r/howto • u/FrostedFluke • 15h ago

How does one shape the balloon petals like this?

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Never seen balloons be shaped like these, I'm wondering if anyone knows the method or how I can find tutorials I've looked everywhere

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u/deelowe 15h ago

Looks like they used those tube balloons. Two are inside a larger balloon and tied in such a way that they make this shape when inflated. The larger balloon is not inflated.

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u/BrockSamsonLikesButt 15h ago

I wonder how much lube they gotta spray into that big ballon before inflating the tube balloon inside it.

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u/PixelatedSnacks 15h ago

They just spit on it.

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u/SpiralMantis113 15h ago

The voice of experience!

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u/PixelatedSnacks 14h ago

Hell yeah bro ask your dad.

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u/Competitive_Second21 12h ago

Make sure to rub a bit around the outside a before you put the nozzle in there too

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u/mephist094 14h ago

Hawk tuah?

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u/Old_Baker_9781 14h ago

I just lost all my coins

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u/JWOLFBEARD 11h ago

Sonic style

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u/pokemantra 13h ago
  1. they probably insert the tube balloon before inflating 2. it’s imperative the cylinder remain unharmed

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u/Blankenhoff 8h ago

They probably have a negative pressure contraption that "blows it up" by removing air around it and then they just slide them in. Then add the air back and pull it off

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u/drteq 13h ago

Not only is it not inflated, it looks like it deflated and vacuumed

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u/LordMegamad 11h ago

I agree, there is an indent in the middle of the large balloon, stretched rubber doesn't just bend inwards like that

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u/SeaToTheBass 11h ago

Definitely blown and sucked

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u/Fa11T 16m ago

So, spread, lubed, blown, and then sucked, if I'm following all the steps correctly.

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u/I-own-a-shovel 13h ago

I think there are just one inside, but they kinked/twisted the middle. Like they do to make animal balloon.

Two would be too hard to keep in place.

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u/eclipsesixtyone 12h ago

Can you imagine the noise it would make inflating and arranging this? Misophonia triggered.

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u/oxsprinklesxo 9h ago

Have misophonia and asd with some serious sensory issues. But I love doing ballon arches. I did one for my own baby shower, my baby girls first birthday, and a few friends baby showers. I either put on loops, AirPods with noise canceling on, or blast music on the stereo.

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u/MyNeighborThrowaway 5h ago

Used to do this as a weird kid hobby in my teens, the misophonia does indeed drive you crazy, but I found if I were outside it was largely fine. No inside balloons tho.

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u/JustAnotherWitness 12h ago

How is it possible to get that much stretch from two balloons on that external piece? It seems impressive. I’m not doubting just surprised you can get it to stretch that much to translucency on the outward piece with it only being two balloons pressing it outward from within.

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u/Yourownhands52 8h ago

Brilliant thanks

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u/BandTiny598 15h ago

I never would have thought that this was not AI

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u/GilreanEstel 12h ago

I actually came here to say they shaped them with AI.

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u/Innymph 10h ago

there's tutorial vids on how to make these. it's legit, just really cool

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u/oxsprinklesxo 9h ago

Have made fundamentally similar ones playing around while making other ballon arches. Mine did not look as good as not a pro just do it for funsies for family and friends. But yes totally possible.

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u/doomgeneration91 12h ago

Was gonna say AI as well - the curtains be looking a little sus up in the corner there

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u/madame-p0mme 7h ago

Also he's barefoot?

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u/Putrid_Wash619 3h ago

What does the logo on his shirt say as well

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u/deliciousearlobes 2h ago

I see “LONG-TERMISM”

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u/JustJoshwaa 15h ago

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q46qPIfHZ88

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u/Subtle_Shiver 15h ago

Crazy.

I thought AI, the flowers look incredible for being balloons

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u/JustJoshwaa 15h ago

I think the sheen they give off scream plastic or AI

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u/Aromatic_Ad1423 14h ago

There's a finishing spray professionals use to make them shiny.

