BB Lady Bugs Update

17 years ago

I have posted before my BB Lady Bugs, well we are having a Shrimp Festival the second Saturday in August and I have been collecting more BB's to try and make some Junkin Cash. I have been cutting the BB's in half and up to now it has worked well....Yesterday My JH (Junk Hunk) and DS worked to cut them in half for me........I had found a couple really heavy ones and they proved to be Beasts, The centers were filled with either fiberglass or Resin, Wore the teeth clean off of the Saw Blades!!!!!!!!! So just a tip if you try to cut a bowling ball in half use light weight balls 10lbs or less.

My GD Loves my Lady Bugs and she has to hug them every time she is here, then she wants to carry them and after replacing the Antenna and Eyes over and over I decided to make one she could play with...found a Globe at Sally Alley and this is what she got....Just cut it in half as I do the Bowling Balls, then paint and accent with Antenna and Eyes, It is quite a bit larger than the BBs
{{gwi:160161}}From Globe Lady Bug

We have spent so much time telling her she cant pick them up she won't pick this one up!!!! Go figure...

I made two and gave one to a little girl visiting her G-ma from North Dakota, She said she just wanted to make her mommy smile when she got back because she didn't get to go to the beach....Well the BB was to heavy for the flying so the globe worked out just fine.

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luna_llena_feliz
17 years ago
Yikes! I didn't realize that bowling balls could even be cut in half! You and your DH are more adventurous than I would be. lol! But your globe ladybug sure turned out cute. I wonder if these large ladybugs scare away the aphids in the garden? Kind of like the Godzillas of the garden bug world. he-he
ncshabbybeach
Original Author
17 years ago
Oh Luna, Possible but it is not an easy chore we use a Sawzall, tape around the middle, sit it on a coffee can use a skill saw to score the outside then set it in a hole in the ground and take the sawzall to it. the more we do the better we get of course, the cuts were really jagged to start with now they are getting better, Yesterday my son held them in his hands while my JH sawed, I love both of them but I wouldn't hold the ball....LOL As for Aphids..I don't worry too much about them as we have an abundance of traned lizards...LOL My garden friends....they pretty much keep my insect population to a minimum I only have issues with caterpillars and spider mites.....Here is a pic of my favorite lizard.....{{gwi:160162}}From Garden Lizard
{{gwi:160163}}From Garden Lizard
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Marlene Kindred
17 years ago
What a great idea using an old globe! That should be really light weight! Great job! And I LOVE your lizard pics!!
nonacook
17 years ago
I always held, and turned the BB (Resting on a
concrete block) while Bill cut with the saws-all.
We cut our first one about 2003, for lady bugs.
Smart to cut the plastic globes!!!
ncshabbybeach
Original Author
17 years ago
Nona,
I love my DH but I will leave the power tools to the boys. The globe I split is actually cardboard, I guess I should have said that...LOL It is rally heavy cardboard though I wouldn't leave it outdoors, it probably wouldn't last 1 season. I am looking for a metal one like I had when I was a kid. My Sis lives in OH and I would love to mail one to her for her yard.
nonacook
17 years ago
Cardboard!!
I would never have thought it would have been that-LOL
But come to think if it, you would only get ONE complete half cut from a plastic globe. The other side would have a large hole.
sunnyca_gw
17 years ago
Wow!! HOpe after all that work you make some money!! The globe bug is so cute, hope your GD takes to it soon! That is such a cute lizard our's are brown & get about a foot long. Does he get big? Love that board he is on too, stamped, makes it look so antiquey!! Jan
susiewantsroses
17 years ago
I have never made a lady bug, but OH-H-H how adorable they look! The lizzard and I both need an extented trip to a spa. We have the same skin texture.
ncshabbybeach
Original Author
17 years ago
Jan,
No he doesn't get big about 8 inches for a good healthy one, but they turn from brown to tan to green depending on the surface. the board is a ladder I found At a YS for 2 bucks..I was gonna paint it but I really like it for the same reason it looks old. (I don't think it is) I want tofill it up but not sure what to put on it.{{gwi:160164}}