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Homemade Equipment Ideas |
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Equipment Name: Balloon Paddles
Materials Needed: Small Styrofoam dessert plates, Paint Stirrers (obtain from a paint store free of charge), Gym floor tape, Masking tape
Estimated Cost: $3.00
Rationale: This enables children to practice their striking with paddle skills.
Directions For Making:
My pre-school students love to strike balloons
that are suspended from a rope with these paddles. I use two volleyball
standards with a rope extended between the two. I then tie a balloon to a
piece of yarn - spaced evenly along the rope. The children stand on
poly-spots and hit the balloons. Older students may want to try to keep
their ballons suspended using the paddles without the balloons being tied
to the rope.
Steps to create homemade equipment:
Wrap gym floor tape around the handle portion of the paint stirrer, where the child will be holding it.
WIth masking tape, tape the top portion of the paint stirrer to the BACK
of the styrofaim plate, (at least 3 times). Bigger plates may be used,
according to the ability of the child. Children could even decorate their
own plate with a marker!
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