<p>Name of Activity: Balloon Art </p><p>Type of modality Arts&Crafts/Projects</p><p>Type of play Solitary or Parallel</p><p>Interaction pattern Extra-individual or Aggregate</p><p># of participants required 1</p><p>Equipment/supplies Balloons & Pump</p><p>Facilities required/environment Activity can be done in any environment</p><p>Precautions Use caution tying/manipulating balloon if fingers go numb easily</p><p>Sequence/Directions (Details of how a to move through the activity from start to finish) </p><p>1. Obtain a pack of balloons specific for balloon art</p><p>2. Select a desired object to create (selections may be found in various books or online). I selected a simple balloon sword.</p><p>3. Pump or blow air into one balloon of your color choice almost completely full (leave a little room for easy manipulation).</p><p>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.</p><p>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)</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Activity Analysis (What is required of this activity without any adjustments, accommodations, alterations)</p><p>Category Skills</p><p>1 Primary body position Sitting or standing</p><p>Part of the body required Arms, wrists, hands, fingers, eyes, mouth</p><p>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</p><p>Perception Tactile, visual</p><p>Communication/language Reception to written language </p><p>Self-care N/A</p><p>Psychological/emotional (possible) Frustration of not being able to manipulate the balloon, pride for creating the desired object</p><p>SIMPLIFYING AND COMPLICATING THIS ACTIVITY:</p><p>Ways to SIMPLIFY demands Ways to make more COMPLEX Select simple objects to create Select complex objects to create Cognitively</p><p>Utilize balloon ties for securing Blow air into balloons as Physically end of balloon opposed to pumping</p><p>Work together to create one Socially object mutually agreed upon while all contributing equally</p><p>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 </p><p>2 read breif instructions, blow the balloon up by mouth (physically more complex) and select very complex objects. </p><p>Below is a video with visuals on how to make the sword. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st1rhmNlkE4</p><p>3</p>