[Make your own Juggling Balls]

Method 2, Juggling Bean Bags

(Method 1: Juggling Balls)
[What you need]

What you need;

  • Fabric, 2x 10x30cm strips, in different colours
  • Thread
  • Needle or sewing machine
  • Pins
  • Pencil to mark fabric for cutting
  • Tape measure or ruler
  • Scissors
  • 175g Barley or lentils, split peas, rice, bird seed.
  • Scales or a cup to weigh filling

Method:

1

Measure six squares of fabric, each 10cm x 10cm square. Mark out the square with the pencil and ruler then cut out.

[Measure 100g of barley]

2

Get two different coloured fabric squares and pin together. This will stop them from slipping when you start sewing.

[Measure barley in a cup]

3

With the needle and thread sew round three sides of the fabric squares, creating a pocket.

If sewing by hand it might be best to use a stitch that goes over the edge of the fabric as this will help prevent it from fraying. With a sewing machine the same can be achieved using a zig-zag stitch.

[Put the barley into one of the food bags]

4

Measure out 125g of split peas using the scales. If you don't have scales then you can measure out the filling in a cup, about half a cup (...?) is equal to 125g. This doesn't have to be exact as long as all three bean bags are the same.

[Twist the food bag a couple of times to prevent the contents from escaping]

5

Turn the empty bean bag inside out and pour in the filling.

[Pass the bag over itself]

6

Bring the two edges of the bean bag together

[Keep twisting the bag]

7

Finished! That's it, the first bean bag is complete. Follow through the steps twice more and you'll have a set of three juggling bean bags.

[Cut 'bulbs' from balloons]

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