Balloon Twisting Competition
November 14th, 2011When planning a balloon twisting competition, how long should the competitors have to create their entries? Last week, I went to the Mid-Atlantic Clown Association annual convention and participated in their balloon competition. They had two categories, single and multiple balloons. My problem was that I felt they gave too much time.
This was a clown convention, and most clowns make balloons at parties where they need to make balloons for all of the children at the party. At parties, I feel that balloons should not take more than about 5 minutes to make. Actually, I often need to make balloons in under 2 minutes. I can see taking a little longer for the birthday child, but the competition gave 30 minutes to create the entry for the multiple balloon category. I feel this turns it from a balloon for a child at a party into a centerpiece balloon. While that is a valid category of balloons, it is not my primary focus and probably not the primary focus of most clowns doing balloons at birthday parties.