March 24 - Picoteel

When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.

~ Bill Watterson

This is a Matt Falloon pico design from Balloon Magic Magazine #85, where he shows a couple designs from his Picos DVD (link) as well as this new one.  It's definitely more fun to learn these from his DVD, though the instructions are clear in the magazine, they lack Matt's goofy charm.

Picos are currently one of my favorite things to do with the random extra 160s that accumulate outside my organized rolls.  They are the perfect thing to build while you are in the car waiting in a parking lot waiting to pick up your kids from school or some event because you can make due with even a little scrap.

It's unfortunate that 160's don't keep inflated as well as the larger sized balloons, that's the one bummer - they typically do not last much more than a day or so without something getting weird or soft.

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