Twisting - modeling of balloons, involves the creation of a variety of figures with your own hands. Twisting promotes the development of creative abilities and model thinking, develops the motor skills of the hands. Fundamentals of twisting are able to master even children of preschool age. In the master class, we will tell you how to make a sword from a ball.
Suppose you decide to have a fun pirate party . What kind of pirate can do without a frightening weapon? But even toy plastic or wooden sabers can cause a lot of trouble and be a source of injury. Solve the problem will help the sword from the ball-sausage. Armed with swords from balloons, small corsairs will be free to frost, organizing fights, and not harm each other.
You will need:
- special long balls for modeling different colors (at the rate of 1 ball for 1 product);
- hand pump.
Before we start making a sword from a ball, we want to warn that the process requires some skill and patience. Therefore, in the twist of the required figure, it is better to practice in advance. In addition, not all balls sold are sufficiently strong and resilient.
The basic rules of twisting:
- When inflating a large number of balls using a manual or electric pump. Of course, you can also inflate the balls with your mouth, but when you inflate a significant number of products, you will spend a lot of time and energy.
- When inflating, it is necessary to leave a piece of air that is 3-5 centimeters long in the air that is not filled with air, in which air will curl when twisting, otherwise the product will burst.
- All twists are carried out with one hand, the second hand helps to hold the first and penultimate bubble.
- In the process of creating different models from a ball, it is divided into bubbles of the right size by twisting the ball. After each twist, you need to lightly press on the ball, helping to move the air into an empty tail.
- When the ball is twisted, three turns of this part of the ball around the axis are performed. Twisting is always done in one direction (or just clockwise or just counterclockwise).
- Threads in twisting are not used, all inflated products are tied to a knot.
How to make a sword out of balls?
A sword of balls is a fairly simple model. The making of one sword will take no more than 10 minutes.
- We inflate the balloon on the pump, holding it with the thumb and forefinger. We tie a balloon. At a distance of about 20 centimeters from the end, bend the product.
- On the ball, we make one more bend. It looks like a snake.
- Finding the center of the "snake", squeeze all the layers. Here it is necessary to exert some physical strength.
- Several times we twist the ball and then gently straighten it. We have a comfortable handle of the sword. The rest of the ball is a knife blade.
- Pirate sword is ready! Battles, arranged with the help of this weapon, will not cause any harm to the health of young pirates.
If children of senior preschool age or, especially, schoolchildren are invited to the party, modeling of swords from balls can become one of the planned entertainments. Thanks to the proposed simple scheme, you can, together with the children, make swords from sausage balls of various colors and sizes. You can arrange a creative contest: create your own sword and choose a name for it. For example, from a not very long ball it is possible to make a formidable Scythian weapon - an anarch sword, and from a longer and broader - a mighty sword-kladenets.
This kind of task can entertain adults at the party. We assure you, adult men, mastering balls of swords and fighting with their own made products, show no less excitement than boys!