How to make a balloon bike
This was the most requested design back when the movie "Wedding Crashers" came out. It's a great way to please a crowd and hush hecklers.
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Inflate 5 "260" balloons almost fully- leaving a 1/4" uninflated and giving them a good burp
Take the first balloon, fold in in half, and put a twist in the middle
Twist a small bubble in the second balloon and attach it at the twist in the first balloon
Spiral the second balloon around the first balloon keeping a constant pressure on the balloon while spiraling
Make a small bubble in the end of the spiral and twist it into the first balloon (this will become the first tire and handle bars)
Take the next two balloons and fold in half and twist together to make an x with equal size legs
Take the remaining balloon and twist a small bubble at the end and attach it to the center of the x
Spiral fifth balloon around the "x" keeping a constant pressure on the balloon as you spiral it
Twist a small bubble at the end of the spiral and attach around 2 of the spokes (trapping wheel between them)
Do the same with the second pair of legs
Take one of the legs that is not attached to the tire bubble... Bring it up and twist it into the two legs and the little bubble.... It should look like this. (will be back tire, seat & bike frame)
Make a small bubble at the end of the three remaining legs and twist them together
In the leg sticking up from the tire, twist a small bubble at the top and then make a loop and twist together (making bike seat)
Twist both balloons on front tire together and connect to bubbles at end of bike frame
Gently give the handle bars a little bend
Both of them
And voila... A balloon bike :-)
Copyright Balloon Utopia tm 2012. Www.balloonutopia.com
- 5 "260" modelling balloons
- Balloon pump
Sandi Masori
Head designer and master balloon artist at Balloon Utopia. (CBA & member of the IBA and QBN). Sandi has been a balloon industry educator for over 15 years.
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