Ever have a perfectly useless bowling ball sitting around and have no idea what to do with it except to leave it for the garbage truck? They’re heavy and roll, so there isn’t a whole lot you can do with them, right? Check out this fun project…a bowling ball pumpkin!
My oldest son knows how much I love to treasure hunt during our city spring clean up each year, and instead of being able to go with him this year, I had to be in the NICU with our 6-week early baby. So, he thought he’d give it a go on his own, and found a bowling ball. He was so excited to send me a picture of it, but I have to admit I thought to myself, “What are we going to do with that?”.I’d seen them be used for yard art, but it wasn’t until this fall rolled around that the idea struck me….a PUMPKIN!
DIY TIME
Want to make one too? Just grab a bowling ball, some paint, and let’s roll! (get it? bowling ball…roll…ha!)
Starting off, we wanted the ball to stay put on any surface, so we took a 6.5″ x 6″ piece of old barn wood (any wood will do), and drilled a hole using a 2″ hole saw bit on our drill. You don’t have to have wood, you could use a dish, candlestick, etc. to hold it in place – our ball even stayed when placed on the finger holes, but I wanted to be sure my little ones didn’t knock it over.
Next, since you want the paint to stick to the slick surface of the ball, grab some sandpaper and rough up the surface a bit.
PAINT TIME
TEXTURE
CUTENESS
Also, more fall fun like this bowling ball pumpkin:
Wow, y’all did such a good job of turning that bowling ball into a pumpkin and it couldn’t be any cuter! Love the little mouse…he’s the perfect touch.
I love love love this!!!! Pinned xo
What a fun project! Very clever!
Have a great weekend.
Leslie
House on the Way
The coolest idea for a bowling ball! Love this so cute,and clever! Wish I thought of this when my daughter was little.It makes a fun craft day!
That is adorable and SO clever!!!
Nancy
How adorable! And clever. I picked up a bowling ball at a yard sale to make a ladybug and just haven’t done it yet. I might have to make a pumpkin instead. This is so cute! Thanks for sharing!
Visiting from vintage inspiration party.
Love it.& so glad you anchored it.lol?
hahaha…totally! 😀
Larissa, once again…. so darn cute! And the mouse coming out of the hole, sweet touch.
Woot! Thanks for the love, Liz. 😉
So neat! I love that little mouse! :o)
I had such a blast helping create this little mouse house. What a blessing to be able to work with my kids. Thanks, Kelly!
What a great helper you have! Send him over to me! That little mouse is just the cherry on the sundae!
hahaha…he’s on his way! Thank you for the love, Sue. 🙂
Absolutely Adorable! What a great job he did!
Thank you from the two of us, Robyn!
Please tell your son he did a terrific job & his mother is lucky to have a crafty helper like him! Such a cute project.
DONE! 😀 Thank you. We had a blast with it!
You did a great job. Love it.