How to Make Rubber Band Balls

The smaller the ball, the higher it bounces.

Making rubber band balls can be a fun playdate or birthday party activity. The kids get to make them, play with them — they do bounce like regular rubber balls — and then take them home. Gather up rubber bands of all colors, shapes and sizes, or speed up the process by purchasing a big bag of multicolored rubber bands.

Things You'll Need

• Small piece of aluminum foil
• Various sizes of rubber bands

Instructions

1. Crumple a small piece of aluminum foil into a tight ball. Take a rubber band and wrap it tightly around the foil. Repeat this with smallest rubber bands you have to give the ball a strong core.

2. Continue in this fashion, wrapping the smaller rubber bands tightly over each other, until you need to upgrade to larger rubber bands.

3. Keep wrapping around and around, making sure there are no loose rubber bands — these will "deaden" the ball and it may not bounce.

4. Stop adding rubber bands when the ball is the size you want, or when you run out of rubber bands large enough to fit around the ball.

Tips & Warnings

• Bouncing the ball will cause a rubber band to snap eventually. Just remove the broken rubber band and replace it with a new one.

• Be careful of the rubber bands. Sometimes they are thin and will snap as you stretch them.