HOMEMADE
PLAY EQUIPMENT
by DAVID E. CORBIN and CHARLES B. CORBIN
2nd edition, 135 pages, $13.95
ISBN 978-0-89641-221-7 
Homemade Play Equipment provides teachers, recreation leaders,
scout leaders, parents and others who are interested in games
with ideas for constructing and using "homemade" equipment.
The ideas provide ways to enable each child in a large group to
have a piece of equipment and be actively playing. The text describes
the construction of inexpensive equipment by recycling "throw
away" items such as plastic bottles, coat hangers, nylon
stockings, coffee cans, and many other household items. It also
focuses on unique and low cost equipment. Sample activities are
provided for all equipment described, as seen on Late Night
with David Letterman.
CONTENTS
Chapter
1: INTRODUCTION
Use of Inexpensive Equipment in Movement Exploration
Cooperative Construction of Equipment
Book Content
Chapter
2: EQUIPMENT MADE WITH THROW AWAY ITEMS AND ACCOMPANYING ACTIVITIES
Beach Bottle Ball Scoops
Nylon Stocking Rackets
Yarn Balls
Hose Balls
Bicycle Inner tube
Inner Tube Relays and Games
Inner Tube Strips
Broomsticks
Bread Wrapper Jump Ropes
Chinese Jump Rope
Swing and Jump
Wrapped Newspaper Balls
Sponge Rubber Strip Balls
Fling Ball
Stocking Toe Balls
Plastic Bottle Ball or Puck
Tin Can Stilts
Wooden Stilts
Wicket Ball
Tennis Ball Twirler
Washers
Measuring Strip for Jumping
Lid Flying Saucers
Coffee Can Targets
Can Catch
Tires
Milk Cartons
Milk Dispenser Bladders
Piece Papers
Rocker Walker
No Net Table Tennis
Tennis or Racquetball Tetherball
Soccer Kick Recoil
Chapter
3: LOW COST EQUIPMENT AND ACCOMPANYING ACTIVITIES
Wood Blocks
Lumey Sticks
Sponge Rubber Balls
Balloons
Beach balls
Paper Strips
Hoops
Bamboo Poles
Bean Bags
Velcro Targets
Balance Beam
Ball Tee
Chapter
4: OTHER UNIQUE EQUIPMENT AND ACTIVITIES
Parachutes
Cargo Nets
Tube Tumbling
Gym Scooters
Chapter
5: THE USE OF MOVEMENT ROUTINES
Tumbling Routines
Jumpnastics
Basic Jumpnastics Skills
Movement Cards
Ball Routines
Summary
Chapter
6: INEXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT FOR GENERAL USE
Fire Hose Boundary Lines
Plastic Clothesline Boundary Lines
Bowling Pin Markers
Soap Barrels for Equipment Storage
Tile Bases
The Ball Patrol
Game Standards
Homemade Nets
Bike Inner Tube Nets
Chapter
7: FREE AND INEXPENSIVE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT
Barrel Pyramid
Chapter
8: JUGGLING
Scarf Juggling
Bean Bag or Ball Juggling
Three Box Juggling
APPENDIX
SOURCES
OF EQUIPMENT
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
David
Corbin is a Professor of Physical Education at the University
of Nebraska in Omaha.
Charles
Corbin is a Professor of Exercise Science and Physical
Education at Arizona State University in Tempe.