Step 1

Step 2

Air inflate four 18″ Diamond Accents Microfoils, and tie into two pairs. Wrap one pair around the bottom of the conduit, then wrap the other pair around the conduit, adjacent to the first pair. Make sure the balloons lay flat.

Step 3

Fully inflate the following 5″ latex balloons and tie them into pairs, wrapping each pair onto the conduit above the Diamond Accents (see “Column on Conduit & Base Plate” below).

Step 4

Helium inflate the 40″ Microfoil, and tie a 260Q scrap onto the neck, leaving two tails. To comply with California Balloon Law, tie one 260Q tail onto a small weight. Then use both 260Q tails to tie the Microfoil into the top two clusters in the Column, nesting the weight in between the clusters to hide it.

Step 5

Make four Yellow Curly 260Qs, leaving 1⁄2″ (1cm) uninflated on each (see “Curly 260Q” above). Starting at the top, wrap the 260Qs around the Column, tying them together with the uninflated ends and knot ends.

Step 6

To make a “butterfly,” inflate two 5″ Purple Violet latex to 4″ (10cm) and tie into a pair. Make another pair inflated to 3″ (8cm), and wrap the two pairs together, so the smaller pair is on the bottom. Inflate a Wild Berry 160Q to 12″ (30cm) and tie. Make a 1″ (2.5cm) Pinch Twist at the knot end (see “Pinch Twist” above). Position the Pinch Twist at the top of the butterfly’s “wings,” then wrap the remaining 160Q around the wings, twisting it together where it meets the Pinch Twist. Deflate, tie, and trim the excess.

Step 7

Repeat Step 6 to make three more butterflies (Orange wings with Wild Berry “body;” Wild Berry wings with Robin’s Egg Blue body; and Lime Green wings with Wild Berry body).

Step 8

Use a 160Q scrap to tie the butterflies onto the Yellow 260Qs to hide the knots.

4-Balloon Cluster