DIY Sparkle Ball Using Plastic Cups!

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  • Опубликовано: 30 ноя 2024

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  • @travisham1608
    @travisham1608 3 года назад +5

    My great grandmother has one that was passed down to me, for my family. However I wanted to update it and make a new one and retire the original. Thank you for your video. I know what my Friday evening project will be!! Happy Holidays!

  • @dianestaggs9306
    @dianestaggs9306 3 года назад +2

    Your video is well scripted and beautifully demonstrated making the process easy to follow with confidence.

  • @dongallagher9390
    @dongallagher9390 2 года назад +5

    I've been making sparkle balls for years
    Sold house and now making a new batch of 20ish. Problem with staples is they rust quickly if outdoors. I use a soldier gun and touch the outer edges of two cups at one point (using clothes pins temp). I make two halves of 25 cups, all into one solid piece bonded together. I then melt the holes for each light (melted plastic is far stronger than drilled holes). I install the 59 light lens and then melt 3 or 4 holes in each half where they meet. I use small clear zip ties to connect the halves. These fasteners can then be clipped if you need to change light sets. Finally I melt a hole at the center top and install a large zip lock loop to hang the fixture from a tree limb.
    Also, I mix clear with various colors and some multicolored sets, some that blink randomly..

    • @sherrig2338
      @sherrig2338 2 года назад

      This is the old school way! We used to melt them together, now we use a long industrial stapler. Never had any rust. Eventually the weather destroys them and we just make new ones. We use 100 lite stings and cram 2 in each hole for extra sparkle.

  • @Bri-np8ss
    @Bri-np8ss 10 месяцев назад

    I loveee! Thank you for thr tutorial!! ❤❤❤

  • @soumyaarun5477
    @soumyaarun5477 6 месяцев назад

    So good

  • @azraeldivine3245
    @azraeldivine3245 6 лет назад +1

    I will use it as the coming festival decorations thanks

  • @jeanettedesoto
    @jeanettedesoto Год назад

    You can also use a screw driver to make a hole on the cup, simply heat up the screw driver tip and inserted to the bottom of the cup as she explained in the middle of each cup.

  • @akeshia28
    @akeshia28 7 лет назад +5

    Beautiful!!!! but what did u do with the remaining 48 lights that were hangin out after you closed the ball

    • @GlossandSparkle
      @GlossandSparkle  7 лет назад +2

      I allowed them to drape down the wall leading to the plug.

    • @frugalmrsolson1
      @frugalmrsolson1 7 лет назад +9

      If you stuff them in the middle it makes the ball brighter.

    • @risabug7772
      @risabug7772 4 года назад +4

      My mom made this with multicolored lights for Christmas when I was a kid. She stuffed the extra lights inside the ball. It's so pretty.

  • @xctguy
    @xctguy Год назад

    I made this lamp in the mid 1970s and sold them for over $100, in todays money!!

  • @deniseg913
    @deniseg913 5 лет назад +3

    Do you think this would be safe to put over a dining room table? It won’t overheat?

    • @genregurl
      @genregurl 2 года назад

      You could use battery operated lights...

    • @sherrig2338
      @sherrig2338 2 года назад

      not with LEDs

  • @shanran07
    @shanran07 7 лет назад +5

    Love it! So pretty!

  • @didi-dq9mh
    @didi-dq9mh 6 лет назад +4

    this is so pretty and the tutorial is really easy to follow! the only question i have is: what do i do if i dont have a drill? like how many millimeters wide does the hole have to be on the cups?

    • @roamgarcia4918
      @roamgarcia4918 6 лет назад

      Just big enough for the light bulbs to fit through

    • @615BlackBarbie
      @615BlackBarbie 4 года назад +3

      I would burn a hole in it.

    • @janlandrum2481
      @janlandrum2481 3 года назад +2

      My dad made a lot of these and he used a glue gun. Just heat the glue gun up and melt a hole with the tip. Insert the light.

    • @sherrig2338
      @sherrig2338 2 года назад

      We use the cheapest $5.00 soldering iron from Harbor Freight or where ever. Way easier than the drill.

  • @dianehenderson7580
    @dianehenderson7580 4 года назад +3

    Biggest problem for me was getting staples into the dang cups!!! Almost gave up several times!!

    • @sherrig2338
      @sherrig2338 2 года назад

      Get a long stapler from Amazon, works so much better!

