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Name of Activity: Balloon Art

|Type of modality |Arts&Crafts/Projects |

|Type of play |Solitary or Parallel |

|Interaction pattern |Extra-individual or Aggregate |

|# of participants required |1 |

|Equipment/supplies |Balloons & Pump |

|Facilities required/environment |Activity can be done in any environment |

|Precautions |Use caution tying/manipulating balloon if fingers go numb easily |

Sequence/Directions (Details of how a to move through the activity from start to finish)

1. Obtain a pack of balloons specific for balloon art

2. Select a desired object to create (selections may be found in various books or online). I selected a simple balloon sword.

3. Pump or blow air into one balloon of your color choice almost completely full (leave a little room for easy manipulation).

4. Twist the end of the balloon and knot it to secure the air inside. Squeeze the balloon once it is secured to make sure it is not overfilled.

5. Fold the end of the balloon toward the middle 6-12”. While holding this fold, fold the opposite end of the balloon toward the bend so that each fold is 6-12’. (At this point one end of the balloon should have two folds and 3 balloon layers, while the other end has just one balloon layer)

6. Grasp the end of the balloon with 3 balloon layers on either bend and twist the center of the 6-12” three times to secure.

7. Once you release the balloon there should be one long end of the sword and one short end of the handle, with two flower petal-resembling handles.

Activity Analysis (What is required of this activity without any adjustments, accommodations, alterations)

|Category |Skills |

|Primary body position |Sitting or standing |

|Part of the body required |Arms, wrists, hands, fingers, eyes, mouth |

|Movement |Carrying in the hands, pushing with upper extremities, twisting, tying, grasping, manipulating,|

| |pulling, turning/twisting hands/arms |

|Physical |Balance: static sitting or standing, Bilateral integration, Fine muscle coordination, |

| |visual-motor integration |

|Cognitive |Sustaining attention, Concentration, Decision making (simple), Initiation, Short-term memory, |

| |Organization & planning, Reading, Recognition of Size/shape/form, Sequencing, Strategy. |

|Social |No social skills necessary, activity may be performed alone |

|Perception |Tactile, visual |

|Communication/language |Reception to written language |

|Self-care |N/A |

|Psychological/emotional (possible) |Frustration of not being able to manipulate the balloon, pride for creating the desired object |

SIMPLIFYING AND COMPLICATING THIS ACTIVITY:

| |Ways to SIMPLIFY demands |Ways to make more COMPLEX |

| |Select simple objects to create |Select complex objects to create |

|Cognitively | | |

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| |Utilize balloon ties for securing end of balloon |Blow air into balloons as opposed to pumping |

|Physically | | |

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| | |Work together to create one object mutually agreed|

|Socially | |upon while all contributing equally |

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Other Comments:

Participants really have free range on this activity. They may make it as easy or difficult as they choose. For example a beginner may choose to watch a video with step by step instructions/visuals (simplifying cognitively), utilize the pump and select very simple objects. On the other hand an expert may simply read breif instructions, blow the balloon up by mouth (physically more complex) and select very complex objects.

Below is a video with visuals on how to make the sword.



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