Floating Invisible Soccer Ball Display

by jthornburgh1 in Living > Decorating

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Floating Invisible Soccer Ball Display

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Do you have a cool soccer ball that you want to display? Want it to look like it's floating? Got a wire coat hanger? This is the Instructable you've been looking for.

Supplies

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1 - wire coat hanger

3 - Wall anchors

Some blue tape

Bend the Coat Hanger Into a Hoop

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I used a gallon paint can and twisted the wire until it was just tight enough that it could still be removed. In retrospect I would recommend making the hoop a little less than the diameter of the ball. Just enough that the ball doesn't fall thru.

Bend the hook into a triangle. Three points ensures the top can't slip when attached to the wall.

Test Run

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Bend the top so the hoop faces up. The weight of the ball will pull it down. My hoop was too small and the ball nearly rolls out. I recommend using at least 10 gauge wire. This holds a soccer ball. Heavier gauge wire would be required for a basketball.

Paint the Hoop

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Painting the hoop a color similar to your ball adds to its invisibility.

Trace Hole Pattern

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I used tape to trace and transfer my hole locations.

Transfer Hole Pattern

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Use the tape to determine where your holes will be located. Based on your Test Run place the tape.

Mount Hoop

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I used wall anchors to make sure everything stays put.

Add Your Ball

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Not to pat myself on the back, but how great does that look?!? Full disclosure, because of the small diameter of the hoop I had to tape the ball on to make sure it didn't roll out.

Postmortum: I highly recommend 10 gauge wire and keeping the hoop diameter as wide as possible.