Make a balloon Ninja Turtle (step by step)

Ok, here we are. Let’s twist a balloon Ninja Turtle, be more specific - Leonardo!

A 260q Goldenrod for the chest, half way inflated

1. Make a small pinch twist followed by a sausage twist.
One more pinch twist, again followed by a sausage twist.
Lock two pinches together..

A 260q Mocha Brown ¾ inflated for turtle’s shell
1. Two sausages, a pinch goes to the end of the second sausage twist. The size of the sausage twists are better to be a bit longer than the chest.
2. Pull the brown sausages through the gold sausage twists.
3. The ends of the four twists will look like picture 3.
4. Another sausage at the same size of other browns.

1. Twist the third sausage onto the end.
2. A pinch twist to secure them.
3. Grab two gold sausages make a twist to create a look of chest.

Lock all three pinch twists together. Now we have turtle’s chest and shell.

A 260q Winter green balloon for leo’s head and one arm
1. A pinch twist followed by a small petal twist.

A 260q Pale blue for the mask. I should have used 160q balloon, it would look nicer as the mask doesn’t need to be so big. But I ran out of blue in 160q.
1. Inflate about 10 inches. Wrap it on the green petal twist to measure the size.
2. Make a bubble and a pinch twist at each end of the blue.
3. Wrap it on the green petal, and lock it by twisting two pinches.

1. One small bubble on the green, and pinch twist again. I would suggest you make this pinch slightly bigger.
2. Now a quite big petal twist. Please make sure it is bigger than turtle’s mask you just made.
3. Adjust the balloon, push the pinch twist into the middle of the petal twist.

This is how it will look like.

1. Attach the chest and shell part to the head. Make sure they are tight and secure.
2. Two sausages with a pinch twist in between to get an arm shape.
3. Two small pinches with the end as his thumb. I now finished the green balloon.
4. You will need the second green 260q balloon for another arm. I still can’t think of an alternative to save this balloon, if I want to get turtle’s proportion right.

One more 260q Wintergreen
1. Inflate it; leave 2-3 inches at the end.
2. A pinch twist followed by a petal twist as the foot.
3. Push the balloon through the gap between chest and shell, until you feel it’s the right size for the legs and feet. Use the same way to make another foot and cut the rest. We are almost done!

1. Two Grey 260q balloons to make Twin Katana Swords
Inflate little air that enough to make two or three pinch twists.
2. Two or three pinch twists in the middle of the balloon and cut.

3. I made four extra parts with pinch twists in brown as Leo’s knee and elbow protections, only because my boy wanted the balloon Ninja looks exactly like the picture shows on his book.

All done!!!
No more turtles for a while I guess. I am waiting for the new balloons I have ordered. Should be arriving in a couple of days. Thinking about making a detailed Spiderman mask or a Batman… please let me know if you have an opinion.

Have a nice day!