Hi iv just joined yesterday so first hello, I hope I'm in the right forum and apologise if I'm not..iv always loved balloons but for family party's and simple towers arches etc, but now my four year old niece has sent me a picture of pepper pig he stands about five foot, the body looks easy enough but I'm stumped on the head especially the nose.. It looks like a proper pigs nose with nostrils.. I'm figuring the ears are just moddeling balloons but how do I stick them on? Oh and lastly how do I get the rosy cheeks?? Sorry for so many things I need help with.. I'd love eventually to work with balloons part time alongside my own job, thanks for reading..

Audrey I think you would need to put a link up to the picture in question for anyone to be able to help you, I could guess, the nose would be two raisen twists that are tulip twisted as well.

And welcome to the forum, glad you got the bug.

Thanks for your help.ill upload I picture, it's smaller than she wants but still very similar

Is this your picture Audrey64? If not you need to put a link to where you found the picture, thanks.

It's just what my niece sent me so I don't know the link.. Do I need to remove it??

I like to give credit where we can, I would imagine it comes from this website?

http://www.balloonyourroom.co.uk/index.html

Wow I took a look and them sculptures are amazing.. Makes me want to do balloons even more now . Thanks

They are at the bottom of this page.
//http://www.balloonyourroom.co.uk/sculptures-and-characters.html

For the nose, you can get instructions going here.  //http://www.nikoloon.com/school.html  If you get creative, you can do this without the nikoloon system.

The cheeks are just hand drawn circles.   The ears are put on with glue dots, balloon bond, or attached with raisins.  Good luck!

Thanks that's brilliant.. I know I sound dumb but what are raisins?? And what pen can I use to draw the cheeks??

Instructions for the raisin can be found here, raisin-twist-t1096.html

Quote from: "Audrey64"Thanks that's brilliant..And what pen can I use to draw the cheeks??

Sharpie Markers, Edding Paint pens.  I really like the Duck Tape Paint Pens, but they aren't easy to get.

Thanks for that.. I still can't figure that nose out.. I'm still trying tho.    :oops:

Iv figured out I can make a nose with a heart shaped balloon, what balloon would I use for the head, ? Iv got the bug now when iv cracked this I'm definitely trying an hello kitty and a bride and groom..