Sponge bomb wrecking ball - Outdoor fun DIY dad project

114 Comments

If you want to be an extra cool parent, then homemade Sponge Water Bombs are all the rage. But they’re NOT DAD ENOUGH!
It’s time to give this DIY water-fun activity a serious DAD UP makeover. Get ready for backyard shenanigans with the all new, all awesome, possibly-concussion-causing SPONGE BOMB WRECKING BALL of Doom (oom, oom, oom, oom)!

Material

9 Lengths of foam (100cm x 10cm x 10cm)
1 Ball of plastic string
1 Hose
1 Clothes line or low hanging tree branch

Method

Get 9 equal lengths of foam cut to size. Do not try to cut the foam yourself! Hacking, tearing and shredding is easy. It turns out that cutting foam is rather tricky.
Do yourself a favour and sweet-talk the shop keeper into slicing the foam to the right measurements using their custom buzz saw.
Pile your nine (9) lengths of foam into three (3) piles of three (3). Each end should look like a square.
Here's the hard bit. We've got to compress these. A lot. Wrap some strong string or rope around the middle and then pull. Hard. Harder. I said harder.
Try my technique and bear-hug the foam into submission whilst your sexy young assistant (aka, Wifey) ties off the string.
If you put enough gusto into it, you should now have a giant Sponge Water Bomb. But we’re not done yet. Grab an arm length of rope and hang the massive foam ball from a tree branch or the old Hills Hoist.
Grab the hose and give it a good drenching. And the kids while you’re at it. And the Missus, if you feel you’ve had enough monkey love for the year.
Boom! You’ve created the awesome Sponge Bomb Wrecking Ball!

Notes

Man Hint – track down your local rubber or pool supplies store and ask for their foam off cuts. These should only be a few dollars each.

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114 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 24 Aug 2023
    10:10 am
Something fun for the kids

- - mom478886 said
  - 06 Sep 2021
    7:24 pm
This is amazing!! I am definite doing this this summer ????

- - mom19782016 said
  - 17 Oct 2020
    5:10 pm
This looks like a lot of fun

- - mom460689 said
  - 04 Oct 2020
    8:28 pm
I think my husband would love making this with the kids.

- - Stace said
  - 30 May 2020
    7:14 pm
So much fun! What a shame it’s almost winter when I discovered this fun looking water play activity. Will have to save this for summer.

- - mom101628 said
  - 27 May 2020
    4:25 pm
Looks like a load of fun, and especially beside the swimming pool. Now to get dad to go along with it!!!

- - DaffyD said
  - 28 Apr 2020
    3:27 pm
Looks like heaps of fun, thanks for sharing

- - rovermum said
  - 25 Mar 2020
    12:01 pm
Hahaha, I know two BIG kids in my home who will just love this.

- - Ellen said
  - 25 Mar 2020
    8:51 am
Looks like fun indeed !

- - mom290396 said
  - 24 Mar 2020
    5:12 pm
That does look like fun! And bonus points if you can get something cleaned outside too!

- - tessie said
  - 24 Mar 2020
    4:28 pm
What a brilliant idea and quite a cheap one at that. Now to get the kids outside

- - JungleHeatMama said
  - 23 Mar 2020
    9:44 pm
This is one of those ideas where you think, why didn’t I think of that, awesome idea an can’t wait to get our of this house to find supplies.

- - littlehandsofmine said
  - 23 Mar 2020
    8:38 pm
This is a great idea

- - Jbuttxx said
  - 30 Dec 2019
    6:47 am
Oh my gosh the family are going to love this!!!

- - mom19782016 said
  - 10 Mar 2019
    5:15 pm
Fun for summer but not for me!

- - kjgarner said
  - 20 Jun 2018
    2:27 pm
I like this one less painful if getting hit
- kjgarner replied
  
  22 Jun 2018 , 12:48 pm
  Imagine the fun you’d have especially at Summer time
- - mom266216 said
  - 21 Oct 2017
    12:09 pm
Great man hint. Would show this to my hubby he will be more happy to do this for our baby.

- - ella12 said
  - 03 Oct 2017
    2:26 pm
That looks like a whole lot of fun!

- - mom112217 said
  - 30 Jul 2017
    1:32 pm
A great and creative idea,love it!

- - mom111059 said
  - 29 Sep 2016
    10:23 pm
love your instructions. Thanks.