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Accessories,equipment & materials: (photo 4359)
Electric Balloon Inflator
Balloon Sizer
Lightweight aluminum frame 6 mm
Florist wire
Wire hair
Stem tex
Cutters
Scissors
Decorative feathers
Black tape
Low temperature Glue Gun
Pump

Gemar latex balloons: (4361)
16 GS110 11921-157-14
10 A50 Black 14
1 A50 Fuchsia 07
9 DM2 Fuchsia 64
4 D4 Black 14
Difficulty: Easy
Dimensions: H 60 cm
Preparation Time : about 35 '

Take an aluminum frame approximately 1 m along and with a thickness of 6mm and shape it like a

Slightly inflate a balloon D4 black no. 14 and cover the central part of the composition, as illustrated in the picture.

Take a Low temperature glue gun and glue a decorative black boa at the basis of the composition.

Inflate 5 balloons A50 Black no. 14 to diam. 11.43 cm / 4.5

Combine the duplet and the triplet to obtain a quintet and secure the quintet to the base of the structure

Inflate 5 balloons A50 Black no.14 to diam. 7,62cm / 3

Fold in half a florist wire and place it into a balloon GS110 black n. 14 “Polka dots”. Secure the balloon to the florist wire with the wire hair.

Coat the stem with the stem tex and repeat 4 times step no. 7 in order to make a total of five petals.

Shape the petal as illustrated in the picture.

Insert three petals between the balloons on the base fixing them with a deflated modeling balloon D4 black n. 14.

Secure the other two petals in the center of the sculpture with black tape.

Slightly inflate a balloon DM2 Fuchsia n. 64 and close it with a knot. Push the knot into the inflated part and fix it at the end by rolling the balloon on itself in such a way as to obtain a tulip.

Repeat the previous step to make a total of 8 tulips. Use the deflated modeling balloons DM2 fuchsia n. 64 to fix 5 tulips in the upper part of the structure in correspondence with the black petals and the other 3 tulips at the base, as illustrated in the picture.

Use the tails of tulips in the upper part of the sculpture to create a decorative braid.

Inflate a balloon A50 fuchsia n. 07 beyond its maximum size and gradually deflate until they reach a diameter of about 12,70 cm / 5

Push the knot of the balloon inside it and fix the knot to the opposite side with a balloon DM2 fuchsia n.64 (“Apple” twist).

Inflate a balloon GS110 “Polka dots” to diam. 11.43 cm / 4.5

Repeat other 4 times step no. 18 to get a total of 5 duplets. Combine all the duplets to make a perfect sphere.

Secure the sphere at the top of the composition twisting two balloons around the structure.

Repeat step no. 12 using 3 balloons D4 black n. 14 in order to obtain a total of three black tulips.

Secure the black tulips at the center of the balloon using the balloon DM2 previously attached to the little apple (see step no. 15).

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