Tiny Luxo Ball : 6 Steps

those familiar with Pixar movies may know that every movie they produce has a couple of "easter eggs" hidden. Mega fans will scour the Pixar movies frame by frame trying to find the toy story pizza planet truck as well as the luxo ball that was one of Andys toys.

My son is a mega fan who just started making his own stop motion videos. Naturally, he needs to have both the pizza planet truck and the luxo ball in each of his movies.

The truck was easily purchased, I bought a hot wheel brand version to be used in the background of the movie. A tiny luxo ball was not so easily found. Trying to explain that it was impossible to find such a thing to a very disappointed nine year old was not an option, so I wen the diy route.

what I wanted was too tiny to sew. I considered clay, but I don't even know what kind would be appropriate, having never used it before,

I know how t crochet and I know that people make tiny amigurumi figures, much more complicated than this ball, so I figured I could manage to create something good enough to please my little boy.

Supplies

Yellow and blue yarn. - less than ten grams of each color (I used worsted weight acrylic).

.red yarn or embroidery floss_ a few yards

A yarn needle-the eye needs to be large enough to fit your red floss or yarn

crochet hook- I used a 4.0mm clover soft touch

scissors

stuffing for the ball- I used a handful of cotton balls because that is what I had in the house. Fabric scraps,polyfill. or dried beans would all be just fine. Use whatever you like

Step 1:

Step 2: About

This ball is made in two pieces that are joined as the last step of the project. I tried to make this in one piece first, but the ball came out so much rounder and the star was so much easier to make when I made the two halves separately

Step 3: Crochet Pattern

I am no professional pattern writer, but I will do my best to explain my process. Check out the original article for more details

Step 4: Crochet

Start:Magic circle with your yellow yarn single crochet ^ times into magic circle

round two single crochet twice into each stitch of the previous row

round three- alternate crocheting one single crochet into a stich, two single crochets into next stitch. Repeat 1sc and 2sctogether for the round

round four - like the last round, but this time put two stitches in between the increase stitches. it will go 1sc 1sc 2sctogether repeated for the rest of the round cut off your yellow yarn leaving a few inches of a tail and leave it for now.

Time to make the other side.

Start over again at the beggining and follow the steps again untilyou have two yellow crocheted partial balls with four rows each.

ONLY ONE YELLOW SIDE WILL NEED BLUE ROWS NOW.

THE OTHER HALF WILL ATTACH LATER

pick up your blue yarn and begin crocheting with that. You do not need to make a knot. We will tuck all of the tails inside the ball at the end

round five- single crochet into each stitchround six- 1 sc into each stitch

round seven- same

round eight- same

Step 5: Connect and Embroider

Youare done crocheting.

You may cut off your blue yarn leave yourself a couple of feet to attach the two sides later

You should now have one yellow circle with four rounds and another piece that is yellow for four rounds and then has five rows of blue

With your yarn need;e , stitch the shapeof a star on each half .

when you have your stars done, it is time to stff the ball.

I stuffed it about halfway and then I threaded the long tail of blue yarn through my yarn needle and started stitching my two sides together,

I pulled my needle into the places between crochet stitches on first one side and then the other until I was halfway around my sphere

Stuff your sphere more , I used my crochet hook to really pack it with stuffing.

stitch around connecting the two sides even more

.Add any final stuffing and then finish connecting the two halves.pull all your ends to the inside of the ball You are finished

Step 6:

TINY LUXO BALL

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PIXAR TOY STORY FANS CAN CROCHET THEIR OWN TINY LUXO BALL, IT LOOKS JUST LIKE THE ONE IN THE MOVIE

HOW TO CROCHET A TEENY TINY LUXO BALL FROM THE PIXAR MOVIE TOY STORY

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ABOUT I will explain why I made this ball and share exactly how I did it. Even if you had never heard of a Luxo ball until just now, this tutorial may be helpful to you. It is helpful for anyone seeking information about how to crochet a small sphere. It is helpful to anyone who wants to know how to change yarn colors partway through a project. This post also contains information about embroidering onto a crocheted piece.

BACK STORY ON BALL This ball was originally featured in the first toy story animated movie. Since then it has become a sort of symbol of Pixar. The animators place this ball somewhere in every Pixar movie. Superfans will watch the movie seeking a glimpse of the ball. The placement of this in each movie is called an easter egg. I guess since people hunt for them while watching a film.

My son has just learned of this and has become extremely excited about the "easter egg hunt" in each movie.

My son also makes his own movies. He makes stop motion videos with his toys as the actors. I made this ball thinking that he may enjoy hiding it in the background of his movies, just like the professional animators do.

MAKING THE LUXO BALL

This really is a quick project that uses only a tiny amount of yarn. I made mine as tiny as I could so that it could go in the background of the toy videos my son makes.

You can make these in any size that you want. You would simply crochet more rounds, until you reach the desired size.

The first ball I started to make was too large for my purposes, but it would have been the perfect size to be a hacky sack or a beanbag.

MATERIALS Yellow and blue yarn. - less than ten grams of each color (I used worsted weight acrylic). Here is acombo package of yarn that will give you all the colors you need to make this project.red yarn or embroidery floss_ a few yardsA yarn needle-the eye needs to be large enough to fit your red floss or yarncrochet hook- I used a 4.0mm clover soft touch scissorsstuffing for the ball- I used a handful of cotton balls because that is what I had in the house. Fabric scraps,polyfill. or dried beans would all be just fine. Use whatever you like

HERE IS THE ANIMATED VERSION THAT I WAS TRYING TO REPLICATE

You should now have one yellow circle with four rounds and another piece that is yellow for four rounds and then has five rows of blue

with your yarn needle and red yarn add the stars to ball, stitching the shape

when you have your stars done, it is time to stuff the ball.