So we had this package of balloon animal wannabes sitting around...

I decided that instead of it sitting around wasting its existence collecting dust, that I would open up the package and attempt to make some balloon animals for you.

The package came with instructions, which was a good thing, because I knew NOTHING about how to make any balloon animal of any sort.

In the end, we managed to make a couple of dogs, a giraffe ( or at least it was something with a long neck ), a couple of flowers, a sword, a hat and a few other yet-to-be-discovered species of something or another.

Not too bad for a complete novice.. and as for the balloons, there were only a couple of imploding casualties!