Go to Toy Making Tips & Games with plastic balls*.
* Plastic balls with holes -- once called wiffle or whiffle.

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Plastic*  Ball  

Sizing Suggestions:
Any size birds.
 
Bigger sized plastic* ball
for larger birds.

Parts:

• Skewer
• Straw Hat (either size)
• Plastic * Ball - this page
• Washer or Disk
• Plastic Parts - Squiggles, Pacifiers, Keys, etc.
• Leather and/or Rope
• Beads and other plastic parts
• Leftover Toy Parts

How to assemble the toy:

1. Place the acrylic washer or plastic disk on the skewer.
2. Add straw hat (optional) and then the plastic * ball.
3. Fasten the parts to the plastic * ball. Place plastic, wood, and leather/rope (or plastic Paulie Rope) in and through the holes in the plastic * ball.
4. Add more toys (rings, beads, etc.) on the skewer above the plastic * ball. You can add more plastic * balls too.
5. Hang the toy beside your bird's perch.

* Plastic balls with holes -- once called wiffle or whiffle.

Plastic * Ball Toy

1. First get the supplies. 
   Need: 
   1) BALL -- plastic ball (golf ball size),
   2) ROPE -- several feet of rope or lace
       (Paulie Rope or Leather Laces),
   3) BEADS -- beads -- wood or plastic
       -- some round beads and some
           straw beads
2. It will look like this:
   XX=O^^^^^O=XX--
               --plastic ball--
                          --XX=O^^^^^O=XX
   X = knot     
   O = bead - wood and/or plastic bead
   ^^^^^ = straw bead with spring over it
   Spring is optional.
   --plastic ball--   = ball in the middle
   White plastic ball.
    
3. START with four pieces of rope
   (each about 2 feet long). 
4. KNOTS - Tie two knots (side by side) in the end of the ropes.
5. BEADS - String a small wood or plastic bead and then a straw bead on the rope. 
6. SPRING - String a plastic spring over the straw bead. 
7. KNOTS - Tie more knots on the end of the rope (just after the bead) to keep the bead on.
8. REPEAT three times (to have four strings = eight strands on the wiffle ball).
9. THREAD EACH STRING INTO THE BALL.  Repeat steps 4 - 7 on each rope.
10. OPTIONAL.  If you want you can add more strings with beads.
11. OPTIONAL.  Use extra Paulie Rope to make a hanger or string on a skewer (Chewable Hanger).

GAME AND TOY SUGGESTIONS 
Game Suggestion: 
1. Plastic* Ball Basketball -- Use a cup or dish for the basket.  Select ball size for your bird.
2. Plastic* Ball Bowling -- Place plastic* balls on the top of a flat or arched top cage (with your bird inside the cage).  Teach your bird to knock them off the cage while you cheer her on!!

Toy Making Suggestion:  
SPIDER TOY:  String leather laces through the holes and add beads and wood pieces.  
PUZZLE TOY: Stuff beads in the softball sized plastic* ball.

*Plastic balls with holes -- once called wiffle or whiffle.