Unbreakable Gazing Balls ;)
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This is a beautiful bowling ball I got at a thrift store for about a buck. How can you repurpose a bowling ball into an unbreakable gazing ball? Decoupage!
This is after I decoupaged some wallpaper on it.
Here it is in my flower bed.
This is another bowling ball with pansies
My friend Cathy made this one for her neighbor. She already had a stand, from a previously broken gazing ball.Be sure and check out my bowling ball/gazing ball tutorial
gail
Your upcycled bowling balls are very cool..I made my first one this summer with florist marbles.. its on my blog..lanascraps.blogspot.com
I had left a ball outside during the summer..I was waiting to get around to doing something mosiac with it..and surprized one day to find our 100+ heat in Texas this summer actually cracked a bowling ball in half.. couldnt believe it..
A Buck!?! Seriously, that’s awesome! What a fun thing to do with old bowling balls!
That’s incredible! I’ve seen gazing balls also serving as center pieces to garden spinner. See here in this site.
I love this idea and what you have done with them.
How beautiful is this?
WOW, I would not have thought to do this…the decals look amazing!
Great job!
I have several thrift shop bowling balls out it my yard edging what was to be a garden. They’re all colorful, but they’re not unbreakable. Several of them are cracked. I think I’ll attempt to make a gazing ball out of an uncracked one! Thanks for your tutorial!
That is a really cute idea!! It would make a really nice gift too!
Thanks!
I’ve done the gazing balls by gluing on flat marbles but I’ve never seen them decoupaged. So cute!
I’m surprised by how cool these look! I saw the description and thought you repainted boring black balls – these are awesome!
Great idea that I will save. I have wanted a gazing ball, but never bought one due to the sometimes high wind and unexpected hail where I live.
I will be doing a couple more of these balls after I finish with jury duty, I will take pictures and do a tutorial then.
Thanks to everyone for the nice comments!
gail
That is SO clever!
Love it!