Here are the instructions for the giraffe,

Mouth
Half inflate a chocolate brown balloon & do a 5 finger fold twist, repeat for the second fold twist. This is then followed by two 1 finger pinch twists.

Head.

Inflate a golden rod to 5 fingers un-inflated.
Attach nozzle onto the mouth then twist a 3 finger bubble, a 1 finger pinch twist, another 3 finger bubble around the mouth & the last 3 finger bubble around the pinch twist.
A 6 finger bubble then a 1 finger pinch twist, twist the next 6 finger bubble around the first pinch twist with a 7 finger bubble, top of head going around the second pinch twist.
The rest of the balloon is divided into two large fold twists for the ears.

Please note that I make the models with Sempertex balloons so you may need to slightly re-adjust your sizing for other brands of balloons

Hat & neck

Inflate two balloons to 4 fingers un-inflated & tie both knots together, measure around victims head & twist together. Put a two finger pinch twist into each balloon to help support the neck & head, platt the neck till 4 fingers of both balloons are left & twist together.
Attach these around the ears on the head. Push a 2 finger bubble to the end of the balloons for the giraffe's antenna

Eyes
Inflate balloon for a 6 finger bubble & twist into two & tightly tie them together, twist the balloon so that it forms two small fold twists & push fit into the giraffes head

Tail
Inflate either a chocolate brown or goldenrod balloon to 8 fingers inflated & twist two 1 finger pinch twists. Then push a 3 finger bubble to the end of the balloon and attach to the back of the hat to hide the knots.

And finally draw on the eyes. If you do have a go at making the giraffe please post your efforts to encourage others to have a go.

OK - thank you, Graham. I was still puzzling out which end to start twisting from when you gave us these directions.  :oops: I too preferred the face with the lips drawn on, and I gave her eyelids. Not happy with the artwork, though. Better next time.

The Q balloons are definitely too short. Am going to order S balloons next time, and am looking forward to getting 360s in S as well. BTW Graham, I have so admired the giraffe hat that is on BalloonHQ, and really wanted to do it, but it takes 350/360s. I was thrilled to discover there was a good one in 260s - so THANK YOU!

Cheers,
Kath 8-)

Kath,

The artwork looks good to me, especially the eyes. It gives the giraffe a definately girly look to me

here my quik attempt