  • @mariaHernandez-dg9yk
    @mariaHernandez-dg9yk 4 года назад +2

    What size of drill bit was used

  • @NoahRonaldo22
    @NoahRonaldo22 2 года назад

    I have a idea you can take the top middle and the bottle middle off and put a pole and you made yourself a new years eve ball

  • @PaulForestiero
    @PaulForestiero 7 лет назад +1

    wow this would look cool in a Sensory Room

  • @615BlackBarbie
    @615BlackBarbie 4 года назад +1

    I will be trying this. Where I'd put it? I don't know.

    • @blessings5735
      @blessings5735 4 года назад

      I know how you feel lol. I would put also hanging on the tree. Check this out ruclips.net/video/ZevEGh2xDcI/видео.html

  • @miggyg5694
    @miggyg5694 2 года назад +1

    What size cups are you using? I think I got mine too big (18oz cups)

  • @chadkincham
    @chadkincham 3 года назад

    Use colored blinking lights, they are far more spectacular.

  • @serenababy6358
    @serenababy6358 2 года назад

    Thank you!

  • @met3401
    @met3401 4 года назад +2

    I WOULD ADD THE BLINKING RED BULB FOR MORE DRAMA ...

  • @Packliter
    @Packliter 3 года назад +1

    In the process of making one. Every cup just cracks whenever we staple them together..

    • @GlossandSparkle
      @GlossandSparkle  3 года назад +2

      My guess is that you're using the more expensive cups that are more harder plastic. Those ones crack. However, the cheaper clear cups that are more malleable are the ones you need.

  • @harpthrob
    @harpthrob 4 года назад +2

    Would this be safe to hand outside in trees during the holiday season?

    • @dongallagher9390
      @dongallagher9390 2 года назад

      Staples will rust

    • @sherrig2338
      @sherrig2338 2 года назад

      @@dongallagher9390 mine have not.

    • @sherrig2338
      @sherrig2338 2 года назад

      I have a whole tree of them. All LED so there is no heat.

  • @valireehall8834
    @valireehall8834 11 месяцев назад +2

    You could tell it was 6yrs ago when she starts out saying it cost $6

    • @susanhatch7366
      @susanhatch7366 11 месяцев назад

      Cups now cost $6.98 at Walmart!

  • @amandatolbert2863
    @amandatolbert2863 4 года назад +2

    What size solo cups

  • @renee901fulable
    @renee901fulable 5 лет назад

    I wonder if this can be made out of plastic drink bottles.

    • @msbethtompkins7422
      @msbethtompkins7422 2 года назад +1

      What a cool idea! Are you thinking to put the light bulbs into the open end of the bottles then?
      Staples not work for plastic bottles, probably: maybe a dab of hot glue from one bottle to the next, or Gorilla Glue brand double-stick tape to keep bottles side by side... ?
      Would love to see what you come up with 👍

  • @hinemoapara8710
    @hinemoapara8710 3 года назад

    Hi does it matter what kind of plastic cups are used.

    • @sherrig2338
      @sherrig2338 2 года назад +1

      9 oz soft plastic cups. They should flex when you squeeze them. Hard cups will not work with a stapler.

  • @elainewade5815
    @elainewade5815 7 лет назад +2

    Where do you get this drill bit? What size is this?

    • @GlossandSparkle
      @GlossandSparkle  7 лет назад +1

      The bit was about 1 inch thick, I'm not sure where it was purchased. I borrowed it from my Dad, and he's had it for years. But the important thing when choosing the bit is just to make sure that it is big enough for the light to go through the cup. Thanks for watching!

    • @wendygallagher8036
      @wendygallagher8036 4 года назад +2

      If u use a soldering gun it works perfect

  • @evipapida6665
    @evipapida6665 5 лет назад +1

    How safe is this with electricity (using plugged led lights?)

    • @sherrig2338
      @sherrig2338 2 года назад

      We have a whole tree of them every year. Just as safe as any outdoor Christmas lights.

  • @jerrymccurry9372
    @jerrymccurry9372 2 года назад

    How many oz are the cups? and size of ball in inches?

    • @sherrig2338
      @sherrig2338 2 года назад +1

      9 oz cups. You can use any size, but the number of cups per ring is different. One year I tried all kinds of different cups! 9 oz is easiest.

