When mini-lights and plastic cups get made into a sparkleball, magic happens. The inventor is unknown, but this simple American folk craft has spread around the world. Nobody owns the rights. Anyone can make one. I bought my first sparkleball on a dark road outside Tyler, Texas from a man selling them outside his mobile home.
Like me, my children Juliet and Gus believe sparkleballs inexplicably brighten lives. They also believed that their mom could take all her sparkleball DIY experience and create a simple kit so anyone can make their own amazing ball of light. And so, I did.
Alex Finlayson
(a sparkleball lady for 25 years)
“A sparkleball won’t change your life but it will make it sparklier.”
illustrations by Eve Zajączkowska
questions? comments?
You and your sparkleballs rock!
Thanks, Bill!
Let the San Diego Mayor know about Sparkleballs!
Will do, Kate! Thanks for the reminder :)
My daughter loves her sparkle ball in the corner of her room like a unique chandelier above her bed! Thanks for brightening her life. ❤️
So happy she is enjoying it. I loved seeing the photo. She is such a beautiful girl!