Talk to a parent, and there is a challenge with containing some type of toy or favorite objects. Some talk of trying to contain doll clothes and shoes (which are ouch on the feet I hear!); for us it's Legos mostly.
Another challenge is trying to contain and display baseballs. The boy has a few collectible ones, and a few special ones like this one. His coaches a few seasons back made a habit of naming a "Player of the Game" each week, and over the season, each child had his moment. They took a game ball, and wrote messages, stats, and the score of the game on the ball.
But the combination of a ball and a flat surface just does not work for obvious reasons. This special ball and others end up on the floor, rolling around and being hidden somewhere under something. That's not very special, is it?
And now it's contained.
I took a long piece of 1X4 lumber left over from another project and simply drilled a hole in it.
I bought a 1 1/4" drill bit and holding one end of the long piece, drilled this about 1.5 inches from the end. Drilling the hole (partial hole) before cutting made it a lot easy to handle.
A bit of his favorite baseball-sports-color-orange spray paint, and we had an easy DIY baseball holder.
Next, I want to make a 2 ball and 3 ball length, and add to the fun!
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