Party Game – How To Make A Saran Wrap Ball

Saran wrap balls have been around for a few years, but have taken off this past Christmas with lots of households using them as a gift-giving game. They are lots of fun! I made one a few years ago for an Easter Picnic, I made one for the adults with items wrapped around a wine bottle. The trick to making them fun is choosing small items that are easily hidden. I used the Saran wrap or Glad wrap as it is known in other countries to hide in small items. White-coloured items, like notes etc are easy to hide.

For example in my wine bottle Saran wrap ball I had scratch lotto tickets, a sample pack of mini moisturiser and 4 pack of earbuds from a hotel. Of course I added some good things too, mini perfume samples, a pen and some chewing gum, all very easy to hide under the bottle or flat against the bottle. So as we got down to the bottom, everyone thought the wine bottle was theirs. Of course my version was for adults, but here are some variations of the Saran ball game you can make too. It’s used like a saran wrap pass the parcel and some of these blogs have created “Rules” and “Dice throwing” to add a little extra craziness to the Saran Wrap Ball game.

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One of the most common problems that cross stitchers at all skill levels have is that the cross stitch fabric can start fraying while you stitch.

Beginner cross stitchers might wonder why this happens and if there is something they are doing wrong to cause it.

The reason cross stitch fabric frays is because it is a woven fabric, and the nature of any kind of woven fabric (whether that’s cross stitch fabric, a torn up towel or a piece of fabric you’re going to sew) is that it wants to fray.

It’s not necessarily a huge deal if you cross stitch fabric starts fraying mid-project if you have left a lot of extra fabric around your stitching. But if there’s not much fabric to spare in order to be able to finish the project the way you want, you’ll want to do something to stop the fraying.

When I was growing up I remember my mom using masking tape for this purpose, but it turns out there are lots of different things that you can do to stop your cross stitch fabric from fraying.

Craft with Cartwright came up with 15 different things that you can try, which seems like a lot, but that just means you have lots of different things you can try.

If you don’t want to buy something, you can stitch along the edges. If you already have supplies like tape or glue, or access to pinking shears or a serger, there are lots of options you can try.

Some of these are more permanent than others, so it will depend a little bit on how you want to finish your cross stitch project as to which is the best choice for you. It’s a great idea to read through the whole list just so you can have them in the back of yoru mind the next time you start a project and think about how you would like to protect it.

You can find the whole list at Craft with Cartwright.

How do you like to stop fraying on your cross stitch projects? I’d love to hear your thoughts.

[Photo: Craft with Cartwright]

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