May Model of the Month (Dog)

Started by Graham Lee, April 28, 2026, 04:06:22 PM

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Graham Lee

We have gone with the Dog for the May model of the month, hope it's of use to a few.
Would be nice to see a picture or two if anyone does make the design.

This is what will be in all orders for May so people can have a go at making the Dog design.
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Inflate the 260 Blue and leave an 8 finger section un-inflated and a long un-inflated section on the nozzle end.

Make a 3 finger bubble followed by a 1.5 finger pinch twist.
Then make a soft 7 finger bubble followed by a small 1 finger pinch twist.

Tie the nozzle around the second pinch twist.
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Now pull the nozzle tightly and twist into the other pinch twist, this make a nice tight connection.

Then make a 4 finger bubble followed by two 1 finger bubbles and pinch twist them.
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Now make another 4 finger bubble and pull this tightly around the middle 3 finger bubble and above the 1.5 finger pinch twist.
Twist this into the 1 finger pinch twist at the back of the head.

The Dog should look like in Pic 8 and 9.
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The next move is a little different but helps with the look, I have tried a few ways and this is definataly my favourite.

The 7 finger soft bubble has to go over and around just one of the 1 finger pinch twists.
So it comes up between the two pinch twists, as in Pic 10 to look like in Pic 11.

Then make two 3 finger bubbles for the front legs and twist these into the small 1 finger pinch twist.
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You now need a 3 finger bubble for the body and a 1 finger pinch twist where we will add the tail later.

Now make two more 3 finger bubbles for the back legs.

Inflate the 160 Blue to about three quarters and make two 4 finger fold twists for the ears and approx. a 5/6 finger bubble for the tail.
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I always tie in the tail section securely before I deflate the rest of the 260 balloon that we have used to make the Dog.

Now push one ear through the centre of the head.
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Push the ears to the back and up-right.

Now make a 1 /1.5 finger bubble for the nose and just a small half finger bubble for the mouth/tongue section.

Leave a long un-inflated section on both these bubbles.

I hold the nose in place and then pull the un-inflated section down hard and around the lower single pinch twist and back up.
Then back down again and back up to help close the mouth section up. It all helps for the overall look of the Dog design.
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Push the mouth/tongue bubble in between the three pinch twists and again tightly pull the un-inflated section
up and around all the pinch twists a couple of times.

For the eyes make a 2 finger bubble and split into two, twist a few times so you have some slack un-inflated section between the two bubbles.
This helps with positioning the eyes into the head section.
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Put the eyes into the head section and position them to what is pleasing to your eye.
Then add some artwork.
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And hopefully there is your Dog all finished, I like to have the head at a slight sideways angle, it gives the Dog a little more cuteness.
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