Sports equipment for kindergarten, as well as for home, can be made with your own hands. See how to make inventory from scrap materials, how to make a children's velomobile, arena.
Such equipment will be useful not only in kindergarten, but also at home. Parents will be able to make simple exercise equipment for their children from waste materials, then the children will become more agile, develop their strength and love the sport.
DIY sports equipment - how to make dumbbells for children
They can be made from the most unusual materials.
Take:
- bottles from imunele;
- wooden sticks;
- Scotch;
- peas.
Unscrew the bottle caps. Insert wooden sticks into each pair to connect such containers in pairs. Rewind with tape around the necks. But first, pour dry peas or beans into the bottles. You can also use buckwheat, rice.
Such sports equipment for kindergarten will help children to fall in love with sports, they will be able to develop the strength of their hands.
You can also use unnecessary pins to make dumbbells. From the side of the neck, you will make slots, put loose weights in them and connect these parts in pairs with tape or electrical tape.
If you want to make sports equipment for children, you can also take regular plastic bottles of 300 or 500 ml. And for adults, you will use larger bottles.
We train the eye - do-it-yourself sports equipment
This will help the ring toss. Take:
- plastic bottles with a volume of 1.5 to 2.5 liters;
- colored electrical tape;
- cardboard;
- scissors;
- glue.
Crafting workshop:
- Cut rings out of cardboard. If your pressed paper is not very thick, then connect the two rings in pairs.
- When the glue is dry, wrap them with colored duct tape. Take plastic bottles, remove the labels from them, fill them with loose grits or sand so that these blanks are stable.
- Now invite the children to split into two teams and take turns throwing their rings on a specific bottle. Those who can string more rings will win.
And here is another game called Hit the Target. She will also help train the eye. Also, the child will be able to develop coordination of movements, manual dexterity, reaction speed, attention. Take:
- dense fabric;
- scissors;
- threads;
- ball.
Crafting workshop:
- Fold the fabric in half and stitch around the edges. Then attach the ball here, see what size you need to make the holes so that this sports attribute falls into the grooves made.
- This game requires four people. Each of them will grab a corner of the fabric at the base. The ball is placed in the center.
- Now children need to toss it, but not high, so that the ball then hits some hole. Then one of them will give up, someone will take to direct the projectile directly at the target.
Also, other sports equipment for kindergarten will help develop the eyes of children. Cut various shapes out of the cardboard. These can be rectangles, circles, triangles. Cover with self-adhesive tape or cloth. Make a hole at the top to pass a tight rope here. Suspend this attribute. Have the child throw objects in, such as balls. So he will develop dexterity of movement.
Homemade exercise machines for outdoor games with your own hands
You will make these in a matter of minutes. Take a rope, tie it in some places with colored electrical tape.
Now you can use it to come up with a variety of outdoor games. Tie a rope low, let the children step over it first. Then place the rope higher so that they crawl underneath.
The following do-it-yourself kindergarten sports equipment will help children develop coordination of movements.
Take:
- thin foam rubber;
- dense dark fabric;
- multi-colored patches.
First, take scraps of colorful fabric and cut out numbers from them.
It is better to take a canvas, the edges of which do not crumble. Fleece or drape is perfect.
Cut a rectangle out of the foam. Two are the same, but a little more, you need to make from fabric. But it is more expedient not to cut these two rectangles, but to make one large one. Fold it in half. Stitch around the edges. Leave loose edges on one side to insert the foam. Spread out the workpiece and sew on your hands here.
Now you can lay this rug. Give your child different tasks, such as stepping on numbers in order or in reverse order. You can arrange a real fun competition if there are two participants.
How to make sports equipment for kindergarten - interesting attributes
See also how you can make various sports equipment from available tools. These are called belbocks. To make such sports equipment for children, take:
- laces or ropes;
- plastic bottles;
- plastic boxes from Kinder surprises;
- soft tissue;
- electrical tape;
- threads;
- markers.
Crafting workshop:
- Cut off the plastic bottles first. Now draw different flowers here with markers. To prevent children from getting hurt, cover the cut with a fluffy cloth. You can use an old terry towel as it.
- Using a hot nail, make a hole in the middle of each lid, pass a cord here, the end of which is tied in a knot so that the laces are fixed.
- Attach them to the chocolate egg containers in the same way. In this plastic, make a hole with a hot nail, thread the lace and tie it in a knot from the back. You can play with these devices in different ways, for example, toss the container up and catch it with the appropriate bottle.
Here is another DIY sports equipment for kids.
These palm massagers are made from:
- plastic containers from Kinder surprises;
- Easter iron-on stickers;
- pencils;
- thread.
