What to do With Old Bowling Balls

Garden Ball Decoration

This year I was thrilled to get these old bowling balls at tag sales. I’ve been looking for them for years and then this year I get 5 of them and a bag full of the duck pin bowling balls also AND a full set of Bocce balls in a case. It’s the best! I love to take old stuff and turn it into decorative or useful new stuff.

Michele, my niece, and I made decorative balls for the garden so this is what we did with 2 of the big bowling balls...

We started by lightly sanding the bowling balls so that the glue would stick really well.

Then we accumulated glass stones (which you can buy in Walmart, Target, or anywhere. We also bought some small colored stones from Petco.

When we went to Home Depot for the stones and the glue a fella there told us to get Power Grab glue so that’s what we used for this project.

Michele, my trusty crafter buddy, is all set up here. We put the balls on flower pots so that they wouldn’t roll around while we worked on them.

Picture of the new ornamental garden ball in the garden...

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I think this came out well.... now what to do with the small duckpin bowling balls and the bocce balls.... hmmm.. any ideas.... ?

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5 comments

Theresa7/28/2013 1:56 PM
Just bought 2 bowling balls yesterday at a yard sale for $1 each. Gonna get busy on mine garden balls soon. Love yours!
Lyuba @ Will Cook For Smiles8/03/2013 9:55 PM
This is such a creative idea! I love it, very clever :)
Diana of Diana Rambles8/06/2013 4:51 PM
Very pretty! Thanks for linking to my Pin Me Linky Party.
Sum of their Stories2/18/2022 2:09 PM
You just never see bowing balls in Charity Shops here in the UK. No one really owns their own here so they don't come up. What a shame because I love this idea.
Denise/My Home of All Seasons2/23/2022 7:04 PM
What a great idea Linda! I just love it and I have one in the garage right now! I love a pretty gazing ball in the garden but the hail here has taught me that's a no-no. Thanks so much for sharing this!