Fire fighters etc?

Last minute booking for a party on Saturday. I'm booked but one of my twisters was free, so he's going. Fine. Then she asks if we have any fire fighter/truck balloons...no - never been requested before. But they're having a firetruck themed party, complete with firetruck and fire fighters (oh how I wish I was available!) so she wants to make sure there's something just in case...

Would have been nice to have more than 2.5 days' notice.

Anyway, I told her I would see what I could come up with, but no guarantees.

Anyone have ideas? Firefighter's axe would be easy enough, I imagine...anyone know a good firefighter's hat? Quickie truck?

TIA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uua8EpqDv3k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW8mDbQ8OHs

that's a great firefighter hat (although a little complicated for my usual stuff)

I've done an axe before... just a gray 260, make two triangles out of it with pinch twists in the corners and coming to points together in the middle. Attach a brown handle with pinch twists going on either side of the gray part so that it doesn't flop side to side at all. Hope that made some sense. I didn't get a picture of the one I made (I was at a medieval event).... maybe I'll have time to make another?

You could twist a grey & white balloon together for the hose(like a princess wand) & then a light blue & dark blue for the water shooting from the hose... Red & orange twisted makes great fire.

Thanks, loves!

I tried an axe - and got told it looked more like an oversized bow tie, lol. Maybe I did mine differently?

This is what I came up with:

1) The firefighter's hat (which is SO hard to take a pic of, and have it pass the "what is it?" test!)


2) A "fire truck," distinguishable by the ladder


Thoughts? I just know that now we've got a couple of designs, no one will want one...as per usual. lol I do feel better about saying there's no guarantee, and coming up with a couple of options, though - and if no one bites, I'll file 'em away for next time!

Both pass the what is it test w/ flying colors! You're so talented w/ balloons! I can tell you can think in balloon

Haha, somewhat

And my twister said that after all of that, he had one request for the fire fighter's hat, and 2 for the firetruck (one for the bday boy's younger brother, and I've a feeling that was a parental choice ) - the birthday boy got a bumblebee, haha.

Kristal u are very talented they are both awesome love love the fire truck its so cute with it's personality and all