r/BalloonTwisting

I learned a lot. Will be doing things differently next time. Constructive criticism welcome

Ideas for Balloon Flowers

Heya Reddit! I have had this keychain of a balloon poodle for about two years now. It's the thing that inspired me to get into the hobby! I'd love to make a poodle that looks practically the same but I've been struggling to figure out what twists to use... Please help me out here!

his left heel boot thing popped and i replaced it but didnt get a photo of it

I am very proud of these two pieces I made yesterday! I am a very new ballon artist and have only just gotten into balloon twisting practically after years of wanting to try it but never having the money.

When I was a kid, I got a cheap Balloon twisting kit with some birthday money, but the balloons were low quality and I never felt proud of my work. I got easily confused and could only ever make a dog.

The other day, I remembered I’m an adult now with adult money and so I ordered some cheap balloons on Amazon to start practicing with for the moment. I also ordered some Qualatex balloons since I was told by a clown friend of mine that they are the best for twisting.

The guitar was from a tutorial by BalloonAnimals1 on YouTube.

And the scepter was following a tutorial by Balloon Sage. The banana piece was sort of improvised since the creator accidentally left out that part of the tutorial, and while they left a comment explaining it- I got lost and confused lol. So I just sort of figured out something Banana shaped as best as I could. (The original tutorial calls it a moon but I thought it would be funnier to make a banana scepter using green and yellow)

They aren’t the best by any means. But I’m proud of my work because I’m improving!

I’m going to also include a piece that i am not proud of- but was the first balloon dog I made after starting this up again. Just to compare how I feel the Qualatex balloons have helped my improvement as well.

Feel free to give advice in the comments! My biggest struggle right now is measuring. Measuring how much to inflate the balloon, and also how much to twist and making everything look even.

So if you have any tips or tricks I’d appreciate it!

Thanks!

I started twisting a month ago and wanted to share some of my recent pieces..needless to say, I’m hooked! I watch a lot of Holly Nicole George, as you might can tell.