LED Ping Pong Ball (Improved)

by dcmania21

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Intro: LED Ping Pong Ball (Improved)

This is basically the same design, but I made it more neater and it looks much better!!

This is the old: https://www.instructables.com/id/LED-Ball/

STEP 1: Tools

You will need the following:

1. Drill

2. Drill Bits

3. Scissors

4. Duct Tape

STEP 2: Materials

You will need the following:

1. LED Throwie (This is the link: https://www.instructables.com/id/LED-Throwies/)

2. Ping Pong Ball

3. Two Water Ballons or One Normal Balloon

STEP 3: Make Hole in Ping Pong Ball

1. Drill Hole in ball.

2. Keep on drilling until it reaches the size in the photo below.

STEP 4: Cut It Bigger

1. Get scissors and cut hole in ping pong ball to fit throwie.
-Bend throwie to make smallest hole you can without breaking ball and without making hole too big.

2. Put throwie inside of hole.

STEP 5: Balloon Time!

1. Get a water balloon and get off the top area. inside picture below.

2. Wrap balloon around ball. See picture below. Make sure to cover up hole while doing it.

3. Repeat step 2 so no part of ping pong ball is showing.

STEP 6: Complete!!!!

Enjoy it and tell me how to make it better....

29 Comments

Kapower 13 years ago

I havent made it yet, but can u still use it to play ping pong?

cherishcherub 14 years ago

 use a knife to cut a slit half way (on the  line)and you can open it up big enough for the throwie to fit in and with it closes up, theres only a ting gap!

twonkie12 14 years ago

to get it bouncy you could dut the hole so it can fit like a puzzle peice and then glue or tape it back on. i think tape would work better because it is light weight and can spread evenly without having to snad it down with sand paper.

M F 15 years ago

I want a way to close the hole in the ball . so that it will bounce. maybe fill the ball with the throwie and some plastic wrap? I find that plastic wrap works well to diffuse light evenly, just crumple it up. Any better ideas to close the hole?

M F 15 years ago

using the plastic wrap to hold the throwie while it bounces. think it will work?

Kaiven 15 years ago

Hmm... I thought ping pong balls bounced because there was some air in them... It might work.

bassclarinet23 14 years ago

Look up the instructable for LED bouncies...somewhat similar to this one, just bouncy!

awaite 15 years ago

Can sum 1 think of a way to turn off the led?

bassclarinet23 14 years ago

They make impact switches. That's how kiddie light up shoes work...you could look into that.

bassclarinet23 14 years ago

It's basically an LED, batteries, and a magnet. You throw them on some metal surface (where the magnet will stick) and it looks really cool, especially if you put a lot of them in one public place.

King Crab 15 years ago

My instructable is the most popular one on the site!

cryophile 14 years ago

If you could somehow add a vibration sensor to the ball and use tri-color LEDs, that would be awesome! Every time the ball hit a hard surface, it would change color!

bassclarinet23 14 years ago

Get a switch from those kiddie light up shoes. That could work.

Scar16 14 years ago

add a switch

Lance Mt. 14 years ago

Hehehehehehe, Even sweetier man

shaneomacmcgee 15 years ago

How big is that? Dime-sized? 1/4 inch? thanks

dcmania21 15 years ago

i would say about the size of a pen going through
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