Physical Activity Equipment List

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Here is a list of the equipment required to play the games outlined on this website. Some games also contain homemade equipment. You can learn how to make these in the Let’s Make Crafts for Physical Activity section. 

  • Beanbags 
  • Soft toys (stuffed animals)
  • Balls (various sizes, weights, hardness, bounce-ability, shape)
    • Tennis ball
    • Plastic ball
    • Sponge balls
    • Paper balls
    • Foam footballs, soccer balls
  • Balloons 
  • Pylons (buckets, rocks, chalk)
  • Hula Hoops
  • Blankets, towels (cushions, felt squares, tea towels)
  • Skipping ropes (string, wool, rope)
  • Baskets (laundry baskets, beach bucket, yogurt containers, milk cartons)
  • Measuring object (stick, rope, measuring tape, paper)
  • Scarves (tissue, handkerchief, paper towel, socks)
  • Bowling pins (shoe box, rolled up newspaper, milk cartons, recycling, plastic cups)
  • Plastic hockey stick (rolled up newspaper)
  • Chairs (boxes, foam blocks)
  • Bubble mix (homemade, pipe cleaner wands)
  • Plastic cups (bowls, dome pylons)
  • Masking tape
  • Pens and pencils
  • Stilts (homemade)

Additional equipment to promote physical activity

  • Music player (CD player, mp3 player, smartphone, etc.)
  • Gardening equipment (shovels, dirt, flower pots, seeds)
  • Plastic baseball bat, t-ball set
  • Plastic racquets
  • Parachute
  • Scooters
  • Frisbees
  • Costumes
  • Scoops, baseball gloves
  • Other projectiles (at targets) – rubber chickens, water balloons
  • Crash mats
  • Sandbox