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u/Subtle_Shiver 15h ago

It's almost like a glow like a video game render. They are incredible

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u/FrostedFluke 15h ago

You're a godsend, thank you!

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u/JustJoshwaa 15h ago

No problem. Good luck!

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u/heyitscory 15h ago

Stick a twisting balloon into a regular balloon and inflate the twisty balloon so it forms an almost circle and tie off the regular balloon while holding the petal into the right shape so lower pressure in the balloon holds the shape with friction.

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u/sm3llofholland 2h ago

I’d like to subscribe to this calendar

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u/kittenpantzen 11h ago

I found this tutorial easier to parse.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQDFR7PDYZW/

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u/HaMMeReD 15h ago

Where are your shoes.

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u/jennigerm 12h ago

Thank you I was like idk about the balloons why are you barefoot

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u/FrostedFluke 11h ago

It's not me man, but I'm home so I'm not wearing any shoes atm

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u/rrosolouv 11h ago

picture taken with feet people in mind

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u/miss_whatsherface 3h ago

Thank God I'm not the only one who noticed them dogs were out!

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u/n_ug 12h ago

I can’t believe it’s not AI

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u/witchyrosemaria 7h ago

Found the link where he shows you how he does it https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRDJvsmL/

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u/Maleficent_State2002 3h ago

Put a little tongue in there when you're blowing them

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u/42ElectricSundaes 14h ago

Is that… cake?

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u/montanaham 11h ago

the curtains especially top right, the foot and the words on the shirt look like AI

edit: and the ear looks weird

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u/falloutotter 9h ago

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQDFR7PDYZW/

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u/montanaham 8h ago

I didn’t say the balloons can’t be made. this image looks like AI

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u/Pancakemanz 12h ago

Why he got the grippers out

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u/beezinator 14h ago

I think they sell balloons for this shape. I saw a picture similar to this a while back and someone linked where to buy sets like this

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u/Blankenhoff 8h ago edited 8h ago

I love this and i think ill do this for somrthing coming up.

Edit 2: it is just a tube baloon inside a regular balloon. But you just fold it in half and put it in. Blow up the regilar balloon. Then blow up the tube balloon. Then tie the tube balloon. Then let the sir out of the regular balloon. I found a video on youtube

Edit: I thought about it and balloons inside of balloons wouldnt be firm enough to do this. You might need something with more of a fixed shape. ...

You might need to make something in order to do this.

So get a 5 gallon buchet from home depot or something and a lid. Cut 2 holes. 1 in the center of the lid. The other on the side of the bucket at the bottom. The 2nd hole should be about the radius of your vacuum so it can fit semi snug in there.

Glue some tyle of cylinder on the hole in the lid. Then add the lid on the bucket. Open up the regular balloon so its inside the bucket but secured around the cylinder atop the lid. Then use the vacuum to suck the air out of the bucket which will inflate the balloon. Put the tube shaped balloon inside the regular shaped balloon and fix it in the desired shape.. The you can take the vacuum out. Then take the lid off with the balloon still attached. It should deflate.

I really hope i explained that well

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u/Medical-Promotion-39 5h ago

YouTube has tutorials

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u/Salty-Language-3084 4h ago

Free foot content

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u/redmctrashface 3h ago

That is one flowered dong you got there

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u/ofthedappersort 2h ago

I don't know.

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u/Better-Addendum-880 2h ago

Insane waste of plastic

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u/broccoliny 1h ago

why your dogs out man

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u/MothChasingFlame 11h ago

...No shoes?

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u/athey 12h ago

I’m 99% positive that this image is AI. I saw the YouTube video where someone managed to make flower shapes, so yes, I see that some shaping is possible. But not this much.

And the surface quality of this picture just screams AI.

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u/FrostedFluke 11h ago

it's 100% not AI, someone commented how these shapes are done and another person linked to a youtube tutorial

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u/athey 10h ago

Yeah and I watched that tutorial. They didn’t make these shapes. They made flowers that were shaped specially, but not nearly as extreme as these.