Crack a wax ball
Press until the shell crunches, peel the layers off, squish the clay. No mess.
Tap to start, then press and hold the ball.
This browser can't vibrate (iPhones can't), so a crack gives a small screen shake instead.
- Press and hold the ball until the wax cracks. Two fingers on opposite sides split it.
- Drag a piece to peel it off. Press a piece that is still on to break it smaller.
- Squish the clay once it shows. Press to dent it, drag to stretch it.
Keyboard: Space presses, arrow keys move the press point or drag a piece, N makes a new ball. No sound? See how to play.
What you are cracking
A wax crack ball is a ball of soft clay dipped in melted wax again and again until it wears a hard, glossy shell. Squeeze it and the shell gives way with a crunch, then the pieces peel off in flakes that show every layer on their broken edge.
This ball has a lilac clay core under three layers of wax. Every new ball cracks in its own pattern, so no two pulls look the same, and there is nothing to sweep up afterward.
- Lilac clay core
- Yellow wax, thickest
- Blue wax, thinnest
- Pink wax outside