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Craft Sponge bomb wrecking ball – Outdoor fun DIY dad project

Sponge bomb wrecking ball – Outdoor fun DIY dad project

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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

  1. 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.
  2. Pile your nine (9) lengths of foam into three (3) piles of three (3). Each end should look like a square.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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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  • Great on a hot day! and for parties

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  • This looks like hours of fun. Thank you for sharing.

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  • This would be amazing summer fun for the whole family to enjoy; thanks for sharing!.

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  • My grandson is going to love this idea & he has THE PERFECT branch in his backyard for this. Thanks for the fun idea.

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  • oh that would be so much fun for kids and adults alike!!

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  • Wow this sounds like so much fun an looks very easy to make too.. Great idea

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  • Good on you Dave! Nice to see a gentleman involved in the craft section on mom.

    • Thanks Robyn! I’m having a dad-craft-tastic time every week on my blog bigkidlittlekid.net, so please feel free to drop by on a Friday to see what dad/geek project I’ve spent the week creating.

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  • What a great idea for summer fun.

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  • Sounds like a great deal of fun, now to pin my husband down to actually try this out.

    • He’ll love showing off how tough he is making this – until he tries to squeeze the foam into a tight ball. I looked pretty silly struggling against these big soft bars. But they put up a fight until Phenom-A-Mum (my wife) jumped in to save the day and tie them up.

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  • What a super summer activity, as the school holidays draw to a close, I think this will be a great way to end a hot school day with the kids in the street.

    • I’ve only tried it with two toddlers. This would be brilliant with a whole gaggle of kids spinning it into each other!

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  • Lol this really is for the Dad’s I think I will pour myself a drink and watch what happens

    • Just wait until you get your hands on it! If my wife is anything to go by, your man will be cowering in the corner and begging for mercy.

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  • Thanks for sharing this fun looking project; perfect for summer! 🙂

    • It’s designed so that you can sit back and down some Pimms, whilst Hubby gets the work done. I can tell you from experience that my wife, Phenom-A-Mum, loved this wrecking ball. She wouldn’t stop belting me with it!

      • Advice taken! Will sit back and watch! 😉

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