How to Make a Handmade Field Goal for Fake Fields

Not all football fans have the luxury of playing on a professional field, or even one at a school. If you and your friends are playing in a park or other area that doesn't have goalposts, you can bring a set of your own goalposts that are lightweight and easy to disassemble. You can make them yourself out of PVC pipe. These homemade field goals are inexpensive, close to NFL regulation size, and break down in minutes when the game is over.

Things You'll Need

  • 2-inch PVC pipes
  • Hacksaw
  • Sandpaper
  • Yellow spray paint
  • 4 PVC T-joints, 2-inch
  • 2 PVC elbow joints, 2-inch
  • Sandbags (optional)
Show More

Instructions

    • 1

      Cut 2-inch PVC pipe with a hacksaw to the following lengths:

      10 feet (Make six of these)

      18 feet (Make two)

      5 feet (Make two)

    • 2

      Sand off any burrs from the hacksaw with 100-grit sandpaper.

    • 3

      Paint all of the pipes and joints with yellow spray paint. Allow the paint to dry.

    • 4

      Assemble four of the 10-foot pipes with one of the 18-foot pipes using two T-joints, making a large H.

    • 5

      Assemble the final 18-foot pipe with the other two 10-foot pipes using two elbow joints, making a large U.

    • 6

      Add a T-joint to each end of the U, then add the 5-foot pipes to the openings on the opposite side of the T-joints, extending the U another 5 feet. This U-shaped structure forms the base for the goal, and will lay flat on the ground.

    • 7

      Insert the H assembly into the upward-facing T-joints in the base to complete the field goal.