When I was little, my dad used to make these neat paper balloons
for us to play with. He taught me how to do it in about 5
minutes when I was 10 or so. Since then I’ve always been able to
impress the kids (My own and those of my friends.) with this
little feat, although, I’ve never succeeded in teaching others
how it’s done. Hopefully this tutorial will show others how to
easily impress their friends and kids. It’s actually very easy,
but until you’ve made two or three, it won’t seem that way. The
most important thing to remember is that every step after the
third has to be repeated four times and the folds should be as
exact as you can do. Tools? There are none. Only your hands and
a sheet of paper. This also makes it more impressive when the
kids watch you make it. It’s almost like a magic act. If your
paper isn’t square to begin with, you’ll do a little tearing in
step 2. While you could use scissors, it would take away from
the performance. I’ve created a printout that should help you
the first couple of