BALLS - USED PLASTIC STRAPS - G

8. PENTAGON BALL


Some time ago I learnt to make another item ie the Sepak Takraw ball. I named it the triangle-pentagon ball. Here are the instructions. You need six strips of binders that is about two or three perimeters of the ball. To make it easy use six strips of six different colors. The size of the ball will depend on the thickness of the binders and the tightness of your handiwork.








Start with three strips and make an interlocking triangle. Place the fourth strip on the opposite side to form the second interlocking triangle. Then place the fifth strip on the adjacent side so that you make five triangles cornering five sides i.e. a pentagon. Then put the sixth strip around the five triangles weaving up and down and gather it back in a circle. At the top of that circle, criss-cross the five strips with the other strips to make another 5 triangles.









Weave again with the other strip to make another pentagon and join the strip with an alternate strip to make another triangle and join back the same strip together in a circle. The ball will take shape, then connect each stripe to the other strip interweaving in single weaves. Cut them at a slant and at a point that it is hidden under a weave. Put some rubber cement gum on the ends and tug them under a weave so that they do not come out when the ball is thrown around. It is really fun to kick and hit it just like a feathercock of olden times. It can also be twirled like a top. Use thick and strong strips




Ball made of 6 color strips wounded round three
times for strength.





Ball made of one color strips.



Ball made of thick black strips and light color
thin strips on the center of strips for decoration.







Ball made with thin 1 cm strips used for tying newspaper with metal bell inside. Good toy for little hands of toddlers.