For the last part I made the steps and then added a material to it and for the beach ball.

I made it by creating a sphere and adjusting the size as necessary for the scene. Then clicked on the modify tab and increasing the segments to 50 or higher for a smoother effect.
Opened up material editor highlighted a new gray sphere, and opened up map and clicked diffuse then selected the image that I wanted on the ball.
I adjusted the specular level to 55 and glossiness to 20.

I then animated it by making a path and using the same technique in the roller coaster I made my ball fly over to the other side.