Q&A for How to Make a Rubber Band Ball

The time varies on just how large you want the ball to be and on whether or not you're keen to keep adding to it over time. It can take a long time or just 15 minutes. It's your choice -- the larger the ball, the longer the time it will need.

You could use loom bands to make it bouncier, and you can make it as big or small as you like it.

Wadding up a bit of paper and wrapping the rubber bands around that works just as well.

If you do not have rubber bands, you could substitute them with hair ties, but it might be a little more expensive.

You'll need something to act as the core around which you wrap the rubber bands. You can tie or wad up several rubber bands to act as one, then begin wrapping rubber bands around it.

You can probably use small rubber bands on a small ball, but if the ball is big, the rubber bands will snap.

Yes, but you'll need more rubber bands to cover it.

You can probably add more rubber bands, or take them all out and see if one is twisted.

No, you can use any size you'd like.

Try to find some rubber bands that are wrapped around a newspaper. I've seen a lot of those. Or just look at office supply stores.

You can use any small object you like, like a wad of paper, tin foil, ping pong ball, or even rubber bands. See Step 1 for more information.

About 4-5 pounds of rubber bands. On the bag of bands at the bottom it says things like "net weight" that should tell you how much it weighs that would be the weight of your ball plus the core (if you are using one).

You can use a marble or a rubber ball.

It doesn't matter what type; the type will just depend on how bouncy it will end up.

Yes you can do it with anything rubber like loon bands, but it's better to use something that is most likely to bounce.

Yes, if it's a very tiny ball, and a large rubber band.

Yes, but it'll probably come out way more expensive than a regular rubber band ball.

If you want to make it tennis ball sized, it would take approximately 300.

Yes, as long as you can physically wrap the rubber bands around the ball, you can use them.

Try to use smaller ones, and be careful trying not to stretch it too much or it will snap.

It depends on how big the ball is/type of rubber band. Try using durable ones, which are found at most school supplies at a shop.

You have to keep adding more rubber bands to cover the other places that are not covered with rubber bands, making sure they are even.

If you have a large, thick rubber band, you can fold it a few times and twist a smaller rubber band around it, then you keep adding more rubber bands.

No, if you have twists in it, it will still bounce, just not as high as it would have bounced.

Yes you can, although clingfilm may be harder than a rubber core.

Yes. Any ball will work. You will like the marble core, as it is less dense and lighter than a golf ball.