This reminds me that in Argentina in primary school we would make an improvised football (as in: soccer) by crumpling some paper and then wrapping it in scotch

This reminds me that in Argentina in primary school we would make an improvised football (as in: soccer) by crumpling some paper and then wrapping it in scotch tape. It was of course much smaller than the real ball, but it worked surprisingly well (and broken windows were not an issue). Now I know why :-)