Take plastic containers for chocolate eggs, using a hot nail, make a hole on one side of each. The nail should be large enough so that a pencil can then be inserted into these grooves.
To fix these wooden writing sticks, it is advisable to insert them immediately, while the plastic is still hot. But if you did not have time to do this, then fix the blanks with hot glue.
Punch small holes on the other side of the chocolate containers. You will thread the threads here, from which you will create tassels. Fix them also with a hot gun.
If you want to decorate these containers, first heat them in hot water, then place iron-on stickers for regular eggs on top. Then you will already make holes.
Such homemade exercise machines will help children develop fine motor skills and tactile sensations.
It is interesting to twist the pencils between your palms and watch how the brushes develop in different directions.
If the kids are older and don't need plastic cubes, then show them how to change these old toys. Let them draw with you the figurines of children doing various exercises. These patterns should be on each side of the cubes.
Measure the sides of which these toys are made, according to these measurements, cut out blanks from paper or cardboard. Now you will need to draw your plan, then glue each plate to a certain face of the cube.
To make these toys more durable, you can then additionally cover them with cellophane.
It is very interesting to play sports with such attributes at hand. You can arrange a competition and roll the dice lightly. Which edge is at the top, such exercises need to be performed at the moment.
- Take the cube on which you write the numbers. What number will be at the top, so many times you need to repeat this exercise. Therefore, it is advisable to start writing numbers from 10 and above.
- Here is another interesting sports homemade product made from scrap materials. First, you need to fix the wooden pole to the plywood circle. If you do not have such a blank, then use an old wooden mop, attaching an additional cross to it at the bottom. Paint these blanks, then decorate the bottom with a cloth or a knitted rug.
- Take large plastic bottles and cut off the tops. Then you will need to tie these cuts so as not to get hurt and get just such beauty. After all, braids for funny characters are also created from these threads. And to tie the edges, you need to take a large needle, thread a thread of yarn into it and overcast the edges so that the turns are closer to each other.
- It remains to draw the features of their faces with felt-tip pens and attach them to the wooden racks. You can make two holes in each bottle, thread a wire here and attach these elements, or do it with tape.
If you have old tennis rackets that have broken lines, do not throw them away. See what you can do from these unnecessary attributes.
How to make indoor sports equipment from tennis rackets?
Take these athletic paraphernalia along with a matching sheer fabric and thread with a needle.
Take a fabric, cut out a cone-shaped blank from it, so that you then need to sew such a net. Remove the fishing line from the racket, attach the top of this net here, wrap it over the racket and sew here with a needle and thread.
Well, if children want, they can play badminton even with old attributes. But first, these rackets need to be updated. To do this, cut out cardboard blanks according to the size of the working parts of the rackets. Then you need to sew them to the base with threads. At the same time, you will sew on the petals of such a sunflower to create interesting sports attributes for children.
How to train arms and legs - do it yourself sports equipment
This will be helped by such a simulator, made with your own hands from scrap materials. You will create it if you take:
- containers for chocolate eggs;
- long elastic band;
- awl or nail;
- handles from five-liter bottles.
Using an awl or hot nail, poke a hole on both sides of each egg. Now thread the elastic here so that there are seven of these plastic boxes on each segment.
Tie the bottle handles on one and the other side of the elastic. Children will take for them, stretch the simulators in different directions.
And they can train their legs if they take:
- bottle caps;
- dense fabric;
- hot glue gun.
Cut a rectangle of the desired size from the fabric. Then start gluing the various lids here. They can be from kefir bottles, vegetable oil, juices, milk.
Such devices can prevent flat feet, strengthen immunity, and help develop quick wits and thinking.
For children to develop the fine motor skills of their pens, sew such a simulator for them.
Take:
- dense fabric;
- satin ribbons;
- flaps; scissors;
- thread with a needle.
Cut a circle out of thick fabric. It will be sunshine. Therefore, take the yellow canvas. You can glue or stitch the edges of two blanks to make this base tighter. Between these two planes, you will place satin ribbons and sew them as well.
It remains to glue the facial features of the sun, which you cut out from various patches. It is very interesting to play with this attribute. For example, children will be able to run across or jump over these rays. You can also pick up these tapes to run under them. Thus, children train not only arms and legs, but also the spine, and fingers and muscles will become more resilient.
See what other sports equipment for children can be. They will also develop their legs, coordination of movements, if they use such interesting skis.
Take:
- 2 plastic bottles;
- a needle with a large eye;
- yarn;
- scissors;
- cotton wool.
Tear off the labels from the bottles. Make a rectangular cutout on the side so that the child can thread his legs here.
But it is necessary to process it, since the edges of the slices are sharp. To do this, you need to sew here with yarn, placing the turns next to each other. You can also take the braid, put it on the cut and sew with a thread and a needle.
