Okay – I have 500 modelling balloons and 9 days until the Big Bike Bash to learn how to do balloon modelling. I had a quick google but was daunted by some of the complexities.

I need stuff I can do while half cut in a field with mild heat stroke that will please 3 – 8 year old children.

So far I have mastered:

The Worm

The Snake

The Log

The Loop Hat

The Long Bracelet

The spokeless wheel

The Sword

I am fairly sure I can do a flower by holding the sword from the other end and folding the stamen in to make another petal.

My latest masterpiece is the dog

Any other easy models people would recommend

Is that a reference to me or a suggestion for modelling?

It looks like you have mastered the “cock” just make them bigger 😳

balloon modelling you say?

how about an elephant?

Did I mention SIMPLE?!?

You asked for simple inspiration* not inspiration to do simple tasks.

Stick with worm/snake/log
😉

*the googling was very simple indeed

<edit> OK here you go some simple balloon animals – with instructions
http://magic.about.com/od/balloontwisting/tp/balloonanimal.htm

Giraffe? Generic dinosaur?
That dog’s pretty impressive but I’d give the, er, ‘sword’ a miss or you might end up on some kind of register 🙂

Generic dinosaur?

Parrot on a swing always hits the spot, fast and easy. Can be worn on the head.

<Nice teat size>
500 – gulp – please don’t fill them with water !

imho – the sword will do nicely / kids will try their own designs

Generic dinosaur?

wtf is that supposed to be? An allosaurus? Nah the dimensions are way off, the spinous process are far too long and I don’t know where to start with the pelvis.

And he got the nose wrong.

Coolest dude on Youtube. (love the little “Eegh” noises he makes!)

[video]http://youtu.be/kMyxI2gkGv0[/video]

5:49 is the funniest thing I’ve heard in ages!

It was a dog and sword, now it is a man*!

*The swollen testicles were a slight mistake

My video helped?! Awesome. Can you also do the little noises?

I have been warned about previous ‘age inappropriate behavior’ at the BBB.

No more rides on the Golden Truck of Dreams and definitely no more bouncing kids through the windscreen.