11th July - A Tail of Another Snail

On Monday I made a snail based on a design by Graham, today I am featuring another snail with a slightly different shell design, its not quite as stable as the one I made on Monday but I like the look of this shell. He is made from 4 balloons, 1 x 260 for the shell, another 260 for the body, a scrap for the eyes and another 260 for the antlers.

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8th July - A Tail of Two Snails

This week I am going to make 2 snails, for a while now I have seen Graham making a rather brilliant snail, he usually makes it at his balloon events and I really liked the look of it, so today I have tried to replicate Graham's snail. Later in the week I will be featuring another snail, it is very similar to this snail except I have made a slight change to the design of the shell, watch out for that on Thursday. 

This snail is made from 4 balloons (or 3 and a scrap) I used a blush 260 for the body and a lime 360 for the shell, another 260 was used for the antenna and the scrap was for the eyes. 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.

6th May - Butterfly Two

Its another beautiful and warm sunny day here in Portsmouth and this means plenty of flowers and butterflies. This butterfly is made from 7 balloons, there are 2 yellow hearts, 2 purple hearts, a yellow 260, a pink 260 and a white 260.

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24th April - Caterpillar

What a cute and happy little fellow this caterpillar is, he likes nothing more than to roam around the plants in my garden and scare the neighbours.

He is made from 5 balloons, all of them are 260s, he has one balloon to make the inner core and head, another 2 to make the outer body, then another for the eyes and another for the antennas.

20th April - Centipede

I made this as a kind of experiment to see how it would come out, its made from 12 balloons although most of them are un-inflated, I used 3 black 260s for the main body and another brown 260 running down the back, the head was a 350 and then the legs and antennas were added at the end.

9th April - Bumblebee

I have decided to continue the creepy crawly theme today with a bumblebee, This little chap is made from a mixture of balloons, mainly 260s, there are 10 balloons in total.

I started with a black round balloon for the face and joined it to a black 360 for the central core of his body, the rings were added next from 2 yellows and 1 black 260, I then made a tulip twist in the 350 to make his tail and sting.

His antennas are a black 260 and a yellow 260, his legs were added next and they are 2 black 160s, finally I added the wings (which I nearly forgot) from a white 260.

7th April - Dragonfly

After making yesterdays scorpion I was in the mood for another insect, a dragonfly made from 8 balloons.

I started with his main body and added in the tail, then I added the eyes which are made from a heart shaped balloon, next come the black ridges down the body from a 160 and the wings from a 260, finally I added in the legs from 3 x 160s.

6th April - Scorpion

I was at Marion's house the other day and she suggested I make a scorpion, I don't think scorpions are her favourite insect, I see her more of a butterfly type person, I have never seen a scorpion balloon sculpture before so I thought I would give it a go, thanks for the idea Marion.

My scorpion is made from 9 balloons, 4 x 260 balloons make up the body and half the claws, then a further 2 x 260 are in the tail. The rest of the claws are made from a 350 balloon and then the legs are made from 2 x 160 balloons.

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9th March - Ladybird

Its a fairly easy one today as I have just run in an off road race through forests, fields, mud, rivers, ponds, smoke and obstacles galore, its a ladybird (ahhh sweet) made of 3 balloons,

The red balloon is a heart, the eyes are a 260 and the feet (which you cant see) are a black 260 (which gets wrapped around the balloon making the black line.

3rd January - Butterfly

This one was requested by Lindsey, it is made of 2 balloons, one balloon for the wings and first antenna, the second balloon for the body and other antenna.