Then the upper part needs to be stuffed with cotton wool. You can also use a soft cloth for this. Now the child will put on such skis and move around in them. To make it easier to do this, use ordinary wooden poles as ski poles. You can first decorate them or wrap with braid, gluing it.
You can make other sports equipment for kindergarten for your home so that your child also develops physically.
To do this, take these wooden planks, drill holes in them in order to thread strong ropes here. Tie rings to the ends of the ropes. Holding for them, the baby will be able to move in this way. Plastic curtain rings can be used as rings.
Children will be able to train both arms and legs, and coordination of movements, and ingenuity at once if you make a Twister game for them. Even an unnecessary white sheet is suitable for this.
You need to put on this fabric red and blue circles, expressive from canvases of such colors. Then sew or glue them on.
So that the fabric does not wrinkle, it is more advisable to glue a dense base to it from the reverse side. It can be rubber or dense material.
Even an old umbrella will come in handy to make DIY equipment for children. Tie ropes to it, at the ends of which attach bows from candy wrappers.
The kids will blow on these butterflies, and you can hold an umbrella and watch this action.
If you have a welding machine and metal components, then watch the next master class with step-by-step photos.
How to make sports equipment with your own hands - a velomobile for a child
Such a vehicle will also help children train their sports skills.
It can be made from an old bicycle, and you can take the wheels from an unnecessary baby stroller. You will also need round and square metal pipes, various fasteners, components and tools.
First, assemble the frame of the bike. To do this, you need to cut pipes of a certain length with a grinder, then fold them and connect them using a welding machine. Also provide wheel brackets to secure them. At this point, weld the small round tube from the bike to the front where the handlebars will be.
Here's how to make a children's velomobile further, then the sports equipment will be replenished with such a useful thing. Attach a metal tube to the rear wheels, on which the chain will be wound.
Then, closer to the handlebars, attach the part from the bike, then fix the chain holder along with the pedals. You will also borrow these parts from your old bike.
Secure the front handlebar post. Put on the bike guard to cover the chain. Now you can spray paint on these metal parts.
Get a suitable chair for your child to sit comfortably in. To do this, you can purchase an ordinary plastic child seat and remove the legs from it. Here's a velomobile.
The child will be able to develop legs, hip joints while riding this sports device. And how much delight there will be!
And such a velomobile is stable, it will suit even those children who have not yet learned to ride a bicycle. The same goes for the next car. Such sports equipment for kindergarten and for the home will become a favorite toy for children.
For such a technique, they took parts that were already in use. Here's what will be needed:
- gear and pedals from a bicycle;
- stroller wheels;
- aluminum pipes;
- aluminum shanks;
- fasteners;
- plywood;
- instruments;
- dye.
First you need to assemble the car drive. Various bodies can then be attached to such a chassis, since such a base is universal. This chassis consists of 4 sleepers, which are attached to 2 rails. All these parts are made of wood. You will also attach a metal bicycle structure with pedals to a solid wooden board. But first you will need to cut this part with a grinder, then fix it here with the help of tools and accessories.
Secure the parts with secure bolts. Then fix the wooden planks and the components of these materials on the base, make holes with a drill and insert metal rods here, on which the wheels will be attached.
Now secure the front axle beam with the bolt. Do not forget to grease it with machine oil here to help the parts rotate better. Place this workpiece on the bearing, fix the chain.
To make the drive of the driving wheels, a so-called sprocket will be needed. Use galvanized or chromed steel pipes. The rear sprocket must be clamped with nuts between two washers on the stem. Wrap electrical tape between the tube and the rod.
Attach the dashboard and steering wheel.
Then you need to decorate the car to make it look like a real one.
DIY sports equipment can be made for very young children who are learning to walk or have just learned. Such children also need to train their arms, legs, and muscle frame. And this arena will help this. It will also allow you to free up the time of parents who will be busy looking after the child.
Do-it-yourself playpen for a child
To create one, you need:
- 18 plastic pipes 2 m long;
- 76 tees;
- 8 corners.
First, assemble the bottom of the arena. To do this, place the plastic pipes horizontally, and fix the tees on them. To do this, you need to take 2 pipes, combine them with a tee, so that the upper part of this connecting element remains free for the time being.
Then put more plastic pipes upright here.
After that, it will remain on top of these elements to put on plastic tees, fix the pipes vertically.
You will get a wonderful do-it-yourself arena.
Such homemade products are simple to perform, but will bring maximum benefit. So that you can easily cope with the process of making sports equipment with your own hands, watch the video.
You will find tons of useful ideas. So, plastic yogurt cups can easily turn into checkers. And the guys will be able to train their legs, walking along the path made of pompons, egg boxes, lids.
