How do I Hang Rubber Balls From Ceiling?
When it comes to decorating a room, parents often look for educational tools to display in rooms that are both fun and a learning experience. Hanging rubber balls from a ceiling is a common way to create a solar system in your room. Several parents create a rubber ball solar system for their children using glow in the dark balls, which allow the children to enjoy the planets at night giving the illusion of planets in space. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Eight rubber bouncy balls in various sizes
- One large yellow rubber bouncy ball
- Staple gun
- Large staples
- Pliers
- Picture nail
- Hammer
- Clear fishing string
- Super glue
- Scissors
Instructions
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Staple into the large yellow rubber bouncy ball using the staple gun. Get a feel for the appearance of the ball as this is what the ball will look like hanging. Determine if the staple showing through the ball is satisfactory to you.
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Remove the staple from the bouncy ball with the pliers. Set ball aside, and tie fishing string around the center of the staple. Cut fishing string to desired hang length using scissors.
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Apply super glue to the two ends of the staple and insert it back into the rubber ball using the holes previously created. Press staple into the holes until the center is flat against the surface of the ball.
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Hammer one picture nail into the ceiling at the desired location. Leave nail head out ¼-inch from the ceiling so you have room to tie the string to.
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Tie a small ¼-inch loop into the fishing string. Thread the string through the hole to create an adjustable slipknot. Loop the string around the nail, and pull tight so the string dangles in the air. Hammer the remainder of the nail into the ceiling.
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Repeat this process with all of the rubber balls, hanging them sporadically around the large yellow rubber ball.
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Tips & Warnings
You can use hanging hooks, however, they will show more than a nail.
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- Photo Credit Colorful rubber balls isolated on white (with clipping path) image by Marek Kosmal from Fotolia.com
