How to make a Song Ball

by Maria Ramirez

If you are stuck at home and are trying to think of fun activities for you children, this could be something fun to do!

This can be either a song ball and activity ball — it can be anything you wish it to be. For library purposes we use it as a song ball. Throwing it up in the air and choosing a song this way is super fun.

Materials:

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  • Dodecahedron. This can be purchase at the dollar store, or you can click here for a printable version of it.

  • Markers

  • Scissors

  • Pencil

  • Glue dots (glue gun)

  • Ruler

  • Tool for scoring or a knitting needle (the tip is helpful to score the paper)

Step 1:

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Take out the shapes and cut along the scissor line. Afterward, use a scoring tool (if you don’t have one you can use a knitting needle) to score along the dotted lines. (The shape to the right is what your shape should look like.)

You should have 12 in total.

Step 2:

Pick your songs and start writing them down on the cut shapes. You can draw pictures or you can print, cut, and then glue them in.

Step 3:

Once they are finished they should look something like this:

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Step 4:

Start gluing them. First you want to glue them together to make a 5 petal flower. 

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Step 5:

Once you have made both flowers you are going to start making a half-ball shape.

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This is how they should look like now they have been glued:

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Step 6:

Glue halves together.

And you are FINISHED!

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ENJOY!