20th June - Pharmacist Joe

Its Joe's birthday today and I have made him into a balloon, he is a pharmacist and this is exactly what I think he looks like when he wanders the wards. He has his syringe of insulin and that is a pink handkerchief in his pocket, its most defiantly NOT his phone, I have also given him a bow tie because bow ties are cool and I think Joe should wear a bow tie.

Balloon Joe is made from about 15 balloons, mainly 260s but there is a 350 for his body and a 160 for his bow tie, his syringe is made from an orange balloon inside a clear balloon.

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9th May - E.T.

Long time ago, in a galaxy far far away . . . . . Oh, no, that is the wrong film, let me start again.  A couple of months ago and not that far away at all I was set a challenge by Keith to make a few sculptures, the first idea he had will take some more thinking but will come up in the near future, the other idea was to make E.T. 

Its taken me so long to get around to making this sculpture, I am such a big fan of E.T. I wanted to get it just right. This sculpture is totally my own design and is made from 15 balloons, the head is mainly made from 260s and the body is mainly made from 350s, the feet and hands are made from 160s and 260s, the only non brown balloons are for the eyes, these are a tiny bit of black 160 and a white 260.

Thanks for the challenge Keith, I shall get around to make the other sculpture very soon, although I am somewhat worried it will open a whole new can of worms as I will be getting requests for all kinds of things from that hexalogy of films (thats a clue).

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1st May - Snoopy

The other day Stu posted a comment on Facebook asking to see a Snoopy balloon, I have had a design in my mind for a while so was happy to have a go. Snoopy is one of Stu's favourites and he told me that if he could go back in time and meet any historical person it would be Snoopy, Well I can tell you Stu, Snoopy is alive and well, he resides in California in Knotts Berry Farm with all his friends.

In total the whole sculpture is made from 15 balloons, I started by making the Kennel, it is made from 9 x 260 balloons, Snoopy is made from 6 balloons, his face and bode are both white heart balloons, there are 3 raisin twists involved in holding them together, his nose is a bit of 260 and his ears and collar are 160s, finally his legs and arms are a 260.

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Check out Robs other blog - www.highestpoints.co.uk - Robs quest to visit the 235 highest points of every county and unitary authority in England, Scotland and Wales.

15th March - Captain America's Shield

Its Neal Austin's Birthday today and he is off on his travels around the world on his never ending quest to make people laugh, Neal is superhero mad and so today I wanted to make him something superhero themed so I eventually came up with the idea of making Captain America's shield.

It is made from 15 balloons, I started with the star in the middle which is made from 2 white 260 sized balloons and then threaded a blue 260 balloon through that one, next I added the next blue circle which is another 2 x 260 balloons, the first red ring is made from 3 x 260 balloons and the white is made from just 1 x 260 balloon but I used another 2 white balloons to make the little white connector pieces to hold it in place. the final outer red ring is made from 3 x 260 sized balloons and the last think to add was the handles on the back. Happy Birthday Neal

On another note, I was very exciting to see my blog had made it to the front page of several other websites recently, firstly http://balloonchat.co.uk/ a forum for balloonists, and secondly http://www.strong-island.co.uk/, this is a website promoting artists and music in Portsmouth, Thanks to everyone who has been spreading the news of my blog, I really appreciate it.

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10th February - Dennis the Menace

Stu Monroe recently gave my blog a plug and so this balloon is dedicated to him, Stu is an cartoonist, he has a brilliant cartoon strip called Ray the Otter and has drawn various cartoon strips for the Dandy (including Beryl the Peril) and currently draws for my favourite childhood comic, the Beano.

So as a thank you and congratulations for your achievements, here is Dennis the Menace, He is made from roughly 1 million balloons (well it seemes like it), actually its 15 balloons, firstly his face is a 260, then his hair is in 2 layers, a first flat layer of black and then the spikes added on top, this took 4 x 160s.

Next came his body, 1 red and 1 black 260, his shorts are another 260 and then his legs and shoes are 2 more 260s. Now I added his arms (another 260). finally I made a catapult from a 160, 2 hands from a 160, socks from another 160 and a nose from a last 160.

Denis the Menace took me about 90 mins, this was mainly because I didnt really know what I was doing and was making it up as I went, next time I make him I think I would make his body broader (he is too skinny),

1st February - Bunch of Flowers

Its my Nans Birthday today, her name is Florence and she lives in Jersey, I am not going to tell you how old she is as that would be rude (she's 93), for her birthday my Auntie Caroline suggested I make her a bunch of flowers, sadly I cant really get them to her in Jersey so I will make her some more when she visits later in the year. Happy Birthday Nan xxx

These flowers are made up of 15 balloons, 4 green 260s for the stems, a red 260 for the bow, 2 green 160s for the leafy bits (foliage? is it called that? I am a man, its not something I should know) and then 8 x 160s for the flowers.