How to Become a Balloon Animal Vendor

Here’s a story that offers a brief introduction on how to make money with balloon animals. There’s a discussion of vending (making and charging for each balloon), hiring out as an entertainer and working for tips.

"The lady [a vendor] I mentioned before says her top seller is Elmo," says the story. "...but she also offers an assortment including a monkey, spider, cobra, Pegasus, teddybears, butterflies, unicorns, bears, dinosaur, and other animals, a green alien, Oscar the Grouch, Tweety Bird, Barney, a ballerina, and more."

According to the story, the vendor charges between one and five dollars per balloon, depending on the complexity. While the listed balloon animals sound like definite "winners" that will be popular with kids, I'd advise that all twisters be aware of the trademark issues.

You can read the story here.

Cool Double Balloon Sword for Parties

Ever work a party where there are lots of little boys and you want to make a special sword for the birthday child? I just came across this spectacular Double Sword that is made of two balloons. The use of the two balloons offers lots of options for not only creating a big sword, but a colorful one that can match the party color scheme, a child’s team colors and more.

You’ll find the step-by-step instructions here.

By the way, in practice, I discovered that the handle, because it's made from two balloons, may be too thick for small hands to comfortably hold. As a result, I found that you can modify the handle so it features an opening between the two balloons that a child can slip his or hand through. It may not look as good but it's easier for children to hold and since they have their hand between two balloons, it's far more secure.

By the way, these instructions are found at Magic.About.com, which is one of the best balloon animal sites on the web. As the name implies, the site is geared towards magic, but it’s got a thorough, well written section devoted to learning balloon animals, and also features instructions for some cool, advanced balloon animals. I’m sure that I’ll be revisiting some key aspects of this site in later blogs.

Young Girls Raise Money With Balloon Animals

According to a recent article, Madison Stirens, a second grader and Madison and Erin Stirens, an eighth grader, both from Owatonna, Minn., made balloon animals to raise money for the Steele County Humane Society.

The girls went door to door in their neighborhood making balloon animals and asking for donations. "We're doing it for a good cause," says Erin Stirens in the story. "It's important to us to make sure they are treated well and taken care of. We've always loved animals."

You can read the story here.