Balloon Cartoons and Other Favorites [Paperback]

Aaron Hsu-Flanders (Author), Aaron Flanders (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 22, 2003

Clowns do it. Your Uncle Charlie did it. Steve Martin got his start doing it. And now with these allin- one balloon-arts packages, anybody can make hundreds of fanciful, bendable, twistable, wearable, popable balloon sculptures, guaranteed to light up the faces of kids from 3 to 103.

Kids and fun-loving adults will marvel as the reader, with a few simple twists, deftly re-creates everybody's favorite cartoon characters, including Snoopy, Curious George, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Mickey Mouse, Popeye, and a dozen others.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

IT'S SHEER BALLOONACY!

Be the life of the party and every kid's favorite grownup

This all-in-one package supplies you with the know-how, materials and tools you need to recreate everybody's favorite cartoon characters in vivid Technicolor. Kids and fun-loving adults will marvel as, with a few simple twists, you bring to life such loveable scamps as Snoopy, Bugs, Mickey, Roadrunner, Bullwinkle, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Under world-renowned balloonologist, Aaron Flanders' expert guidance you'll quickly advance from simple, two- and three-balloon creations like an awesome T-Rex, to more advanced sculptures such as an impish Garfield, to an eye-popping 3D likeness of Puff the Magic Dragon.

You need no prior balloon art experience to create these amazing sculptures. You don't even have to supply the balloons. With Balloon Cartoons and Other Favorites you get:

• Easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions
• More than 150 photos illustrating each step
• 30 balloons in various shapes and colors
• A pocket-size balloon pump

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About the Author

Aaron Flanders (Cambridge, MA) has taught a whole generation of clowns (including Ringling Bros./Barnum & Bailey Circus clowns), mimes, magicians, and children's performers how to sculpt balloons.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 132 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill (October 22, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071437444
• ISBN-13: 978-0071437448
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.7 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,849,427 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)