What can you make with a full or half sports ball using wilton's pan?
I had leftover batter and made a half-ball. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. I know you can help share ideas! I would bet those of you with the pan have wondered the same thing, what else can I do with this thing? 
I've made the following with my sports ball pan:
Pirate head
Lady Bug
Pregnant belly
Boobs (thanks to ByTheSlice for this cake idea http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_1168679.html)
Other things I've thought of using it for:
Turtle
Lion's face (i've made this using the mini-ball pan but could use the sports ball pan for a larger version)
Balls - the original intent of the pan
Please share your thoughts with us on what else we can make with a sports ball pan!
I've hollowed out a bit of the ball half and placed it curved side down (after leveling it so it wouldn't rock) on an 8 in round cake to make a bowl. I "filled" the bowl with piped spaghetti and chocolate cake meatballs. For sauce I combined red tube icing with strawberry preserves.
Marie
I am using a similar shape to make a kettle grill cake for my DH's B-day this weekend. Baked 2, one for the base with grate/food/coals and the other as the lid with handle.
I adore the ball of yarn with the kitty on top cake from from that as well. Really cute. Lots of those in the pics section.
There was a thread recently about making a full ball and slicing off part of the top and hollowing just a little, then icing to look like a tropical pina colada in a coconut shell.
Disco ball
Base for a bowl of 'nachos' made from fondant or gumpaste. Or bowl for other foods etc.
Ball cap
Here is the coconut pic from brilandken-and one more
I love it and need a reason to make it!
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=949383
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1152642
Also as ideas-
any round fruit, like an apple or orange, and you could even cut one of the halves in wedges and decorate like a wedge of apple or citrus segment.
Humpty Dumpty
Egg shells with a chick hatching out.
Any planet, and could use pulled sugar as the rings for Saturn
Use it as the center cake in orange/yellow and ring oval cakes or cupcakes around it like flower petals.
Segments of a caterpillar.
I am assuming you want to make something creative just so this cake doesn't go to waste...I once used my sports ball pan to make a crystal ball and I just piped simple designs on a base of blue-grey, I have also used it for pumpkins, faces, and I also did a globe for a 5th grade calss. Hope this helps! Good Luck!
I used the sports ball pan for part of a rattler. I used some small cupcakes for the handle.
If you ever need a larger ball than you are getting with the sports ball pan I used a 2.5 quart glass bowl to make a teapot. There are a variety of sizes of glass pyrex bowls. They have a slightly flat bottom and you don't have to slice any off to make the ball sit level.
The yolk of a sunny-side up egg; a cauldron; monster eyeballs; top of a native drum; Patrick Star's house; Magic 8 ball; a lampshade; a wasp nest; a fishbowl (I use round fishbowls to hold flowers like tulips and daffodils, so maybe it would work for that as well.)
Ive used it for the top of the little einsteins rocket ship and a coffee mug.
Wow! What a great thread!! So many cool ideas!! Thanks for sharing!! 
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