African Wild Safari Balloon Animals

I looked into modeling balloons and Qualatex are the ones to look out for. These are quality modeling balloons used by professional children's entertainers. We've had cheap balloons before and let's just say that balloon modeling is tricky enough. 

Qualatex modeling balloons aren't very expensive so this isn't the place to save a few pennies. 

The balloons come in a variety of color multi-packs. We chose the Character pack which has lots of skin tones - perfect for animals. 

Brightly colored balloons are fun too, who says balloon animals have to have realistic colors anyway? Ah well, actually that would be my nearly five year old, he's a stickler for detail.

We've got a balloon pump too. We've found that it's easier to evenly inflate the balloons with a pump. 

At the moment, I've ordered the balloons and I'm waiting for them to arrive. I'll update once we've starting making our balloon animals. 

The experts often use a marker pen to add details like eyes, stripes and whiskers to a balloon animal. It makes the animals more realistic. 

Another option is to use craft foam shapes to add spots, strips, eyes, ears and other features to your balloon animals. 

For an amateur balloon modeler a few tricks like this can make all the difference! As long as your balloon animal has roughly the right shape you can do a lot to help it along with a few marker lines or sticking a few bits on.