NovDec_2012

Twist & Talk
Quick & Easy Frog
For this frog you will need:
• Twist and Talk balloon
puppet system
• 5 -260q lime green
• 1 -160q lime green
• 1 -350q lime green
• 1 -6” heart white
• 1 -6” geo Blossom lime
(the pictured one is a 16”)
• 1 -16” or 11” lime green
by ALBeRTO Nava
4. Operating
Hold like this.
Operate with
your thumb.
1. Head design
This head design is created with a 6” geo blossom to
get a nice shape for the frog head. Fully inflate the 6”
geo and tie. Inflate a 6” heart just 3” and split it in two
to get the eyes. A single 160 creates the lower jaw with
3 layers of bubbles, divided by pinch twists.
Back View: The back of the lower jaw is fixed to the
head using half of a 260Q lime green.
This is the view under the jaw, the scrap of the 260
goes under the jaw and to the back of the head to fix
everything together.
When you fix the lower jaw always check that the
mouth opens and closes correctly. To work easily on
the jaw, keep the mouth open placing the ring in the
slit on the pipe.
5. Body
A simple 3 bubble body on a
350 will just tuck into the pipe.
Use the nozzle and the tail of the
350 to fix the body to the pipe.
In this way the back is free to
place your hand and operate the
puppet. Of course you can cover
up the entire pipe, except for the
line hole, to minimize the color
flashing from the front.
2. Head mechanics
The top of the head is fixed with the other half of the
260Q green that goes inside the mouth, trough the
geos hole and holds the eyes and the entire top part
together. I added 2 little loop twists with a 260 green
behind the eyes to cover mechanics and to have
another attachment point (for a crown maybe?)
3. Covering the mechanics
I use an 11” or a 16” to cover the mechanics of
the mouth Take the 16” in this case and roll it
up lengthwise. Cut the top. Slide the 16” up the
pipe. Go past the pull ring. Tuck the top part
under the side and back
bubbles of the jaw.
With the 16” you
get a “soft” look
and the velvet
part is perfectly
covered.
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