Pool Noodle Light Saber

Uses

  • This piece of equipment is simply for fun and imagination.
  • "Use the force" to find your inner Jedi Master with this easy and cheap equipment to create!
  • These also serve as a safe alternative to using bare hands when playing tagging games.

Construction Materials

  • Pool Noodle
  • Duct Tape
  • Electric Tape

Instructions for Construction

  1. Tape a handle around one end of the noodle with duct tape.
  2. Use the electric tape ot highlight other areas of the handle.
      • Create "buttons" and other parts of the light saber.
      • Use a marker if you don't have electric tape.

Modifications of Equipment

  • Teachers: kids love to use these as taggers for games like "Star Wars Tag" and other tagging games.
      • My student's loved when I told them to "make sure you shut your light saber off before you hand it to me!"
  • Tip: the red light saber is typically the "bad guy".

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