Ideas with latex gloves

Balloon sculpture instructions — Twisted Mind CD-ROM

Ideas with latex gloves

You can have lots of fun with these latex gloves. And besides the transparent surgical gloves, they also come in a variety of colors. Besides the obvious use as hands, this section gives some more ideas for the usage of these gloves. A glove is also used for udders in my cow.

Balloons needed: Latex gloves and various
  1. 1 This is well known. Just inflate and draw features.
    Step 1
  2. 2 A wiggle eye set on the thumb.
    Step 2
  3. 3 Inflate a latex glove, and tulip twist the knot inside the index finger. Use the index finger to tie around the knot and to lock it there. Use that spot also to attach a 6" white heart split in half for eyes. Draw on features and done.
    Step 3
  4. 4 You can achieve the same by using just the glove. Inflate, tulip twist the knot middle finger. Push air in index finger and release some air so that you end up with a small soft bubble. pinch twist this bubble and split in half. Lock/tie this secure using the middle finger.
    Step 4
  5. 5 Turn the glove inside out, and tie a knot at the base of the thumb. On the rest of the fingers, create knots about halfway. Turn inside out again.
    Step 5
  6. 6 Blow up and you got feet.
    Step 6
  7. 7 4 gloves tied together on this coconut brown 350Q stick makes a "palm"-tree. (from Ralph Dewey's "Dewey's Balloon Anomalies")
    Step 7
  8. 8 This basic animal has gloves for antlers. (from Ralph Dewey's "Dewey's Balloon Anomalies")
    Step 8
  9. 9 A well known rabbit. Turn inside out, tie knots in pink, middle finger and thumb and turn inside out again.
    Step 9
  10. 10 Inflate and draw features for this rabbit.
    Step 10
  11. 11 Draw other features and you got this Pikatjuuh like head.
    Step 11
  12. 12 With a 2nd glove, turn inside out, tie the middle 3 fingers, turn inside out, inflate. The thumb and pink will be the feet. A yellow prestige 260 is used here (prestige yellow matches the glove yellow more) for arms and tail.
    Step 12
  13. 13 This dolphin uses a tied off index finger, ring finger and pink. Turn inside out, inflate and draw features.
    Step 13
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