How to make juggling balls

Playing circus is a lot of fun for kids. Did you know that you can help the kids make their own juggling balls? It’s fun, easy and no sewing is required! These juggling balls will lead to hours of fun learning to juggle.

DIY juggling balls

What you’ll need:

rice
small freezer bags
balloons
measuring cup

Method:

Measure half a cup of uncooked rice (you can vary the amount depending on the size of the ball you require).
Tip the rice into a small freezer bag and expel the air and twist it shut.
Cut the neck off a balloon and place your bag of rice inside the cut balloon.
Cut neck off a second balloon and place balloon covered rice in, hole side first.
Repeat steps 1 – 4 to make more juggling balls.
You are ready to juggle.

My kids love playing circus and we have a large number of juggling balls as they love making them.

Have you ever made juggling balls before? Please add comment below.

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17 Comments

- - mom81879 said
  - 29 Nov 2019
    2:23 pm
I cut up an old tshirt to make mine, filled them with them with rice, I like taping though, more solid balls that hold their shape

- - mom94125 said
  - 01 Sep 2016
    5:07 pm
you make stress balls the same way lol. this is a fun idea to try

- - shelley shelley said
  - 16 Jul 2016
    6:05 pm
What a cool and creative idea, thanx it’s giving me ideas already

- - BellaB said
  - 26 Jun 2016
    7:30 pm
Thank you – my son asked for juggling balls today!

- - Kasey said
  - 24 Jun 2016
    2:47 pm
This is a great project for kids!

- - mom93821 said
  - 12 Jun 2016
    5:29 pm
Great idea – creative looking and colourful juggling balls.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 10 Jun 2016
    3:47 pm
Simple and easy. I think we made juggling balls similar to this when I was in primary school.

- - sharna_booth_weinrowski said
  - 01 Jun 2016
    12:58 pm
How simple and creative is this!
Thank you!

- - mom183717 said
  - 31 May 2016
    10:44 pm
This is great, hope to make them too

- - Nas01 said
  - 31 May 2016
    8:59 pm
What a great idea. My kids love juggling and it’s usually with mandarins or apples so at least with these they’ll leave the fruit for eating.

- - june11 said
  - 30 May 2016
    9:30 pm
At whgat agew would the children manage to juggle them sucessfully without being so frustrated the just give up?

- - mom90758 said
  - 30 May 2016
    1:13 pm
I should have started to follow this lovely comm when my daughter was younger. It’s always full of wonderful ideas!
- mom93821 replied
  
  13 Jun 2016 , 7:07 am
  Never to late to learn to juggle!
- - mom160421 said
  - 30 May 2016
    11:35 am
What a great idea. I know how hard it is to find juggling balls in the stores as I tried a couple of years ago and then gave up. This is so easy to do.

- - mum4107 said
  - 30 May 2016
    10:36 am
What a fantastic idea. Thank you

- - Jessica said
  - 30 May 2016
    9:04 am
Wow I haven’t seen these since I was a kid! Great to see ideas like this breathing life back into this world.

- - mom112217 said
  - 30 May 2016
    8:37 am
A great idea and my nephew loves ballons so he love the juggling balls! Thanks.