Yard Fountian Named Larry

I made this fountain to look like the Larry O'Brien NBA championship trophy. I used scrap rebar, 4" ABS pipe, an old basketball, leftover concrete from a job site, an old plastic planter, a piece of waste garden hose, and an old fire extinguisher housing.

Here's how I made it.

I made it in sections and filling each section with concrete on the first day.  Then I assembled the sections on the second day.  I cut a small opening in the ball and filled with concrete, with a hose coming out a tight hole on top.  Then I added a stick of scrap rebar, with the tip bent, into the concrete filled ball.  On day 1, I also attached the base (2+"s of concrete in a plastic planter) to a piece of 4" ABS pipe.  I ran old garden hose from the ball, through the old fire extinguisher housing, then through the ABS pipe.  I drilled a hole for the hose near the bottom of the ABS pipe just above the concrete (which will attach to the pump when full of water).  3 short sticks of job site garbage rebar, bent 90 degrees at base inside tied all together nicely and firmly.  On day 2, I set the housing on the base, the ball on the top, filled all with concrete and carefully leveled it while it all set up.  It came out way better than I ever expected and it works great.  It's a bird magnet in the summer.  I used:

• scrap rebar
• 4" ABS pipe
• old basketball
• left-over concrete from a job site
• old plastic planter
• a piece of garden hose
• an old fire extinguisher housing