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How to make a toy basketball hoop

STEAM@Home: Make Your Own Basketball Hoop!

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Find an area where you can lay out materials and do some hands-on construction.

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Materials:

A wire hanger. It cannot be a partially metal hanger made substantially of wood or plastic.
A large, flat piece of cardboard.
The tape of your choosing. Masking tape may be the easiest to work with; duct tape would certainly make the hoop durable.
Markers or paint.
Scissors.
String (optional).

Instructions:

Bend the wire hanger into a circle. You do not even have to dismantle the hanger, but just reshape it into a hoop.
Bend the hook of the hanger so that it is at a 90 degree angle with the hoop. Do not cut away the hook, as it still can be of some use.
Cut the cardboard to the size and shape of your liking. Standard high school, college, and NBA backboards are rectangular, if you are looking to replicate that appearance. Try to make sure the relative scale of the hoop and backboard seem reasonable. For comparative purposes, an NBA backboard is 6 feet wide, while the basket opening is 18 inches (1.5 feet). That means the basket width is 1/4 (or 25%) as wide.
Decorate the hoop and backboard to your liking. Traditional hoops are painted red, but you can certainly customize it to fit whatever you desire. The backboard of most high schools, colleges, and all NBA franchises are now made of transparent glass; as there is no transparent cardboard, you can really be as creative as you want.
Tape the hoop to the backboard. You can attach the hook (which you bent up earlier) to lower back side of the backboard. Make sure the rim is as close to the backboard as possible.
Attach a net to the basketball rim (optional). You can make make a net out of string, or even out of twisted tape.
Hang the completed basket to a wall or door. Masking tape will work well for this purpose, as it will not leave a sticky mess behind like duct tape would. There are two different taping methods you can employ.

This activity supports the practice of these STEAM Habits of Mind: Develop craft, engage & persist, observe, reflect, stretch & explore.

Tips for Supporting Your Children's Learning

Get your child actively involved in their own learning and having their questions drive the learning. Let them observe and figure out, and try to hold back from answering questions for them. Instead, try to ask: What do we know? What else can we find out? How might we figure that out? Don't be afraid to ask your child questions. Also, don't be afraid to say "I don't know--let's find out together!" as a way to respond to their questions. Here's an article to help you support this kind of learning: Of the Value of Saying I Don’t Know

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Want to learn more about making your own sports equipment?

Science Club for Girls at Home - Make you own sports equipment challenge
Instructables - MYO Basketball hoops

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Homecourt - basketball skill building app
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- Exploratorium - Sports Science
- Design Squad - Sports design challenges
Parkour Generations - Classes
Department of Human Services Sports Leagues

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DIY Indoor Basketball Hoop For Toddlers

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Full disclosure, I can’t take all the credit for this idea, my 3 year old gave me this great idea.

I was working on a DIY Pendant light project with an embroidery hook. It was just hanging on a door knob and Dad and him started shooting hoops.

That’s when it hit me!

Why not make an actual basketball hoop for him. It’s pretty cold here in CT and I am constantly trying to think of fun things we can do inside. There is something exciting that happens with a toddler when you bring an “outside game” in.

I already had everything on hand, so it didn’t cost me a cent – my kind of DIY project. Not too mention this isn’t a professional hoop situation and he is a toddler, so if he destroys it, I am not out a ton of money.

Here is the list of materials I used *Not pictured is the glue gun – I opted for that instead of the tape**

Macrame Cord, but you could use anything you have like Butchers Twine, yarn, jute twine, any kind of thin rope (just make sure it isn’t too heavy)
Piece of cardboard – I just trimmed down a box that we had from a delivery. You could just some basswood or any thin wood, but this was just what I had on hand.
Paint – anything you prefer. I just stuck with black and white
10″ Embroidery Ring
Paint Brushes (this is a great little set)
Painter’s Tape
Scissors
Glue Gun

Paint the cardboard. Simple and totally optional. I was just having fun with this.

This curled a bit, but it fixed itself after I hung it up. The stronger the cardboard the better

Once dried I used some painters tape to make the box above the hoop. If you have a steady hand you can forego the painters tape.

While all that dries, let’s work on the net. I am actually very pleased how this came out and it was so easy.

I cut 8 40″ pieces of the macrame cord and fold it in half. I started with 6 – which you could technically do, but 8 really filled it out like an actual hoop.

Now take the fold and place it under the hoop and pull through the ends. Repeat this for every string until you are done

Now you want to take one string from one group and one from the group next to it. You will do this all the way around. Then go down a bit and do 2 more layers of this.

Now I just place the screw part up and drew a little rectangle the a little smaller than that actual screw. Once cut I just shimmied it in there. *Shimmy is the technical term*

Once it is through, hot glue the crap out of it. We are talking toddler toy here, so the more glue the better. I use Gorilla Hot Glue sticks and they are the best I have ever used. I’ll never use anything else again.

So much glue!Yup – more glue

Here comes the fun part

He was soooo excited and had so much fun with it! Huge success and took me (minus paint drying time) about 30 or so minutes to put together and we got hours of fun. That’s a win in my book.

look at that form – he’s a natural

I hope you give this quick and easy DIY project a try. I’d love to see your basketball hoops!

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How to make a toy basketball hoop

STEAM@Home: Make Your Own Basketball Hoop!

Location

Additional information

DIY Indoor Basketball Hoop For Toddlers

Full disclosure, I can’t take all the credit for this idea, my 3 year old gave me this great idea.

That’s when it hit me!

Here is the list of materials I used *Not pictured is the glue gun – I opted for that instead of the tape**

Here comes the fun part

Basketball rings, nets and other goods

How to choose a basketball net?

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