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# Building the World's Largest Paper Ball

 By [Mari Luke](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/blog/author/mari-luke) | August 22, 2018

![InspectionXpert model for the world's largest paper ball](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/hubfs/unnamed%20(2).png)

We've been working behind the scenes for weeks to figure out the logistics for building the [World's Largest Paper Ball](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/giantpaperball). Today we're sharing our plans for building the giant ball, along with the materials we have gathered. 

The rules, from the Guinness Book of World Records: the ball can contain only paper and cardboard (no tape or glue) and must be made with commercially available materials. 

### Materials

2 skids of 2" honeycomb cardboard, each of these pallets has 200 lbs of cardboard. We'll use the cardboard to create the internal structure of the ball.  
![IMG_8844](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IMG_8844.jpg?width=4032&name=IMG_8844.jpg)

Brown paper cord, this heavy duty 6/32" cord will be used to tie a net around the cardboard structure to hold all the paper in. ![brown paper cord for world's largest paper ball](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IMG_0854.jpg?width=3024&name=IMG_0854.jpg)

A whole lot of recycled paper...yet to be gathered! 

### The Plans

Jeff (InspectionXpert CEO and mechanical engineer) designed the internal structure of our giant paper ball, below is a drawing of the plans. 

![InspectionXpert model for the world's largest paper ball](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/hs-fs/hubfs/unnamed%20(2).png?width=1124&name=unnamed%20(2).png)

Get [updates on the Giant Paper Ball here](https://www.inspectionxpert.com/giantpaperball), and follow @giantpaperball on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/giantpaperball/) and [Twitter](https://twitter.com/giantpaperball). 

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