AYLUS Oakland Gardens Branch Makes Balloons and spread happiness (07/18/2024)

We were making balloons because of our branch’s first anniversary is coming up. When we arrived, we got balloons and started to pump them right away. We tried to pump them until the end was at least one inch long. The first basic one we learned how to make were dogs. Some people knew how to make these, while many did not. Parent advisor Fannie teach us how to make them, among many others. The members quickly learned the basic one, the dog. To make the dog, the members had to pump the balloons and tie it up. We made heads, ears, necks, and legs. While we were making them, the balloons started popping due to the pressure and friction from twisting them. This caused our members to be scared of twisting the balloons as they don’t want the balloons to pop. After a while, there wasn’t much popping as we started to go more advanced.

We learned swords, swans, flowers, and more. There were some people who help others. The weather became colder as we progressed through the event. Then, we took a group photo and after that, the members went back to work. Then we realized that there were holes in some balloons, so we had to throw them out. At the end of the event, we made a lot of balloons so we went and gave it to the community, as we wish to spread some happiness to the people around us. We also picked up and threw out any rubber from the balloons popping.

Overall, this event was fun and had taught us about how to handle with balloons and make different balloons. We will continue to make balloons to get better while spreading smiles to everyone around us.