Well, here it is, the last day of 2013 and my 365th balloon sculpture, Its Toothless the Dragon from the books and films of ‘How to Train your Dragon’. I have wanted to do this chap for a while and thought he would like to be made on the final day of my year. If …
Monthly Archive: December 2013
Dec 30
30th December – Julia’s Necklace
I have been making this sculpture for a really really long time, I cant even think when I first started making it or who showed it to me, I recently heard someone say it was called Julia’s Necklace so that is what I have called it here. Its been one I have been putting off …
Dec 29
29th December – Seal Hairband
This seal hairband is based on a design I saw on facebook recently, the original was made by Dale Campbell and I believe he based his on a Ken Stillman design. This little seal is made from 5 balloons, 3 x 160s, a 260 and a 350. I have just 2 more sculptures to go before …
Dec 27
27th December – Monkey in a Tree
Its a fairly simple one today, I can’t believe I have made it to day 360 and I have only JUST made this Monkey, I have probably made this monkey more times than any other balloon I do, it gets made at practically every magic show I do, I make it all over the place, …
Dec 26
26th December – Boxer
Today is Boxing day and as we all know it is the traditional day for families around the world to take up boxing . . . no not really, its called boxing day because of the Christmas boxes which were given to servants and tradesmen by their employers on this day. It is also St …
Dec 25
December 25th – Father Christmas
Its Christmas day and I would like to wish everyone a really happy Christmas, if you don’t celebrate Christmas then may I wish you a happy holiday instead. It has been one amazing year and I would like to take this opportunity thank you all for following My Daily Balloon. Here is Father Christmas, he …
Dec 24
24th December – Candy Cane
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except Rob and his balloons. Its a simple one today as I am working for a lot of the day today, This candy cane is made from 2 x 160 balloons and the hardest bit to do it to make that …
Dec 23
23rd December – Reindeer Two
I have had such a busy day today that I left today’s balloon until the very last hour of the day but I managed it before the day had ended (phew). Its another reindeer, This one is made from 7 balloons, a mixture of 160s, 260s and 350s, the legs and body are a technique …
Dec 22
22nd December – Snowflake
Its been busy busy busy here in balloon land and so here is a pretty simple snowflake. It is made from just 3 x 160 balloons. My Daily Balloon managed to get onto the Yahoo News pages recently, check out the story here – http://news.yahoo.com/photos/magician-makes-incredible-balloon-art-1387563071-slideshow/ I have just 9 more sculptures to go before the year …
Dec 21
21st December – Gallimimus
Today its Darren’s birthday and I thought long and hard about what to make for him, in the end I decided it was to be a dinosaur, its a Galli . . . . . Galli . . . . . . .Galimimus. The Gallimimus is a dinosaur made famous by the Jurassic Park movie …
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