Sponge Balls

Good for water fights or target practice. Quick & easy to make. Took me less time to make these on my first attempt than an episode of Doctor Who.  You can vary styles and colours to suit what you are using it for.

You need:
- a pack of kitchen sponges. Multi coloured works best
- scissors
- elastic bands. 

1. Cut the sponges into strips. 

It's at this point you need to think about what size you want the balls. I cut the stripes in half again to make smaller balls. I tried cutting the strips vertically too but they didn't look as good. Next decide how many you want to use. Minimum of 8 stripes for a full ball. More if you are making bigger balls. 

2. Wrap an elastic band around the middle as tight as you can get it. 

3. Fan out the ends to create a ball effect. 

The left ball was made with strips cut vertically again and you can see it's much thinner than the other. 

I made all of these from 1 pack of 4 sponges.