We're always trying to come up with ways to keep our little ones happy. I found this in Parents Magazine:

10 games to play with a ball:

-Knock it across the room with a kitchen utensil. Grab a spoon or a strainer with a handle.

-Roll with it. Facing your child with legs spread apart, roll a ball to each other.

-Bounce it into a hula hoop. Hold the hoop and have her try to toss the ball so it lands in the center. Move back ot make the game more challenging.

-Design spin art. Dip a small ball, such as a golf ball, in nontoxic washable paint, then put it in a salad spinner (or a plastic container) along with a few coffee filters. Put the cover on and spin (your salad spinner will be fine after it goes through the dishwasher).

-Go bowling. Knock over some empty water bottles or soda cans.

-Size them up. Give your child an assortment of balls -- tennis, golf, ping pong -- and an empty muffin tin. He'll have fun putting a ball in each compartment, dumping them out, and starting all over again.

-Play air ball. Take turns hitting a beach ball up toward the ceiling, trying not to let it hit the ground.

-Sing a silly ball song. Have him run around the room holding a ball, while belting out "The Ball on the Bus Goes Round and Round."

-Toss it up a slide. She'll love watching it roll down.

-Pass it through a "human" tunnel. Both parents and the child stand in a row, one behind the other, with legs spread wide. The first person bends over and tries to get the ball through the three sets of legs.