Now we have two ways to finish the back of the panda, just one more 5 finger bubble back down to the small black pinch twist at the bottom of the body.
You can then get rid of the excess white 260, perhaps the first couple of times you try the panda you will make this way but then after a few goes you might like to try plan B.

Plan B, make another 5 finger bubble and then a 4 finger bubble and get rid of the excess white balloon.

The knot is made into a soft pinch twist/fold twist and is a support for the head at the neck.
It also helps to push the head up at the back so that the front looks a little downward.
I like it sitting like this myself, it's pleasing to my eye.

The back of both panda's.

For the 260 lime for the panda to sit on, inflate leaving 6 fingers un-inflated. Make a 4 finger fold twist, approx. (an 8 finger bubble this would be)

I then eventually made five more of these.

I made 6 of these but for the first couple of goes you may want to just have five fold twists.

Leave a 1.5 finger bubble in the centre of the fold twist and deflate the rest of the 260.

Wrap the excess of the lime 260 around the black pinch twist of the panda.

Hopefully you will have a Panda looking a little similar to these.

On some I did use the white marker to colour the eyes but I rather like these as they are with no added eye markings.

You can either have a go at the panda just for fun or if you do buy from the website, http://www.balloonartwholesale.co.uk then you will get a complimentary bag
of balloons to make the panda and we will add your name into the hat to win a balloon modelling DVD. Would be nice to see a few posting.
Hope this is a usable model for the real world?

Fun design!  Still working on using only two balloons!  I'm having a bit of trouble with the eyes!  Thanks for sharing!

Quote from: "belleque"Fun design!  Still working on using only two balloons!  I'm having a bit of trouble with the eyes!  Thanks for sharing!

Glad you are having a go, you could use three balloons, blue eyes might look nice?

Hi Graham ,thanks for the super fast order, and a great panda design!! I can see a bulldog/blood hound in that design!! Sorry for the picture quality, was on my phone!!

here is my entry. i like this design and i will be using this if i get any panda requests!!

Here is my Panda entry, what a cute little guy!

A two balloon panda that is quick to make and looks the part, what more could you ask for?
Thank you Graham for a great competition item

Here is my entry...... (if the photo doesn't appear it's cos I'm still rubbish at adding photos ... haha)
Must admit the eyes/nose took me a "few" attempts and I felt like pulling my hair out at one point as I just couldn't do it for some reason....haha!!!

The left panda is made without tutorial and for right one I used the tutorial

Richard just asked on facebook if he missed the winner of the panda competition being announced, oops

No I forgot to put all the names into the hat to pick a winner, off to do it now.

Thanks to Kenny, Clare, Kim, Richard, David(jana) and Marjoke for taking part.