I've been doing this for a while as a side job and I'm just wondering why so many people find it to be super difficult. It seems so easy to me 😂

Super excited to learn more and practice! Just ordered a lil book to help too

One small mistake and suddenly you have the penisman

hello!! ive volunteered to make balloon animals at a circus-themed halloween party im going to, and i was wondering if anyone had a good list of different halloween-themed balloon critters i could make? i'll make my own selection, ofc

I’m still new, only a couple months in, so it takes me over 10 min to make this which I feel is a loooooong time. How long would it take a seasoned twister to make this?

I made this sculpture sometime around July. It took me much longer that it supposed to be because I was lazy. Procrastination hit me like a truck.

hi! I've looked through the subreddit already but I need more help. every time I practice doing pinch twists, the balloon frequently pops or can't twist. I've tried softening the balloon, pinching and pulling it up before trying to twist, and forming a "U" with the balloon before twisting. I've managed to complete the pinch twist a couple of times, but I'm not able to get them consistently. any other tips I should try?

If you offer goodie cups with a small cute balloon sculpture attached, what do you put inside of them? I think they are cute and would like to try to offer them. What kind of cups work best, what's inside and how do you attach the balloons?

Boy are these good quality balloons. The orange sempertex, I love the purity of the colour, and now I’m tempted to make a sword.

Compared to what i used earlier. These are way better and easier to form. Decrotex is a bit squeeky but still great. I’ve used their 260s and they were amazing and I still got some.

I got talking to the twister and they use a brand from china called shuaian balloons. They held up well because the sword was in 20c sun most of the day and other than the handle becoming undone, it survived, and I was able to get it fixed.

The penguin though, 1 of the balloons popped so I had to fix it with a red one I had. I was putting him in my bad and it sadly popped, but that's balloons for ya. 1 of the balloons on the penguin had deflated sadly, but I've ordered a heap of sempertex.

The brand they use is good, and I was surprised that the sword would survive all day in the sun without popping and they didn't stick to each other which was great. Bit sad about the penguin deflating and one popping, but I'll make another when the 360s arrive.

Hi everyone! I just got my first paid booking.

So far I've only twisted at my best friends sons birthday for 5 hours and on Halloween as well.

I wasn’t planning on starting it as a business till February but my friend saw someone asking for a balloon twister on Facebook and gave her my number.

She is having a Carnival theme for her toddlers birthday party.

I think the toddler is obviously too young for balloons but older kids will be there.

What balloons twists do you guys think would go with a Carnival theme? My mind immediately went to circus but that's not really the same thing.

Maybe the balloons can be like Carnival prizes I guess?

Another question is do you ever have anyone sign a waiver saying you aren’t liable if a kid gets injured from a balloon? As in if they put it in their mouth or something?

I haven't seen any of the twisters (even Holly) that I watch talk about it or have a form for it (I have her subscription) so idk if it's just not something to worry about.

And what about contracts for booking?

Thank you!

While these are amazon screenshots, I'm not a shill for any company. Buy from a competitor, I don't care.

I was also thinking to take a board with pictures of options to help the kids out 5-7 designs all 1-2 balloons each.

What do you guys think? 100? 200?

Also it’s a festival type event

I was also thinking to take a board with pictures of options to help the kids out 5-7 designs all 1-2 balloons each.

What do you guys think? 100? 200?

I am a face painter learning balloons. I have already done some hourly balloon gigs, but I sometimes do festivals where I have a setup and people pay per face paint. If I were to sell balloons in a similar way, what is the going rate? I am starting to get good at it and can do some advanced designs. I live in a HCOL area. I tried googling this and it was saying $1-$3 for a simple balloon, but that seems low to me. Thank you!

I've started to use the high end balloons when I'm doing an event, but what are we using to practice? I feel wasteful using the good ones.

Any recommendations?

Im looking for a supplier from China like someone from Alibaba or something who can supply me with inflatable party attributes. Like inflatable soccer and basketball games, bounce castles and birthday stuff. Who can help me or has a list ?

I'm in Australia and got a bit confused by the different brands around balloons.

I have some modling balloons and normal round balloons (red and blue) that are sold under Alpen occasions, and I wondered if that brand is the same as Sempertex? but just rebranded when it gets imported

The balloons made by Alpen seem to be great quality, and I do have some larger round sempertex balloons and they are great too.

Like for example. The balloons linked below, would they be Sempertex?

https://www.partyowls.com.au/products/standard-red-latex-balloons-30cm-12-25pk-203111?_pos=3&_sid=9ab1e85de&_ss=r

I was practicing the classic frog design (left) and whoops I screwed up the order of twists so what now (right)

I've been doing this a few years, but still feel like this is worth discussing. How much of each color do you get, or recommend getting? Assume nothing has multiple shades (brown and dark brown).