A balloon has always been, is and will be one of the kids' favorite toys. No children's holiday is complete without colorful balloons. They are used as decoration of a room or site, and are also an invariable attribute of sports games or competitions. And today, to the great joy of the guys, there are long balloons on sale, which are called sausage balls. Crafts made from sausage balls are so unusual, original and beautiful that they can’t even believe that this is just a twisted piece of rubber. And today the ability to twist figures from long balloons has turned into a real art form - twisting. Twisting masters can perform almost any crafts from long balls: animal figures, flowers, jewelry.
Is twisting complicated? Rules for performing twists
Everyone can master the twisting technique if desired. There is nothing complicated in this. First you need to purchase the necessary materials: a set of sausage balloons and a pump for pumping them. Next, you need to master the basic techniques of twisting to perform craft items from sausage balls. Schemes, instructions, training videos, if desired, can be found on special resources.
Consider the basic technique of twisting a long ball into a figure.
- Inflate the balloon, leaving empty 10 cm from the tail. Pinch the neck with your fingers, tie a knot at the very end.
- Performing a base bubble. Flick the ball with the fingers of the right hand in the place where the twisting will be performed. With your left hand, turn the long part of the ball around its axis 3 times. The bubble will hold on. So that when doing the crafts from the balls of sausages, the twists do not open, you need to do them all in one direction: either all to the left or all to the right.
- The implementation of the "castle". If you need to connect 3 bubbles together, the twist “lock” is performed. To do this, add the second and third bubbles together, bend the ball in the place where the bubbles joined. Wrap folded bubbles around the connection with the first bubble.
Based on these basic twisting techniques, all crafts made from sausage balls are performed.
Long balloon doggie: easy, simple, fast
One of the simplest ball figures to perform is a dog. Inflate a long ball, leaving the tip up to 20 cm, tie a knot that will serve as a nose. Twist 3 identical bubbles in size from the nodule, we fasten two of them together - these are the head and ears. Having retreated a few centimeters (neck), make 2 identical bubbles (front paws). Pull back 8-10 cm (tummy) and twist again 2 bubbles (hind legs). The part of the ball that remains will be the tail of the dog. Draw eyes and mustache with a marker or felt-tip pen. That's it - the dog is ready to join in fun games with your baby.
Having mastered the basic technology of twisting the figures, in the future you will be able to perform more complex crafts from balls-sausages.
From a small ball to a large masterpiece
The art of twisting is not limited to making ball shapes. Garlands, bouquets, large thematic compositions from balloons of various shapes and sizes are today the leaders among all types of decorative decorations of rooms and venues. It looks bright, elegant and very beautiful.
Of course, most often this miracle is ordered from professionals, but if you have patience and call your imagination to help, it is likely that you will be able to build such a masterpiece. Give children a fairy tale!