Gospel Flower

Did this for devotion at a playgroup that I attend and also at Sunday School during songs. It's not my idea. It was by a Christian balloon twister, Ralph Dewey. Very simple and puts the message across.

Yellow, black, white, red and green of the same size for the petals. One almost fully inflated purple for the stem.

Yellow : Golden streets of heaven that God has prepared for us.
Black : Sin that has separated us from God and thus unable to enter heaven.
White : God's desire to clease us from sin and make us pure again.
Red : Is for the blood that Jesus shed on the cross for our sin.
Green : Just like the trees and grass that grow, so should we as Christians who trust and believe in Him.
Purple : colour of royalty to represent God who is the Lord of lords and King of kings. Jesus died on the cross to bring man and God together. A reminder to let Him take charge and be the centre of everything.

May you get to know the true meaning behind the cross this Easter.

 

Seahorse

I've been able to attend some balloon twisting webinar where we learn new designs or techniques by other balloon twisters. This one that I couldn't attend had a seahorse design being taught by Ori Livney from Israel. A few twisters posted their sculptures on the balloon forum that I frequent and I thought I'll give it a go.

It's a real cutie and I tweaked it to my liking. This is my third attempt at it and I'm pretty happy with it. Now to work on more underwater creatures and we'll be set for a Under the Sea themed party!

Brimming Bee

Made this bee a couple of weeks back and love it. It's really fun to make, though it used quite a few balloons. I wouldn't use it for a busy twisting event, but I'm sure a birthday party of less than 10 children will be ok.

It's one of those designs where I thought I did it orginally, but only to realise later on that someone else has already made something similar.

I gave it away to a courier man who came to deliver a parcel and it brightened his day!

I named it my Brimming Bee.

Swinging fun

It has been raining for the last month or so and the park has been out of bounds to my children.

Today while hanging up clothes on my clothes airers, my 5 y.o. laid her teddy bear on the connecting beads on our blinds and pretended that it was a swing. At that, I remember seeing a swing made of balloons somewhere on the internet.

I can't remember what I looks like or who made it or where I saw it, but the idea stuck. So I made one on this rainy day today! It actually swings if you push it.

The trouble with this is that it doesn't quite stand properly. After a few swings, it tends to lean to one side and topple over. I can't hold the weight of anything bigger than this little dog. Might have to use two balloons for each side of the frame instead. And will need to have a bar across the bottom of the swing loops to keep them apart.