Often you can find old bowling balls at yard sales, for free beside the road, at Paris, New York or
London skip hire company sites, or even bowling alleys.. most people
don't know what to do with them once they are no longer used for bowling with!
Well, my friend Eillen has transformed these bowling balls into unique yard decorations!
Made By Eileen
Materials/Directions:
I used goop outdoor glue on the lizards. Raven uses super
glue but it did nothing for me. Trick is to figure out where
the legs and tail will go (for lizards) and put some glue
down with a toothpick on each spot, then put some goop on
the feet and tails....let sit about 5 minutes and join.
On the dragonfly ball I used E6000. This one was a piece
of cake. Just a dab of glue on the ball and a dab on the
belly of the d-fly, wait 5 minutes and press.
I painted the bowling ball black with the new
fusion paint, then sprayed it purple. Got the dragonflies
at U.S. Dollars ($ store) there were 4 on a wind chime and
they were lime green plastic. bought 4 of them have some
left. Took the wind chime apart and sprayed the dragonflies
with chrome spray paint. Used flat marbles, and a silver
place mat to set it marble on. Glued the marble to the place
mat first and then to the ball. Same system, apply glue to
both items, let sit 5 minutes and join.
Lizards were from Toys are us. $1.99 for a bag
of lizards, frogs and snakes.They also had a box of animal
planet lizards for $2.99. AND I went to a party supply store
and got some for 8 cents each...woo hoo... paint their bellies
black first.
Also someone asked about the actual paint used
for the lizard ball. I used Gleams by Delta Copper for the
first sponge coat. (add just a tad of water to thin a bit
and use a small sea sponge to apply) (Thanks Raven) Then
Folk Art Metallic Antique Copper which looks like bronze
to me next. Then a tad more of the copper. Both paints came
from Michaels.
