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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27th February - Top Hat and Bow Tie

Its 2 balloon models for the price of one today, a top hat and a bow tie, the hat is made of 13 x 260 balloons  (12 black and 1 white). The bow tie is made from 2 x 260s, It would make an excellent Mad Hatters hat I think with the addition of a price tag.

17th February - Snake

Its an easy balloon today, a simple snake, he is made from just 2 x 260 balloons, one for the eyes/tongue and one for the head and body, he takes me about a minute to make.

11th February - Saxaphone

Well, Yesterday my Dennis the Menace balloon got liked by Nigel Parkinson (he is the current official artist for Dennis the Menace in the Beano and on TV) so to celebrate I will play you a tune on my Balloon Saxaphone, do do do do do doooooooooooo.

This is made from 6 (maybe 7) balloons, it is a mixture of 160, 260s, 350s and 647s and it took me about 30-45 mins to make.

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.

3rd February - Acoustic Guitar

Here I am with an acoustic guitar, it didn't sound too good when I played it but that's because I cant play the guitar, my instrument of choice is the triangle.

This guitar is made up from 3 brown 350s, 1 mocha (dark brown) 350, and a tiny bit of left over black 160 for the bridge.

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.

31st January - Little Horse

Nat suggested to me that the last day of each month should be saved for a big balloon model, This Horse really is this big, I promise its not been photo-shopped, Its made up of balloons sized 646 (6 inches x 46 inches). There are 7 balloons in this model, 4 in the body, then 2 x 260s to make up the mane and finally a 160 for the reins.

I took this to a show and gave it to a little girl, she was so pleased with it however I do wonder how she got on with getting it home. 

29th January - Chainsaw

I was inspired to do this the other week when I heard a radio advert for the upcoming Texas Chainsaw Massacre film (it will be a favourite for all the kids).
Its made from 7 balloon, 2 grey 160s make up the chain, a black 350 makes up the chain guide bar, 2 orange 260s make up the main section and then 2 black or brown 160s make up the handles.

24th January - Armadillo

Here is an Armadillo, I love Armadillos, I saw some in America once, they can hold their breath for 6 minutes and can jump really high. This one is made from 3 Balloons, there are  2 x 260s and 1x 160 (for the tail, ears and a few of the bands)

20th January - Norman Helmet

Here is a helmet to wear when you plan to recreate the Bayeux Tapestry, its a Norman helmet and is normally made from just 2 balloons, however I made this one from 3 balloons plus a small piece from a left over 160 balloon for the nose guard.

18th January - Assault Rifle

I generally don't like making gun balloons for kids and usually refuse to make them when I am asked but I can make a few different ones, here is an assault rifle (or a super soaker), its just 2 balloons. Thanks to Sean for this design.

10th January - Trophy

Today Darren and I visited the highest point of 30 London boroughs, it took over 15 hours so we made this trophy to celebrate.

4th January - Jester Hat

Here is the first of many hats that I make, I call it a Jester hat, I think that is the best description anyway. It is made up of 6 balloons.