20th August - Mr Small

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18th August - Hello Kitty

Let me ask you a question, how do you say hello to Hello Kitty? do you say hello Hello Kitty? and what if you are on first name terms with her? then you might just say hello Hello? I am just wondering what I would do if I bumped into her on the street one day. This Hello Kitty is made from 8 balloons (I did use some scraps), they are all 260s except for the ears and hair which are 160s.  

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I now have 3 tutorials available on MDB extra - http://mydailyballoonextra.blogspot.co.uk/, the cute bunny, the plane and now a dolphin. they are all available for free on the blog or you can purchase the PDF for a small fee. You can keep up to date with all the MDB news by clicking like on the facebook page at -https://www.facebook.com/MyDailyBalloon.

15th August - Miffy

Here is Miffy, she is the little rabbit created by the Dutch artist Dick Bruna, This sculpture is based on one by the Korean balloon artist Hyun-Gu Park, thank you for the inspiration. - http://www.balltoon.com/. Miffy is made from 6 balloon, the head is an 11 inch round balloon, the ears arms, legs and body are 260s and the pink and neck balloon are 160s. 

I now have 2 tutorials available on MDB extra, the cute bunny and now the plane. they are both available for free on the blog or you can purchase the PDF for a small fee. You can keep up to date with all the MDB news by clicking like on the facebook page at -  https://www.facebook.com/MyDailyBalloon

7th August - Merman

This little Merman is based on a design by Cody Williams, Cody made a merman based on the character 'Gil' from the children's TV show 'Bubble Guppies'.    Now I have never heard of the Bubble Guppies and I am not too sure if we get it here in the UK, maybe its on some random sky channel? anyway, I liked the design but ended up making a few changes, I had to change the body as I didn't have any the balloons Cody used and I changed the tail just because I preferred a different style.

Thanks for the design Cody, he is brilliant. He is made from 6 balloons, a mixture of 160s and 260s. 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.

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.

25th July - Thomas the Tank Engine

Its Philip's birthday today, he is my nephew and earlier in the year he requested a Thomas the Tank Engine, I did make a more simple Thomas back on March 20th but I wanted to do a more complicated one today. I hope you have a very happy birthday Phil.

This Thomas is made from 13 balloons, I started with the face which is a 5" round and a bit of white balloon for the nose, I then added an inner core (which you cant see) from a 350, the main tank and funnel were next, they are a 260 and a 160 and then cane the red 160s around the base, the cab and roof came next and finally I added the wheels and artwork on the face.

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24th July - Mr Tall

There is a Birthday to celebrate today, its the birthday of Sean Lobban (aka The Amazing Mister Tall). Sean is a balloon modeller and I have ballooned with him on many occasions. To help celebrate Sean's birthday I have made Mr Tall from the Mr Men books, Happy Birthday Sean.

Mr Tall here is made 5 balloons, I made his body first from a round balloon and put in 2 raisin twists for the arms which are a 160, the legs are also a 160 and are joined onto the knot in the round balloon, his feet are a 160 and the base is a sand filled round balloon.

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16th July - Singin' In The Rain

Its Jenny's Birthday today and she is a big musicals fan and a huge fan of Singin' in the Rain (its one of my favourites too), Here is Gene Kelly singin' in the sunshine today. Happy Birthday Jenny xxx

This sculpture is made from 23 balloons, The Lamp post is made from 11 and the rest make up Gene, I started with the lamp post on this model, making the main stem and base first, there is a hidden weighted balloon weighing it all down and then I added all the rings and the lamp at the top, next came Gene, he is similar to my other people models but I shrank him in size a little as I wanted the lamp post to tower over him.

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29th June - Spongebob Squarepants

I didn't do a film Friday this week because it was Dom's birthday, so instead I am doing a celebrity Saturday, Its Spongebob Squarepants with his tennis racket for Wimbledon.

I recently learnt how to make an awesome Spongebob while on a balloon event this week, Robbie Furman had a brilliant and quick Spongebob, I wanted to change a few things and add a few bits so I changed the design a little and came up with this.

I think he is made from 16 balloons. 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.

26th May - Peppa Pig

I recently had a special request on Facebook, the request was for a Peppa Pig for a little girls birthday today. I don’t actually know the name of the little girl but I think she will know who she is.  

Peppa here is made from 7 balloons, the head is a heart shaped balloon and the rest is made from 160 balloons. I am currently in Birmingham attending a 2 day balloon event so I actually made this Peppa Pig on Monday, however I saw someone make an awesome and different Peppa Pig today so I may make that one later in the year. 

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21st June - Gru - Despicable Me

Its film Friday again, I didnt have one last week as I was in Cornwall, however I did Captain Barnacles from the Octonauts the other day so he made up for it.

