28th July - Tweetie Pie

"I tawt I taw a putty tat" - Here is Tweetie Pie, the rival of Sylvester the Cat, this sculpture is from a youtube video by Cody Williams and you can find that here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPGArb3ssKE.

Tweetie Pie is made from 4 x 260 balloons and I think he looks really cute so thanks for sharing the video with us Cody. You can keep up to date with all the latest news and sculptures by heading over to Facebook -www.facebook.com/mydailyballoon and hitting the 'like' button, then feel free to share it with your friends.

21st July - Bird Brained

I am into the idea of hairbands at the moment and have been playing around with them a lot, here is a bird hairband made almost entirely from 160s except for his beak which was a bit of left over scrap balloon from a 260.

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5th July - Hummingbird

I was surfing the internet wondering what to make and I came across this Youtube video from Becky Thompson - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJnbzXLjVac, Becky was unsure as to whether a hummingbird has a tail, they do indeed have beautiful colourful tails which they use for balance while hovering, so I gave mine a bit of a different tail to the one Becky makes. This hummingbird was made from 5 x 160 balloons (the flower was another 2).

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18th June - Toucan Two

This Toucan is based on a balloon on Nic's website - http://www.nicorner.com/, take a look, its a cool website. this Toucan is made from 5 balloons, all 260s except for the feet which is a 160.

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4th June - Parrot

I have made this Parrot a few times recently due to me having a few pirate shows to do, he always gets people talking. He is made from 7 balloons, 2 red x 260s, a black heart shaped balloon, a white 160 for the eyes, a yellow 260, a grey 160 and a brown 160. Having made him a few times now I can now make him pretty fast.

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26th May - Seagull

This Seagull was shown to me by Tony last week and I really liked him, I added an extra balloon to give the body a bit more shape and a bit of a different tail too, thanks Tony.

He is made from 4 balloons (5 is you count the brown post he is standing on), a white 260, a white 160, a grey 260 and a yellow 160.

Coming up on June 2nd, I will be doing a live balloon sculpture at the Aspex Gallery in Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth, it is to help celebrate the Camp Bestival Around the World Tour, between the hours of 11am and 2pm I will be creating my biggest sculpture of the year so far (at nearly 6 feet across and 5 feet tall, eeek) there will be lots of other activities taking place in the gallery and I will update you on those nearer the time.

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14th May - Pelican

Here is a Pelican, he is made from 7 balloons, I started with a yellow heart balloon and added it onto a yellow 160, the next step was to add a white 260 for the head and then the blue 260 for the eyes, next I used another 260 for the body and then I added another 350 for the wings, finally I added an 11 inch round for the base for him to sit on.

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26th April - Chicken

My niece is 14 years old today, her name is Hester and she is my oldest niece, earlier in the year she requested that I make a black chicken, she has her own real live black chicken called Blackie so here is her balloon Blackie the Chicken.

This Chicken is made from 10 balloons, It is based on a photo of a balloon chicken I recently saw which was made by Graham Lee (another balloon man), I changed it a little to give her a nest to sit in and some different eyes, I started with the body from 2 x 260 balloons and added an another one for the top of the head, then I added the red bits from another 260 and the beak from yet another 260, the tail came next and then I added the eyes, The nest is a plait of 160 balloons.

Happy Birthday Hester

21st April - Ducky

This duck is made from just 5 balloons and is pretty quick to make, its made from 3 yellow 260 balloons, 1 orange 260 and a little bit of white 260. I started with the head, neck and beak then I added on the eyes, next I made the body and finally added on the legs. I have been experimenting with drawing different types of eyes recently too, instead of just a round black blob I have tried to add a bit of character.

18th April - Vulture

On Tuesday I met Zack and his family, Zack decided to challenge me and wanted me to make him some kind of bird of prey, I started trying to make a falcon but half way through I realised it could become an excellent vulture. Thanks for the challenge Zack and I hope you are doing well.

I have reworked the vulture now and this is what I have come up with, it is made from 9 balloons, first I made the beak from a 260 balloon and added in the eyes from a 160 and rest of the head and neck from a 160 and a 260, the neck frill and chest is a 206 with the body, wings and tail made from another 2 x 260s, the legs are made from a 260 and a 160.

