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Hello.
We are going to make mermaid.
Inflate a balloon leaving a five inch flat tail.
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Twist the 1st two inch bubble.
It is the head.
The next 5 bubbles we twist to make the arms.
Twist the 2nd five inch bubble.
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We are twisting 5 bubbles to make the arms
with pop up twist.
Twist the 3rd soft one inch bubble.
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Twist the 4th one inch bubble.
The 4th bubble we are going to pop, later.
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Twist the 5th soft one inch bubble.
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Twist the 6th five inch bubble.
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Lock both ends of the chain
of the last 5 bubbles in one lock twist.
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We have made arms.
Now we are going to fix hands.
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Lock both ends of the 3rd bubble
in one lock twist.
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Lock both ends of the 5th bubble
in one lock twist.
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We have made the arms with hands.
We can pop the 4th bubble now to split the hands.
Well, I rather keep the 4th bubble for now.
I will use black balloon to make hair.
Inflate the black balloon leaving a seven inch flat tail.
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Lock the nozzle of the black balloon
between the head and the arms bubbles
of the pink balloon.
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Twist the 1st black soft two inch bubble.
Lock the free end of the 1st black bubble
with nozzle of the pink balloon.
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Twist the 2nd black soft one inch bubble.
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Lock both ends of the 2nd black bubble
in one lock twist.
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Twist the 3rd black soft two inch bubble.
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Lock both ends of the chain
of the first three black bubbles in one lock twist.
Fix all bubbles in proper positions.
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We have made the hair.
Now you can cut off the rest of the black balloon
Or you can keep it to make different hair style.
Twist the 4th black three inch bubble
to make the ponytail.
To make two tails,
twist the 5th black soft one inch bubble.
Twist the 6th black uh...three inch bubble.
Lock both ends of the chain
of the last three bubbles in one lock twist.
Twist the 7th three inch bubble
to make the hair style fancy.
Lock the free end of the 7th black bubble
around the ends of the 5th black bubble.
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Wow!
This doll has very thick hair.
We can cut off the rest of the black balloon.
Or just lock it in one lock twist.
Actually it looks even better.
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Fix all bubbles in proper positions.
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We have made the head with arms.
It is basic doll's body.
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You can use it to make different dolls.
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Now we can twist the 7th pink bubble
to make the body of the doll.
The body we can attach to the tail,
to make the mermaid.
We can use a permanent marker
to draw the face of the doll,
before we get to the tail.
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Draw the eyes, the nose
and of course the smile.
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Alright.
Let's put the body of the doll aside for now.
Use a green balloon to make the tail.
Inflate the green balloon
leaving a three inch flat tail.
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Twist the 1st soft one inch bubble.
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Twist the 2nd soft one inch bubble.
Lock both ends of the chain
of the first two green bubbles in one lock twist.
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Lock both ends of the 1st green bubble
in one lock twist.
At the same time you lock both ends
of the 2nd green bubble in one lock twist.
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Twist the 3rd twelve inch bubble.
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Twist the 4th soft one inch bubble.
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Lock both ends of the 4th bubble in one lock twist.
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Twist the 5th four inch bubble.
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Twist the 6th three inch bubble.
Twist the 7th four inch bubble.
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Lock both ends of the chain
of the last three bubbles in one lock twist.
Twist the 8th soft one inch bubble.
Lock both ends of the 8th bubble
in one lock twist.
Twist the 9th twelve inch bubble.
Lock both ends of the chain
of the first 9 bubbles in one lock twist.
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The rest of the balloon is the 10th bubble.
You can keep it or cut it off.
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Braid or weave the 3rd and the 9th bubbles
around each other.
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Fix all bubbles in proper positions.
We have made the tail of the mermaid.
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Now we can attach the body to the tail.
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Twist the 7th pink five inch bubble.
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Lock the free end of the 7th pink bubble
between the first two green bubbles.
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The rest of the pink balloon is the 8th bubble.
Use scissors or your fingers
to cut off the 8th bubble.
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Hide the end of the pink balloon between bubbles.
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OK.
We are almost done.
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Now we can pop the 4th pink bubble
to split the doll's arms bubbles apart.
Use scissors to pop the bubble.
Boom!
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Fix all bubbles in proper positions.
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Congratulations,
we have made the mermaid.
You can use the mermaid body
to make different dolls.
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Have fun and happy twisting :)
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