This week we have Gru from Despicable Me, as you can see he has his latest gun invention with him, lets call it the balloononitator. Gru and his gun are made from 18 balloons, mainly black 260s for the body, some 160s for parts of the gun and arms and legs, he has a round balloon for his head and there is a 350 in there somewhere too.

June 7th - Toy Story Alien

Its film Friday today and its also my birthday, I love all things Pixar and Disney so here is one of the cute little aliens from Toy Story, he is another one I designed myself and I am pretty pleased with how he turned out, will be able to see him in HMV Gunwharf from 5pm this afternoon (7th June) and over the weekend.

He is made from 11 balloons, all a mixture of 160s and 260s, plus a round 11" balloon which makes up the base, it has a small amount of water in it, this stops him from bouncing around too much.

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2nd June - Mr Happy

This Mr Happy is not too difficult to make, you just need to practice your raisin twists, you need 2 raisin twists to make this chap, 1 for each arm, he is made from 1 x round balloon and 2 x 260s.

Today I am 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 and you can find out more about it here - http://www.strong-island.co.uk/2013/05/30/camp-bestivals-around-the-world-kids-disco-tour/, The sculpture you can see online on Monday.

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1st June - Minion

I didn't do my usual film Friday sculpture yesterday so I am doing a film Saturday instead, Its a Minion from the film Despicable Me, He is made from 9 balloons, a mixture of 350s, 260s and 160s.

Coming up tomorrow 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 and you can find out more about it here - http://www.strong-island.co.uk/2013/05/30/camp-bestivals-around-the-world-kids-disco-tour/, The sculpture you can see online on Monday.

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24th May - Yoda

As promised its film Friday and today I visit the Star Wars Universe, this Yoda is another Dylan Gelinas design, I made a few changes to Dylans design as I wanted him to have a lightsaber and I didnt actually know how Dylan made his version, you can check out Dylan's Yoda on the Slightly Twisted Facebook page here - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Slightly-Twisted-Balloons/133645573385261?fref=ts

My Yoda sculpture is currently in HMV in Gunwharf Quays, you can see my sculptures in store every weekend so always keep a look out for them. I am currently away for a few days so My Daily Balloon has become fully automated (I hope), if anything goes wrong then I will be uploading some photos on Sunday evening to catch up.

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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22nd May - Mr Tickle

Here is one for the kids (of all ages), its Mr Tickle, I used to love the Mr Men so I had to do some of the Mr Men characters at some point in my blog, 

Mr Tickle is made from 6 balloons, I started with an 11 inch orange round balloon and created 4 raisin twists, 1 for each arm and leg (if you don't know what a raisin twist is then the clue is in the name, it involves a raisin sized scrap of tied up balloon put inside an inflated balloon and then used as an anchor point)

I then added the hat, this is made from a bit of 350 and a 160, it is then attached to the knot of the orange balloon. The Arms come next, these are 2 orange 160s attached to the first 2 raisin twists, then the legs are made from half an orange 260 each, again they are attached to the last 2 raisin twists.

If you are unfamiliar with balloon modelling and balloon sizes then here is a guide - a 160 balloon is 1 inch diameter and 60 inches long, a 260 is 2" by 60" long, 350 is 3" by 50", you also get 5" rounds which are exactly what it says on the packet - 5 inch and round, then there are 11" rounds. There are a host of other shapes and sizes including donuts, bees and hearts but keep watching and I will tell you about those when I use them next.

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21st May - Scooby-Doo

This Scooby-Doo is made from 12 balloons, it is totally my own design and I have spent the last day or 2 thinking about it and working it out and this is the result. The shopping list for this sculpture is
2 x Mocha 160, 1 x Blush 160, 1 x Pale blue 160, 1 x yellow 160, 1 x white 260, 1 x black 260, 4 x mocha 260s, 1 x mocha 350.

On a totally unrelated subject, it was old Mrs Jenkins who was dressed up as the Calamity school ghost and scaring all those pesky kids in order to steal the St Claremont diamond, Scoobydoobydoooooooooooo!!!

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17th May - Gizmo

Its Film Friday here in balloon land and here is Gizmo, the little Mogwai from the film Gremlins.

He is made from 8 balloons, first I used half a Mocha brown 260 and a whole white 260 for the head with a blush 260 for the nose and mouth. Then I added in the arms with the other half of the brown 260, the body and legs are another white 260 with the feet and hands from a blush 260, I used a 160 for the little wristlets and then another 160 for the ears, Next I used another blush 260 and a black 160 for the eyes. Finally I sat him on an 11" red round balloon.

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15th May - Fantasia Mickey

Here is another one designed by Dylan Gelinas, its Mickey mouse from Disney's Fantasia, I purchased the plans to make this not too long ago and yesterday I finally got around to having a go, this was my first attempt at making him and I if I made him again I know I would get him looking even better. 

I am not going to tell you too much about how to make this one as you can purchase the plans from Dylan Gelinas by visiting his website at http://www.slightlytwistedballoons.com/

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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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