How to make dryer ball magic balls
by Arrakis
Materials and Tools Needed
- Dryer balls with a listed diameter of 2.7" or greater (you want some buffer on the listed dimension)
- Cloth. Poly-cotton broadcloth and quilting cotton are both generally good choices, but anything works, really.
- Soft hair elastics
- measuring tools (yardstick, quilting ruler, ruled cutting mat, etc.)
- cutting tools
Instructions
Take your cloth and cut 11-12" squares out of it.
Put a dryer ball in the middle of a square of fabric. Wrap the points of that square of cloth up into your hand and then bring the edges up as well. You basically want to gather the edges and points until you have smooth coverage over the ball and a tail of all the gathered fabric in your fist.
Stretch out the hair elastic and wrap it up snug around the tail as close to the ball as you can. I like to do the first pass or two from the ball side rather than the tail side, to ensure I get the elastic snug as can be. Wrap the elastic over and over, twisting it a half turn each time as usual, until you can't take another pass.
Congratulations on your new spell balls! You're not required to label them, but I recommend labeling them with your name in Sharpie on the tail. It helps ensure you get them back.
