Mr. Snowman needs a white 260, inflated leaving a 5" tail, A black 260 inflated
only about 6-8 inches, and an uninflated orange 260.
Begin with the black (Shown as dark blue here for clarity) and make a 2-3 inch Apple Twist, followed by three soft 1.5 inch bubbles. Give each of the 1.5 inchers a Pinch Twist. Arrange these around the base of the tulip twist to form the tophat.
Tie the nozzle of the white balloon to the base
of the hat, then cut off and save the rest of the black.
Twist
three 1.5 inch bubbles in the white and make a Bird Body. This will be
the head.
Twist three 3 inch bubbles and make another Bird Body for the center of the body.
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For the
bottom of the body, make two 4-5 inch bubbles and Lock Twist them
together.
Repeat this step and push one bubble of one locked pair between the two bubbles of the other pair, giving you four parallel bubbles, attached at both ends.
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If the remainder of the balloon is shorter
than the bubbles in the four-bubble group, tuck it into the middle of the group to make it
bulge out more. If not, Twist off one more bubble the same size, leaving a short bubble on
the end. Bring this down to make a five-bubble group (see the bottom view at left) and
tuck the short bubble into the middle.
Now let's add the features.
Take the nipple end of the orange 260 and push it between the bubbles that form the head
so that about 3/4 inch sticks out the front. This forms the carrot nose. The rest of the
balloon should come out at the bottom of the head and be wrapped around the neck for a
scarf.
Take the remainder of the black balloon (you
should have about 8 inches) and blow just enough air into it to make it rigid. Don't inflate
it enough to make bubbles, but you may want to have a bulge of about 1/2 inch to maintain
enough pressure to keep it rigid. Tuck this behind one of the bubbles in the middle of the
body to make stick arms. You should have half of it sticking out on each side. Take a
permanent marker to add eyes, mouth and buttons. Arleenie notes that in Arizona the
snowman is a mythical figure and adds: "For an Arizona snowman, I just make the
hat!"
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