There is a choice this month of either the basic bike or butterfly, which ever gets the most attemps I will write up the instructions.
The butterflies were in my original set of lecture notes from years ago, possibly 6/7, time goes so fast especially when you are enjoying yourself  

As my other interest is Entomology - it has to be the Butterfly (Or could we open it up to Creepy Crawlies?)

Mark

Mark, it's not a voting system to see what one is explained but the model with the most attempts posted will be explained. So if you want the butterfly please have a go at making it  

Here is my attempt at the bike.  Now to see if I can properly attach a picture on my first try.

Nat, I'm sitting here with a smile on my face. Your bike looks a very good effort and well done for working out how to attach pictures to the site.

Quote from: "Graham Lee"Nat, I'm sitting here with a smile on my face. Your bike looks a very good effort and well done for working out how to attach pictures to the site.

Thanks for the compliment.  Cat was spazzing out as I squeaked that one into creation, running back and forth --- I am amazed he didn't climb up the walls!  

At the moment the bike is winning by one vote to nil, only a few days left to have a go before I put the instructions up.

My girlfriend has chosen the Butterfly so we both gave it a go.

So with one bike and one butterfly entry I have made an executive decision and will explain the butterfly as there were two made in the picture sent in.

Instructions for the butterfly  

Inflate the yellow balloon leaving 8/9 fingers un-inflated, twist two 2 finger pinch twists and a large4/5 finger pinch twist for the mouth. Twist a 2 finger bubble followed by two more 2 finger pinch twists, the wings will attach at this point later.

Then twist a 2/3 finger bubble for the body, two more 2 finger pinch twists and then leave a 4/5 finger bubble for the tail and discard the rest of the balloon.

You can get rid of the knot by only using half of the balloon and leaving approx 6/7 finger bubble un-inflated and having a 12 finger length inflated as per the second picture, if you would prefer to get rid of the stinger part shape then just leave 5/6 fingers un-inflated of the balloon. This will be a trial and error process but after 2.3 goes you should know exactly how much to inflate the balloon and how much not to inflate.

Inflate a green balloon for the wings leaving 4 fingers un-inflated, I pre=stretched the balloon before inflation and stretched it again after it was inflated.
This is the shape of the wings we are looking for, took the picture not attached to the body for a clearer view.
Twist a 1 finger bubble and twist this around the top pinch twists of the body.

Then twist another 1 finger bubble followed by a 2 finger pinch twist, this pinch twist will help hold the wings in place. Push the air along to the end of the balloon so that this section is very soft, twist the end of the balloon into the pinch twist, you could even tie it to the nozzle of the balloon.
The big loop needs to be divided in equal halves and twisted into a figure of eight with the centre point going around the pinch twist

You then have to half one side of the figure of eight and twist into the back pinch twist, this is why the last section of balloon had to be very soft.
If your balloon is too tight then start again and inflate another balloon and this time leave 5 fingers un-inflated.
Shape the wings by hand pressure or breathing onto the balloon.
There is a section under tutorial about pressure/friction shaping; friction-twist-shaping-t1092.html

Then twist the other section of the figure of eight so that you have four seperate wings.

One set of wings will be softer and it's this pair that you need to add an extra twist into on the wings to give more shape, about a one to two third split.
You then need an orange balloon, I used approx 3/4 of the balloon with a 2/3 finger bubble and tie a knot in the centre, attach around the two top pinch twists.
You can either have a knot at both ends as per the instructions or use two seperate ends, personally I prefer not to have a knot at one end and no knot at the other end.