Comments on: to make : surprise ball http://www.notmartha.org (p.s. I now have comments, yay.) Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:37:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jennifer http://www.notmartha.org/tomake/surpriseball/#comment-131131 Jennifer Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:53:03 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/wordpress/tomake/to-make-surprise-ball/#comment-131131 I'm having a hard time actually finding crepe paper in non-day glow colors. Where do you find crepe paper? Thank you! Jennifer I'm having a hard time actually finding crepe paper in non-day glow colors. Where do you find crepe paper?

Thank you!

Jennifer

]]> By: Allison http://www.notmartha.org/tomake/surpriseball/#comment-125450 Allison Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:09:42 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/wordpress/tomake/to-make-surprise-ball/#comment-125450 My mom used to make this for me and my sister for our birthdays when we were very little. I completely forgot about them :) She would use a bouncy ball for the middle and then wrap it with one long piece of cray paper (like the kind you decorate with) and then add stickers (with their backings still attached), and anything else little and inexpensive she could fit in there. Thanks for the memory! My mom used to make this for me and my sister for our birthdays when we were very little. I completely forgot about them :) She would use a bouncy ball for the middle and then wrap it with one long piece of cray paper (like the kind you decorate with) and then add stickers (with their backings still attached), and anything else little and inexpensive she could fit in there. Thanks for the memory!

]]> By: Julie http://www.notmartha.org/tomake/surpriseball/#comment-81183 Julie Sat, 03 Nov 2007 07:48:16 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/wordpress/tomake/to-make-surprise-ball/#comment-81183 I make these for Christmas but I make huge ones. I use the regular crepe paper and a ton of small things. Some toys, some useful things. Some for kids and some for adults. The finished ball is as big as a basketball or bigger. What we do is sit around the table, passing the ball around. Once we get a prize, we pass it to the next person. We just keep going around and around until all the prizes are gone. I make these for Christmas but I make huge ones. I use the regular crepe paper and a ton of small things. Some toys, some useful things. Some for kids and some for adults. The finished ball is as big as a basketball or bigger. What we do is sit around the table, passing the ball around. Once we get a prize, we pass it to the next person. We just keep going around and around until all the prizes are gone.

]]> By: Georgia Browne http://www.notmartha.org/tomake/surpriseball/#comment-54901 Georgia Browne Wed, 01 Aug 2007 05:57:30 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/wordpress/tomake/to-make-surprise-ball/#comment-54901 My grandmother used to make them with me when I was very small. I'm now 69 and I still remember them (and her) fondly. Sometimes she would make one for my birthday party and when kids sitting around the table would pass the ball around and around, trinkets would fall out onto someones' lap. The last person to finish the ball would 'win' the last and best prize that was in the center of the ball. My grandmother used to make them with me when I was very small. I'm now 69 and I still remember them (and her) fondly. Sometimes she would make one for my birthday party and when kids sitting around the table would pass the ball around and around, trinkets would fall out onto someones' lap. The last person to finish the ball would 'win' the last and best prize that was in the center of the ball.

]]> By: Ellen http://www.notmartha.org/tomake/surpriseball/#comment-50024 Ellen Wed, 04 Jul 2007 13:21:15 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/wordpress/tomake/to-make-surprise-ball/#comment-50024 Oh, AWESOME! I just saw these in a wedding magazine at £14 (that's $28) a pop and thought they looked cool, but no way am I spending THAT much on favours- I look them up on google and here you are with a how to! ROCK! Oh, AWESOME!

I just saw these in a wedding magazine at £14 (that's $28) a pop and thought they looked cool, but no way am I spending THAT much on favours- I look them up on google and here you are with a how to!

ROCK!

]]> By: Rachel Upton http://www.notmartha.org/tomake/surpriseball/#comment-8803 Rachel Upton Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:40:25 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/wordpress/tomake/to-make-surprise-ball/#comment-8803 What a cool website , heaps of ideas for me to make. I had seen Mystery Charm Balls on The vermont Country Store Web Site - there is nothing like this in New Zealand. So thought I search engine how to make them and your Web Site came up. I have book marked it as there are so many things I like to try making. Keep up the great ideas. rachel What a cool website , heaps of ideas for me to make. I had seen Mystery Charm Balls on The vermont Country Store Web Site - there is nothing like this in New Zealand. So thought I search engine how to make them and your Web Site came up. I have book marked it as there are so many things I like to try making. Keep up the great ideas.
rachel

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.notmartha.org/tomake/surpriseball/#comment-2965 Jennifer Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:51:08 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/wordpress/tomake/to-make-surprise-ball/#comment-2965 I ran across suprise balls on the Tops Malibu site and decided to make one for my 81 year old Grandmother for her birthday. She had never heard of one, but she loved it! I wrapped nicer gifts in hers, like earrings and sugar-free candy (she's diabetic). For the center, I used some soft "house-socks" and I wrapped the whole thing with regular "fat" crepe paper. Because my inner surprise was kind of large, the fatter paper worked. I wondered if I should have cut it in half, but decided that was too much of a pain and went for it with the fat paper. It worked out fine, once I got the ball going. Crepe paper has an amazing ability to stretch and mold to different shapes. Thanks for sharing! I ran across suprise balls on the Tops Malibu site and decided to make one for my 81 year old Grandmother for her birthday. She had never heard of one, but she loved it! I wrapped nicer gifts in hers, like earrings and sugar-free candy (she's diabetic). For the center, I used some soft "house-socks" and I wrapped the whole thing with regular "fat" crepe paper. Because my inner surprise was kind of large, the fatter paper worked. I wondered if I should have cut it in half, but decided that was too much of a pain and went for it with the fat paper. It worked out fine, once I got the ball going. Crepe paper has an amazing ability to stretch and mold to different shapes. Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: Megan http://www.notmartha.org/tomake/surpriseball/#comment-330 Megan Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:06:58 +0000 http://www.notmartha.org/wordpress/tomake/to-make-surprise-ball/#comment-330 I've got a Parteeeee Boy!!! I've got a Parteeeee Boy!!!

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