We collected tennis balls from recreation centers and private tennis clubs. Yarn of all colors was donated by the students. I purchased the tapestry needles from local craft stores.
The students worked on the Balls for three to four months during our Teacher-Read-Aloud time, recesses and occasionally taking them home and finishing them over night or over the weekend. Each ball takes 1 - 3 hours to finish. Most of the students completed 10 to 20 to 30 balls. Each one unique in color and design.
When we had completed 150 - 300 balls, I would contact a service/humanitarian agency ( or at times, they would contact me) and the boxes of balls would be sent to a third-world country, or some other needy area, for kids to play with -- hence the name Friendship Balls.
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