Balloon Twisting with AlakaSam!
Learners will learn how to inflate, tie and twist animal balloons to make a mouse, dog and a tulip.
Sam Chamberlain
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:(386)
What's included
1 live meeting
1 in-class hoursClass Experience
Do you have a balloon animal kit and not know what to do with it? Students will be instructed on how to inflate and tie an animal balloon. Learners will follow along as we craft a balloon mouse, then a balloon poodle and a simple tulip. Instructions will include how to twist and LOCK balloons to form animals. After I demonstrate a basic step in crafting each item, students will twist their own balloons following my example. I can offer specific advice to those who are not following along. My teaching style is supportive, encouraging and affirming. Students should not be afraid of balloons or allergic to latex rubber. Twisting of balloons creates considerable noise and includes the likelihood of balloons popping. Broken balloons, mis-shaped animals and other oddities may accumulate.
Learning Goals
How to inflate animal balloons
How to tie animal balloons
How to twist animal balloons
Other Details
Parental Guidance
Participation leads to squeezing and breaking balloon sounds. Also expect the accumulation of broken balloon pieces as well as a menagerie of balloon animals.
Supply List
25 or more Animal Balloons (260's) 1 Balloon Pump Suppliers: Qualitex Balloons are excellent. Double-action pumps inflate quicker. https://www.google.com/shopping/product/14151254023968671380?q=animal+balloon+kit&prds=epd:5423838592560915571,eto:5423838592560915571_0,prmr:1&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiX1Yebg-_tAhUSr54KHcxVDvEQ9pwGCAU
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined June, 2020
4.9
386reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
My name is Sam Chamberlain and my magic name is AlakaSam. I am a professional magician, balloon twister, scientist and educator. I live, perform and teach in the Seattle area. I have a degree in Education & Natural Resources from Cornell University. I have taught high school math in the US Virgin Islands, worked as an observer aboard fishing boats in the Bering Sea, taught marine biology in the Florida Keys and Seattle, and was a science outreach educator with the Pacific Science Center in Seattle for 24 years.
I started studying and practicing magic when I was 10 years old, working as an apprentice magician for five years at Howard’s House of Hocus Pocus in Buffalo, New York. I was the assistant to the shop’s owner at magic performances and demonstrated and sold magic tricks to customers. While at Cornell University, I completed an epistemological study of magic and developed a magic course curriculum that I have since taught many times.
After teaching math, science and magic for more than 30 years, in 2017 I became a full-time professional magician and magic instructor. I teach the mechanics and psychology of magic performance and students gain experience practicing and performing for me and their classmates. The boost in self-confidence and self-esteem that accompanies a student's successful magic performance is both rewarding and heart warming. I am excited to work with Outschool and look forward to sharing the skills and fun of magic with your kids! Reviews
Live One-Time Class
$17
per classMeets once
60 min
Completed by 22 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 9-14
1-10 learners per class
