Pool Noodle Light Sabers

These pool noodle light sabers are a must have for any Star Wars party.

When I was planning my son’s Star Wars Party the first thing I knew I had to have were light sabers. You see, my three year old loves Darth Vader. We watch Star Wars at least once a week and he has just about every Darth Vader toy known to man. For Halloween he was Darth Vader and for Christmas when he opened his light saber and other Star Wars toys he immediately ran up stairs and put on his costume to play. So it was a no brainer that light sabers would be a party favor at his birthday.

I’d seen the idea for pool noodle light sabers on Pinterest and I knew they would be perfect for our party. Not only are they budget friendly but they are really easy to make too. All Rohrl’s friends got to take home a light saber and Death Star Oreo Truffle and we even had a few left over. Light sabers that is; the truffles were gone in a heart beat! I’m actually surprised at how well these things hold up. We’ve had battles every day for about 2 weeks and every one has kept it’s shape and hasn’t broken.

There are several ways to make these but I wanted them to be somewhat true to the real-life sabers. I’m sharing three different techniques on how to make them but feel free to make them any way you want.

Materials:

Pool Noodle (one noodle makes 2 light sabers)

Duct Tape

Electrical tape

Tape Measure

Marker

Bread knife

Scissors

Directions:

Measure the length of pool noodle and mark center with the marker.

Using the bread knife cut pool noodle in half (It’s easiest to use a bread knife because it has the longest blade and makes a smooth, easy cut).

Darth Vader: (red pool noodle)

On one end of the pool noodle wrap duct tape around once.

Trying to overlap only a little bit wrap duct tape around 3 more times.

Wrap two rows of electrical tape right above the top of the fourth duct tape wrap.

About 1″ under the first row of electrical tape wrap two more rows

Cut seven 3″ pieces of electrical tape and tape them vertically under the second row of duct tape about an inch apart from each other.

Luke and Anakin Skywalker: (blue and green pool noodles)

On one end of the pool noodle wrap duct tape around once.

Trying to overlap only a little bit wrap duct tape around 2 more times.

Wrap two rows of electrical tape right above the top of the third duct tape wrap.

Wrap 3 more rows of electrical tape under the first row of electrical tape spacing each row about 1/2″.

Darth Maul: (red pool noodle)

Measure length of pool noodle and mark center.

Wrap two rows of duct tape around center.

Wrap three rows of electrical tape, one on each end and one through the middle.

Tips:

Hold the duct tape tight as your wrap around the pool noodle to keep out any wrinkles (if you do get wrinkles just lift duct tape up and smooth out then lay back down).

Start every row from the same spot so you only have overlaps in one place.

Dollar store duct tape works best. It’s not as sticky as name brand so it’s easier to lift and move around if you do get wrinkles.

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