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How To Weave A Greek Paper "Football"

video How To Weave A Greek Paper "Football"

Learn how to weave a Greek paper ball. The holes look like the pentagons on a football.

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Nov 16, 2011. 8:59 AMjanemermaid says:

If I used larger, thicker strips to make a bigger ball this would work out ok wouldn't it? Do you have a width to length ratio for the strips?

Apr 27, 2012. 9:36 AMhanelyp says:

I've found a 20:1 length:width ratio works for the strips.

Jul 18, 2011. 6:43 PMbwells2 says:

It's a STONE Luigi, you didn't make it!

Jan 3, 2012. 1:43 PMbwells2 says:

It's a football, I chiseled it! That's Mama Luigi to you Mario! *wheeze*

Jan 2, 2012. 12:40 PMlden hartog says:

OMG YES

Jul 31, 2011. 11:04 AMericocean says:

Thank you for a very clear instructable with a beautiful result. Simple and sweet!

Dec 16, 2009. 3:53 PMtofu4tortoise says:

do you think this would be possible with string?

May 11, 2011. 9:51 AMtaka21 says:

Actually yes, they did this thing on art attack (Disney Show) where they made Christmas decorations out of string, glue, and a balloon. :] Just blow the balloon into the diameter of your choice.Tie the balloon and tie a string to where you tied the balloon and lay the string going across the balloon and then brush with glue. :] repeat the string process. :] Then let dry. Once all dry just pop the balloon and there you have a skeleton of hard string. :] by the way by string I mean yarn because it is much thicker. :]

Dec 10, 2010. 2:54 PMdragonsniper says:

nope

Dec 11, 2010. 10:46 PMelga says:

es sencillamente hermosa, me encanta su sitio GRACIAS

Jun 30, 2010. 6:26 PMcalcitrix says:

Wonderful! I think the Girl Scouts will love it. I'm going to have to try this (once I get it down with paper) with thin craft foam sheets!

Dec 31, 2008. 9:27 AMjabapyth says:

I wanted something with a little more "heft" (that you could actually play with ;), so i tried cardboard, and it worked great! I used 20cmx1.1cm strips of regular cereal box cardboard (~.75mm thick), and it's pretty sturdy -- enough to play hackysack with :D TIP: so the cardboard doesn't fold, make sure to pre-round it against a table edge

Feb 2, 2009. 6:50 PM1thadeaus1 says:

i took ur idea and used a frootloops cereal box. thx 4 the idea! heres the pic.

Mar 9, 2010. 5:20 PMlezed1 says:

wats with the gun

Feb 3, 2009. 4:13 AMjabapyth says:

your welcome! I'm glad it worked out.

Feb 3, 2009. 4:16 AMjabapyth says:

btw I actually made a full-on instructable on how to make the cardboard version (making sure to credit your great video, Jennifer).

Feb 2, 2009. 10:34 PMJennifer F. (author) says:

Thumbs up for putting a cereal box to good use after the cereal is gone! :)

Jan 29, 2009. 7:59 PM1thadeaus1 says:

?STAPLES? just a thought...lol put staples in it?

Dec 31, 2008. 9:29 AMjabapyth says:

also, it makes it more sturdy if you maneuver the joints until they are hidden under other strips

Dec 22, 2009. 10:44 PMMr.A-Z says:

thanks for the instruction! i tried to make a ball inside another ball , and the result is awesome! And , can U gimme another width and length for a smaller ball? I tried but I didn't found a correct one.....

Dec 12, 2009. 7:06 AMDoyle Newton says:

I just made another one of these, this time I used a thicker and wider (and different color) material so I made my strips 18" instead of 12" I used for my green ball. I also found and corrected a mistake in my green ball and removed the one black-tape junction I had. The black ball came out larger than expected, I did't really transpose the circumferance formula to see how much larger it would be. I can tell you the black ball feels much sturdier. I thought about making the green ball inside but nahhh I like having two seperate ones for now.

Dec 16, 2009. 8:35 AMJennifer F. (author) says:

These are really cool! I think it would be a neat thing to try to make one ball inside the other, but they look good on their own as well :)

You can experiment in lots of ways with the width and length of the strips to see what you come up with. With the strips I used, you end up with a fairly sturdy ball that is not too difficult to weave.

Dec 11, 2009. 10:23 AMDoyle Newton says:

Hey, you know that wrapping material for material to palletts like at The Home Depot (I work there part time). I pulled some out the trash can and with the help of my 11 year old daughter this is what we made. I love the translucent green, I also have solid black and green I am going to try next and maybe a multi-colored one too. Any way, I pulled this stuff out of the trash can last time I worked.
I used clear tape on all my joints except one, the first one I used black electrical tape, I just made sure I wrapped the tape around a few times, this material is pretty springy.

Nov 13, 2009. 1:32 AMls86 says:

Keep up the great work!Got my football right second time around.Thought the most important part was laying out the paper strips and making sure that they overlap each other correctly.Once I got that right, the rest was straight-forward.

Aug 16, 2009. 8:10 PMlocalcynic says:

Huzzah for getting it on the first try!!!!!! The "follow one strip and see if it's under, over, under...etc." works well!

Aug 15, 2009. 2:44 PMqwertyman10 says:

Actually, I just fixed mine and now it looks almost perfect. A good technique is to look around one strip all the way and make sure it goes over,under, etc.

Aug 15, 2009. 2:39 PMqwertyman10 says:

I definitely have yet to master this. But when i do, it'll be awesome! Every thing is perfect (well, geometrically) except for the one top side.I tried to do this with tape. big mistake .Fun anyway, though.

Jun 19, 2009. 9:31 AMxilefakamot says:

I made one inside another one - it looked pretty good until it fell apart. I think In just need practice.

Jun 12, 2009. 5:42 PMMoomoomilk says:

:O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O sorry my mouth is ajar and i think my brain spilled out all i got is emotocons :(

Jun 12, 2009. 5:45 PMMoomoomilk says:

i felt the need to reply this is an amazing craft, i'll prolly make like 57.8 over the summer! i <3 your origami, KEEP ON FOLDIN!