Floating Invisible Soccer Ball Display

Do you have a cool soccer ball that you want to display? Want it to look like it's floating? Got a wire coat hanger? This is the Instructable you've been looking for.

1 - wire coat hanger

3 - Wall anchors

Some blue tape

I used a gallon paint can and twisted the wire until it was just tight enough that it could still be removed. In retrospect I would recommend making the hoop a little less than the diameter of the ball. Just enough that the ball doesn't fall thru.

Bend the hook into a triangle. Three points ensures the top can't slip when attached to the wall.

Bend the top so the hoop faces up. The weight of the ball will pull it down. My hoop was too small and the ball nearly rolls out. I recommend using at least 10 gauge wire. This holds a soccer ball. Heavier gauge wire would be required for a basketball.

Painting the hoop a color similar to your ball adds to its invisibility.

I used tape to trace and transfer my hole locations.

Use the tape to determine where your holes will be located. Based on your Test Run place the tape.

I used wall anchors to make sure everything stays put.

Not to pat myself on the back, but how great does that look?!? Full disclosure, because of the small diameter of the hoop I had to tape the ball on to make sure it didn't roll out.

Postmortum: I highly recommend 10 gauge wire and keeping the hoop diameter as wide as possible.