balloon Animal (http://www.professorwonder.com/baloon28.htm)

Gd luck!!

I didn't realize that was what I was seeing. I learned that style of flower at Twist and Shout a couple of years ago but mine never look that nice. I guess I just need more practice. Thanks Princess Clown

Oh .. i envy u guys got to attend all those balloon jam, twist and shout.. I'm so lonely here in Singapore.. :cry: all i do is learn from books, youtube and dvds...:) Gd luck to u....!!!

:D U r not the only one stressful abt that.. :) that rose had made my life miserable for weeks :) I finally got it after 8 tries ... U have to believe that there was a twister who had 52 tries ... that's was he mentioned .. believe it or not...

As for ur question.. the way i did it.. the right petals go inside the left petal. Ohh... u have to make the balloons real soft.. its works very well with 5 petals 160s instead of 6 petals 160s.

here's the link to the Braided Rose instructions :-

rose (http://www.balloon-animals.com/forum/index.php?topic=55.0)

Practice makes perfect.... all the best ok!

Y'day I did a vase of flowers for my kid's classmate's b'day party... i hope she loves it.

Aauuwwww Luki Loki... I'm willing to give u a hand.. now.. take my hand ... u and me not far apart...just across the globe :) air tix will be fine... maybe it takes 24 hrs to reach u :D tell me when u ready. :) U need lots of patience with that Rose. Once u got it, u gonna love every second of it.