    • @jerrymccurry9372
      @jerrymccurry9372 2 года назад

      @@sherrig2338 Thank you...And God Bless...

  • @aquafina6544
    @aquafina6544 7 лет назад

    what kind of bit is that on the drill

    • @GlossandSparkle
      @GlossandSparkle  7 лет назад

      I didn't have a drill bit big enough to fit my lights through, so I ended up having to use an old Counter Sink bit. Thanks for watching!

  • @cynthiarodriguez6419
    @cynthiarodriguez6419 3 года назад

    Anybody know what sz the cups are?

    • @Packliter
      @Packliter 3 года назад +1

      9oz

    • @cynthiarodriguez6419
      @cynthiarodriguez6419 3 года назад

      @@Packliter thanks! I ended up taking a screenshot and zooming in on her cups lol..i couldnt find any. Bout the wrong ones several times! Ours cracked also till we found the right ones. We got our store brand ones

  • @laurapalma-cdhs5389
    @laurapalma-cdhs5389 7 лет назад

    my cups will not lay flat in order to put them together.

    • @shivamnawani8595
      @shivamnawani8595 7 лет назад

      Same problem happened with me also

    • @Mongo76
      @Mongo76 6 лет назад +4

      Do you mean rim to rim? If so they don't fit flush. Each rim tucks under the next. So if you take 2 cups, put them side by side with one rim tucked under, then the cups should be angled into each other at the bottom. That's why when you keep adding cups, you will eventually have a circle. When using 9 oz solo cups, 12 is how many it takes side by side, rim tucked under rim to form a circle.
      Then a tricky thing I learned.... the ring of 12 should lay relatively flat.... However when you do the second ring of 9 this is very important..... You put them together rim under rim just like the first ring..... BUT once you get those 9 cups together, when you bring the two end cups together to close the ring.........the ring should curve upward like a bowl. Don't try to make them be a flat ring like the ring of 12. This is because the 9 ring is missing three cups... so to compensate for those missing 3, the line of 9 will curve upward.
      This is a very important step because if you try to make that 9 ring lay flat it is going to cause the cups to have unsightly gaps in the cups and it is also going to throw the ball off making it warped also the 4 cups that go in the top won't fit right. So remember
      12 cups rim to rim, tucked under each other 1st ring.
      9 cups rim to rim and up into a bowl when the ring is closed by putting the ends together. :-)

    • @byou6359
      @byou6359 5 лет назад +1

      @@Mongo76 thank you for relaying this well put information

    • @sherrig2338
      @sherrig2338 2 года назад

      In ring one I hold the cups flush on the table and flush to the sides of each other, and only put one staple so they can flex as I add rings. I do not tuck the rims under each other. There will be gaps in rings 2 & 3. You just have to kind of spread out the 9 & 4 cup rings evenly. Once I have each half made I add extra staples anywhere 2 cups touch.

  • @laibakhan3997
    @laibakhan3997 4 года назад

    How many cupss plzz reply???

    • @dionbellamy7278
      @dionbellamy7278 4 года назад

      I wonder if this can be made out of plastic drink bottles.

    • @MikeCarey101
      @MikeCarey101 4 года назад

      @@dionbellamy7278 the angled side of the cups make the round shape of the ball, so no it probably would not work.

    • @sherrig2338
      @sherrig2338 2 года назад +1

      50 9 oz cups total, each side = 12+9+4

  • @harveyhelms3974
    @harveyhelms3974 4 года назад +1

    I have a feeling these sparkle balls won't be too popular for a while, based on their similar appearance to the world's primary problem...

  • @rockykadam7647
    @rockykadam7647 6 лет назад

    brelient

  • @Gantzz321
    @Gantzz321 6 лет назад

    1:10 could have done without the hand model product presentation

  • @dionbellamy7278
    @dionbellamy7278 4 года назад

    Beautiful!!!! but what did u do with the remaining 48 lights that were hangin out after you closed the ball

    • @amandalaw4663
      @amandalaw4663 4 года назад +1

      I saw a TikTok where the creator didn't drill holes and just balled up the lights into the center.

    • @sherrig2338
      @sherrig2338 2 года назад

      We use a 100 lite string and cram 2 lites in each hole. Or you can make a ball of lites in the middle.

  • @dianehenderson7580
    @dianehenderson7580 4 года назад +1

    Biggest problem for me was getting staples into the dang cups!!! Almost gave up several times!!