3rd April - Phoenix

Here is my second mythological creature and my largest model so far, it is a phoenix, I was inspired to make this after someone made their own version of a phoenix on a balloon forum recently.

It is made from 41 balloons, mainly 260 sized balloons but there are a few 350s in there, for the body and the tops of the legs, also I used a 160 balloon for the feet and the lower part of the beak.

I started with the wings, building a flat weave that slowly curved upwards, I then added the red and threaded another balloon through the middle, the last thing to do with the wings was to add the yellow feathers.

Next I made the body which it just 4 x 260s wrapped around a 350, adding in the wings at the same time. I then made the head and neck adding in the crest and beak and then the eyes. The last thing to do was to add the tail and legs.

2nd April - Owl Three

This is the third owl I have made, I had several comments about the last owl I made on 20th Feb , some people seemed to think it looked nothing like an owl, I have since been told it does look like an owl, but enough of that owl and on to this one.

This owl is totally my invention, It is made from 8 balloons in total, 5 balloons for the owl and 3 balloons for the branches, the owl is made from gold 260 balloons, 1 yellow 260, a black 260 and a white round balloon.

The branch is a 350, a 260 and a 160 with the help from a few special twists to join them together.

26th March - Tiki Tiki Bird

A couple of weeks ago Graham posted a photo onto the balloon chat forum of a balloon model made by someone who attended Twist and Shout, the annual Balloon twister Convention in the USA, I loved the model so much I just had to have a go at making him. I have no idea who made the original balloon and I cant even find the photo in the forum now but if it was you who came up with the design then let me know and I will credit you.

This Tiki bird is made from 6 balloons, I started with the blue 260 for the head feathers and wings, then added the beak and feet from another 260, next I added the chest from a white round balloon and then added in the eyes from a white 260 and a black 160, finally the branch is a 260 with a raisin twist to attach the birds feet to.

February 20th - Owl 2

I made a small owl a few weeks ago (Jan 11th) and decided to make a different bigger owl, this one reminds me of the one in the Disney Film Sword in the Stone, I think his name was Archimedes.

This one is made from 5 balloons, 3 brown 260s, an orange 260 and a bit of white 260.
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15th February - Toucan

Here is a Toucan, he is a bit of an experiment, I have seen a few balloon toucan pictures and they never look like a toucan and I think it is important that a balloon toucan should look like a toucan. I have tried my best to get is looking right but I am still not too sure, I needs a bit of work, does it look like a toucan?

Anyway, he is made from 7 balloons, plus an extra one for the perch, he is made from a mixture of 160 and 260 balloons and took me about half an hour as I was making it up and did several different things before arriving at this.

Here is a joke - What do you call 3 Toucans? (answer below)

Answer - A six pack

6th February - Flamingo

I have been making balloons for about 18 or 19 years now (not constantly, I did stop for dinner) and about once a year I get asked to make a Flamingo, I usually manage to make something that sort of resembles a tall bird thing with a beak. Anyway, the time has come to work out how to make a flamingo look like . .well a flamingo.

So, this one is made up of 6 balloons, and in the order I made this, first a black 260 balloon for the beak, then a pink one for the neck and head, here I added in a small white bit for the eyes, now i used 2 pink 260s for the body and then added the black one in for the leg. As I had never made him before he took me about 15-20 minutes to make.

21st January - Red Angry Bird

This is a first time balloon for me, I have never played the Angry birds game but hey, I figure I would have a go. He (or she?) is made of 6 balloons, 2 red 260s, 1 white 260, 1 yellow 260 (beak), 1 black 160 (eyebrows) and a white 160 (eyes).

16th January - Chick

This cute little Chick is made of 3 balloon, 1 yellow 260, a blue 160 and an orange 160. For those of you who are not into making balloons but are interested, a 160 balloon means it is 1 inch diameter and 60 inches long, a 260 balloon is 2 inches diameter and 60 inches long.

14th January - Parrot

This parrot is made of 3 balloons however it can be made of just 1.

11th January - Owl

I make a couple of different owls, this is the more complicated one, it has 3 balloons, an orange one for the main body, white for the eyes and chest, then a yellow one for the beak and feet.