Medicine balls are great for exercising your body but most of them come at an expensive price. They are around a  dollar a pound and the heavier they get the more expensive they become, but that's not a factor no more. Today medicine balls can be made for only a few dollars. 

What you need:

• Number one on your list is a basketball. This is the most important element you will need to make your ball. 
• A radial tire puncture plug kit, this is to make the hole on the ball. if you buy the kit it comes with a plunger and rasp. Also, buy some plugs you will need them.
• A funnel. This will be needed to insert whatever you are going to put inside the ball. whether it is rice or sand this makes the insertion more easier and if you can't buy a funnel make one! get any container on the shape of a funnel cut the top a you have a funnel.
• Shoe Goo. This seals the deal! Shoe Goo  keeps the whole ball together and sealed up after finished with  putting the element inside the ball.
• Sand or rice. If you want a light ball put some rice inside of it, but if you need a heavier ball simply get some sand. Sand can be found just about anywhere go to the beach and pick some up or buy some at the hardware store.

What to do:

1. Take the ball and jam a hole into it and run the ball over one eight of a turn and jam another hole. You will need to holes because one will be for the funnel and the other for the air to come out.
2. Insert a funnel into a hole and start pouring in the sand. This may be a slow process but the time is worth once you have your own medicine ball.
3. Closing the ball. This is the final step before acquiring your medicine ball. Once all the sand has been poured into the ball get the plunger and plug and jam  following the instructions of the package.
4. Now for the hard part. Get some Shoe Goo and put it on top of the plugs. Wait for a few hours and you will have your own medicine ball all ready to be used. 

Making a medicine ball may take a few hours but in the end it is worth it. You will have a cheap medicine ball for when you exercise and for a low cost as well.