Photos: How to build the world's biggest (maybe) sticker ball

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Photos: How to build the world's biggest (maybe) sticker ball

In 2018, Sofie Moricle, then 10 years old, began work -- with help from her parents -- on what her family hopes will be declared the largest sticker ball in the world.

JUNE 3, 2018: Sofie Moricle, then 10 years old, began work — with help from her parents — on what her family hopes will be declared the largest sticker ball in the world. (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

JUNE 3, 2018: It all began with Sofie wadding up heart stickers from a Sunday school class. Dad and daughter added stickers from every source they could think of – like the Dole stickers on bananas, the sticky prescription labels and unused sticky address return labels. They bought stickers at the Dollar Store. (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

APRIL 1, 2019: Then a major breakthrough. Moricle approached a local sign business Signarama. He asked if he and his daughter could have the leftover sticky adhesives from decals and signs. An enthusiastic yes was the response. The sticky leftovers are tricky to recycle. (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

DEC. 27, 2019 (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

FEB. 8, 2020 (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

MAY 3, 2020 (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

AUG. 9, 2020, at 143 pounds. (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

AUG. 11, 2020 (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

JAN. 1, 2021, at 191 pounds: Wade Moricle says that when he was diagnosed with cancer in early 2021, the sticker ball project was therapeutic. (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

JUNE 2, 2021: “What I found is the habit of putting stickers on the sticker ball was something I enjoyed and it was relaxing and it helped me forget the pain and difficulty of going through chemotherapy and radiation,” according to Wade Moricle. (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

JUNE 21, 2021, applying the 100,000th sticker. (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

JULY 2, 2021: The sticker ball, Wade Moricle said, “is amazing.” The most difficult part, he said is dealing with the massive size. (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

JULY 23, 2021, at 260 pounds. (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

JULY 30, 2021 (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

DEC. 7, 2021, at 304 pounds. (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

DEC. 10, 2021: “It has become very difficult to roll to weigh and put on a scale," says Wade Moricle. "I usually have to get two or three friends, sometimes four or five friends to come over to the house and help me move the ball.” (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

DEC. 17, 2021 (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

DEC. 25, 2021 (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

FEB. 14, 2022, at 368 pounds. (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

FEB. 14, 2022: Sofie Moricle said she loved working on different designs for the sticker ball and dressing it up for holidays. (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

MARCH 13, 2022 (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

MARCH 17, 2022 (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

APRIL 13, 2022 (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

APRIL 16, 2022 (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

MAY 1, 2022, at 436 pounds. (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

JUNE 20, 2022 (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

JULY 1, 2022 (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

JULY 4, 2022 (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

JULY 10, 2022 (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

JULY 11, 2022 (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

JULY 14, 2022 (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

JULY 25, 2022 (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

SEPT. 22, 2022 (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

SEPT. 24, 2022 (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

SEPT. 27, 2022 (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

SEPT. 27, 2022 (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

SEPT. 28, 2022 (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

SEPT. 28, 2022 (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

SEPT. 28, 2022 (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

SEPT. 29, 2022 (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

OCT. 1, 2022 (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

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JUNE 3, 2018: Sofie Moricle, then 10 years old, began work — with help from her parents — on what her family hopes will be declared the largest sticker ball in the world. (Courtesy of Wade Moricle)

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