Decorative Letter Balls

March 8th, 2010

I’ve been wanting more of these letter balls I bought a while ago. They cost a little more than I’m willing to pay though.

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I found these ping pong balls at Target a few weeks ago for 6 for $1.

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I already had these letter rub-on letters in my scrapbooking stash.

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So I thought, why not give it a try.

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I think they turned out pretty good. The letters are a little thinner than I wanted, but I didn’t have to spend any money on them, so I’m good.

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What do you think for just .17 cents per letter ball?

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Here they are in their new home.

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I still have 12 ping pong balls. Maybe I’ll make some with numbers on them next time.

I’m linking to:

Make Your Monday at Twice Remembered

Made It Monday at The Persimmon Perch

DIY Project Parade at The DIY Showoff

Motivate Me Monday at Keeping It Simple

Just Something I Whipped Up at The Girl Creative

Trash to Treasure Tuesday at Reinvented

DIY Day with A Soft Place To Land

Toot Your Horn Tuesday at A Silly Little Sparrow

Get Your Craft On at Today’s Creative Blog

Tip Me Tuesday at Tip Junkie

Talented Tuesday at My Frugal Family

Penny Pinching Party at The Thrifty Home

Whatever Goes Wednesday at Someday Crafts

Show and Tell at Blue Cricket Design

Thrifty Thursday at Bloggeritaville

Strut Your Stuff Thursday at Somewhat Simple

Get Your Craft On Thursday at Life As Lori

Transformation Thursday at The Shabby Chic Cottage

Frugalicious Friday at Finding Fabulous

Feature Yourself Friday at Fingerprints on the Fridge

Creative Cats at Poppies at Play

Saturday Nite Special at Funky Junk Interiors

Weekend Wrap Up Party at Tatertots and Jello

Test Filed under Crafts, Decorating | Comments (30)

30 Responses to “Decorative Letter Balls”

Heidi@TheCraftMonkey on March 8, 2010 7:59 am
Oh this is a fabulous idea!!
Roeshel on March 8, 2010 8:02 am
Every time I’m in TJ Maxx and see these, I want them too but the same thing – not willing to pay for them. I love your DIY idea! Thanks for sharing in the DIY Project Parade.
Jessa on March 8, 2010 10:07 am
They are so cute in that apothecary jar! Great idea.
Joni on March 8, 2010 11:29 am
Love it and love the bargain!
Kaysi @ Keeping It SImple on March 8, 2010 11:45 am
What a great idea! I have some letter rub-ons too, I want to try this!
Angie @ The Country Chic Cottage on March 8, 2010 12:11 pm
I really like those! Love that you used ping pong balls!!
Kathy @ Creative Home Expressions on March 8, 2010 5:48 pm
Great idea, Leanne! I just saw those top ones at Pier 1 ~ expensive, plus when I picked one up I thought they might break or break something if put in a jar too roughly.
Melanie @ Alsace Court on March 8, 2010 6:47 pm
What a great idea, especially for us with small kids! I love your creativity!
Kimm at Reinvented on March 8, 2010 8:15 pm
I love those! I have some letters too, I’ll have to give this one a try! Thanks for linking up Leanne!
Wendy on March 8, 2010 8:16 pm
What a great idea!
Gayle on March 8, 2010 9:44 pm
Love this idea!
Tiffany on March 9, 2010 11:45 am
Great idea! I love these. I would definitely love numbered ones too! I might have to try this!
The Persimmon Perch on March 9, 2010 4:13 pm
I think adding numbers would be great! Good job. Thanks for sharing with Made it Monday! Jules
Amanda Formaro on March 10, 2010 6:14 am
I think they are awesome, and how thrifty!
beth anne on March 10, 2010 6:49 am
love your balls! giggle giggle…
im heaed to target anyways today…
Rayan on March 10, 2010 8:53 am
I love this idea, fabulous I can’t wait to find something to do this with…maybe a trip to target?
Jennifer on March 10, 2010 2:59 pm
That is a great idea! I would have never thought… ping pong balls.. brilliant!
~Jennifer
http://www.studiojru.com
Kathy on March 10, 2010 5:41 pm
Ditto! Honest. its been said.
Kathy
Meg on March 10, 2010 6:40 pm
I love ‘em! Smart way to save some dough. Also, where did you find that awesome jar you’re storing them in??? I love it!
Candice on March 10, 2010 7:12 pm
I just did the same thing. With the same ping pong balls from Target. Great minds think alike!
DENISE on March 11, 2010 8:42 am
Cute!
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lori on March 11, 2010 10:36 am
Those turned out great!! I’m going to have to try this.

Thanks for joining Get Your Craft on Thurs. Please join me again next week for another great party.
Lori
Bridgette on March 11, 2010 3:56 pm
PING PONG BALLS!?!?! LOVE IT! What a good idea! You must be a thinker!
~Bridgette {allthingzrelated}
Leigh. Tales from Bloggeritaville on March 11, 2010 4:27 pm
FABULOUS job! And you cold always thicken them out using a sharpie and going back over the stencil. FABUlOUS! Thanks for linking up to Thrifty Thursday this week! Hope you have had a chance to enter the giveaway.

Have a wonderful weekend.
HUGS!
Leigh
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m on March 11, 2010 8:19 pm
Too Cute!!!

m ^..^
Liz@HoosierHomemade on March 11, 2010 9:54 pm
Love them! Monograms and letters seem to be really hot right now!
Thanks for sharing!
~Liz
Tausha on March 12, 2010 8:29 pm
I love that you used the rub-ons! Genius idea!
I love them in the apothecary jar. Although, I think everything is cuter is a apothecary jar. If I fit in one….
jenjen on March 13, 2010 1:55 am
Very cute! I love that. What a great idea!

XOXO
Jen
Andy Porter on March 14, 2010 2:19 pm
Great idea to use ping pong balls. Too fun! I love ping pong. Tee hee hee.
Rachelle on March 14, 2010 6:51 pm
Love that idea! I might be trying that sometime soon!

Rachelle