Today, you’ll enjoy to learn how to make balloon giraffe. In my previous craft post, I told you how to make balloon dog. I know it was really fun for you and your kids.  Making a balloon giraffe is more interesting. Some body parts of Giraffe are long and some are short.  So, you have to be ready, to make these body parts proportionally.

Yes, it is really easy to make it. Your kids will definitely love balloon giraffe a lot.

Watch the following video to learn how to make balloon giraffe. It is also one of the easiest balloon animals for beginners in balloon modelling.

You need 260Q balloon, balloon inflation pump, and marker pen to make balloon giraffe.

1. Inflate Your Balloon

First of all, inflate your 260Q balloon with the help of balloon inflation pump. Hold the balloon sleeve on pump nozzle tightly. Then pump to blow air.

2. Tie the Knot

Before tying a knot at the mouth of the balloon, be sure to leave an empty tail at the another end of the balloon. Generally, the length of the empty tail is equal or more than your palm’s width.

When you will twist your balloon several times to shape the giraffe (or any desired shape), some amount of the air of the balloon will transfer to tail and it will protect your balloon from bursting.

3. Make Giraffe’s Face

After you tie the knot, you can start your balloon modelling and balloon twisting.

Always start balloon sculpture from the tying end of the balloon.

To do this, hold your balloon’s mouth part in your left hand and hold the rest longer part of balloon in your right hand. Support your balloon sculpture from left hand as well as pinch the balloon during twisting from the left hand. Always twist the balloon from your right hand.

Decide the length of the face of your balloon giraffe. Pinch your balloon between the index finger and thumb of your left hand. Now twist the balloon 4-5 times from your right hand in clockwise direction.

4. Make 1 Ear of Your Balloon Giraffe

You should decide the length of the ear of your balloon giraffe. Giraffe ears are short in length. So, make them accordingly. Move your left hand forward, without releasing the face of the giraffe (otherwise the twisting will open).

Now pinch and twist the balloon 4-5 times to make ear same as you made the mouth.

5. Make 2nd Ear of Your Balloon Giraffe

Keep holding the mouth and 1st ear of your balloon giraffe, and bend the balloon just from the twisted end of 1st ear. Pinch the balloon in equal size of the 1st ear of the giraffe, and twist both the ears together 4-5 times.

By doing this, the mouth of the giraffe and both the ears will lock properly and now you can release them and set free.

6. Make Neck of Your Balloon Giraffe

You should first decide the length of the neck of your balloon giraffe. Remember that neck of giraffe is very long. Bend the balloon upward at the place where you want neck ending.

Then pinch and twist the balloon at that place 4-5 times to make the neck of the balloon, and keep it hold.

7. Make 1st Front Leg of Your Balloon Giraffe

Make the 1st front leg of your balloon giraffe same as you made the 1st ear of the giraffe. Make it longer because giraffe has tall front legs.

For this, hold the neck of the giraffe from the last two fingers of your left hand. Move your first two fingers of left hand forward. Now, pinch the balloon and twist it 4-5 times to make 1st front leg of your balloon giraffe.

8. Make 2nd Front Leg of Your Balloon Giraffe

Bend the balloon at the end of the twist of 1st leg of the giraffe.

Pinch the balloon at the equal size of 1st leg. Now, twist both the legs together to lock the neck and the front legs of the giraffe. Now you can release and set your giraffe free because the neck and the legs are locked.

9. Make Stomach of Your Balloon Giraffe

Now decide the length of stomach of your balloon giraffe. Stomach length is medium size. You can keep it shorter then front legs.

Pinch your balloon and twist 4-5 times to make the stomach of the balloon giraffe.

10. Make Rear Legs of Your Balloon Giraffe

Make the rear legs of your balloon giraffe exactly same as you made the front legs of your balloon giraffe. The only difference is that rear legs are shorter than front legs.

11. Make Tail of Your Balloon Giraffe

After making the rear legs of the giraffe, the remaining balloon automatically becomes the tail of your balloon giraffe.

 12. Mark Eyes and Spots

With the help of soft tip marker pen, you can easily mark the eyes and spots on the your balloon giraffe. It will give a real look to giraffe.

Your amazing, lovely, beautiful balloon giraffe is ready in very easy and quick steps.

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