Ready for Rio!

Each Tuesday, Holly Hopper posts a tutorial on YouTube. I think they are the best balloon animal lessons out there, and most of them are easy to follow yet turn out beautifully. My balloons are never perfect (a wonky eye here, a missing wing there) but they are usually at least presentable. Holly's balloons are real crowd pleasers.

This week, she showed a "generic blue parrot" which of course was preparation for Rio 2's release. "Real" twisters have to react to what kids want, so I am sure this one is going to be popular this spring.

It actually turned out! Except my bird is doing a split, rather than having gracefully curved legs. So I called my trusty assistant Rebecca and told her to gently tug at the legs while I took a picture.

Taaaa-Daaaa, my first Blu! Rebecca was proud that she colored on the eyes and eyebrows.

Nonchalant in pulling down those bird legs. That's my girl! 

She's getting mighty creative with these boring pictures.

Materials: 4x Qualatex 260s but you could get away with 3 if you are any good at using scraps (2x pale blue, 2x black)

Level of difficulty: I'm guessing pretty easy, or I couldn't do it.

Source: The lovely Holly Hopper