There are many reasons to have a rubber band ball.You can bounce it, squeeze it to strengthen your hand muscles, or keep all your rubber bands in one place.This could become a hobby if you enjoy making your first one.
Step 1: A core is created.
You can start with any small object.A rubber band ball does not include any other materials.A band used to secure vegetables is a short, thick rubber band.If possible, fold the rubber band in half and then half again.You should end up with a flat stack of rubber if you don't twist it.Wrap a thinner rubber band around the thick band.Wrap the thinner band around the thick one in the other direction.Wrap until there is no more slack in the thin band.
Step 2: There are rubber bands around the core.
Two rubber bands are placed over the core.Make sure they are secured.They may have to be wrapped around the core a few times.Once your ball passes a certain size, start with the smallest bands.
Step 3: When the ball is smooth, add more rubber bands.
Wrap rubber bands to form a ball.No one side of the ball is larger than the other side.A ball without an object in the core should be smooth by the time it reaches the size of a golf ball.
Step 4: The ball needs to be tested.
Throw it in the air or bounce it against the wall.There should be plenty of spring in your rubber band ball.If you want to enjoy it, add more rubber bands and watch it grow.For the best bounce, get it to the size of a tennis ball.
Step 5: You can find rubber bands for free.
Since rubber band balls are all about the challenge, why not make it harder?You don't have to pay for rubber bands to expand your ball.Ask your friends and neighbors for spare parts.Ask postal workers, newspaper delivery people, and other door-to-door delivery workers.There are rubber bands that can be used to hold the shoe boxes closed.
Step 6: Make a ball with no rubber bands.
If you don't twist the rubber bands, they lie flat against each other.This is the densest bounciest ball.When you loop the rubber band around the ball, there's no slack because you found the right size.
Step 7: It should be massive.
The rubber band balls are too heavy to bounce without breaking something.The challenge is to make it large.If you find 700,000 rubber bands, you can beat the world record.When the ball is about the size of a basketball, wear safety goggles.You don't want rubber bands to hit your eyes after this point.Over time, the rubber bands degrade.Regular reinforcement is needed to stop the project from breaking apart.
Step 8: Take your old ball and slice it in half.
The corner of your room is where the rubber band ball will sit once you have a basketball-sized ball.Do you want to have one last moment of fun?I watched the insides emerge on their own, like a colony of worms.If it didn't turn you off the hobby forever, get out there and create.