String Balls

Since I already made you buy all this wallpapaper paste to make our Paper Bowls I decided to show you another craft that you can use it for.  These String Balls or Yarn Balls are fun to make and you can make them with any type of string yarn you have at home.  Of couse if you decide to make it with thread it make take a bit more time then expected.

You will need: sting/yarn, wallpaper paste, balloon and vaseline

Put the paste in a bowl and start dipping the string in it, moving around until the string is moist.

Blow up the balloon to a desired size and cover with a thick coat of vaseline.  You can make these small, you can make them egg shaped, you can make them huge it all depends on the balloon.

Start covering the balloon with string

when it is covered to your liking hang it somewhere for at least 24 hours or until dry.  The time will again will depend on the amount of the string used.

Now take a big knife and jab the balloon… well you can use something small but it would not look as good on the picture.

here you go…. now you got yourself some string balls… it almost sounds like a food post… would you like french fries with that?

They are fun to play with since you can shape them in different sizes

or just twirl them around a bit

until they twirl away from you.