
TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS
• If you’re having trouble inflating the balloon, check it for leaks.
• To see if there’s a problem with your pump, test it out on another balloon
fresh out of the package. Watch out for cheap pumps that break easily.
GO BEYOND
• Balloon twisting can be used for art and engineering! Learn some
balloon design tips with these online lessons from Airigami: airigami.
com/online-lessons.
• Invent your own inflatable robots using designs from math instead
of nature. For example, in 2020 Stanford University researchers
demonstrated inflatable tubes that could be bent using motorized
corners that slid along their surface. Connecting ...