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February 18, 2014

Indoor Hopscotch: Create Memories with Crayola

I am a member of the Collective Bias®  Social Fabric® Community.  This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper amplification for Collective Bias and its advertiser. 

Kids love to craft and play games, so when the weather outside is frightful, pull out the Crayola colors and bring the hopscotch indoors!
What’s the temperature like where you are? Our winter here has been really fickle. One day it’s nice and warm, and the next it’s freezing and snowing! We’ve been cooped up a lot over the past couple months, and the kids are always looking for new and fun things to do, preferably to create.
Movies and video games get old all too fast, and when they do, we pull out the art supply box filled with Crayola paints, chalk, markers, and crayons, to make #ColorfulCreations.  Crayola is number one in our book for best quality, largest variety, and most importantly-boldest color! And I love that many of their products are washable, which is an absolute must with messy kiddos like mine. I would hate for their cute clothes to get stained, but I don’t have to worry about that with Crayola.
This time, we decided to make a popular outdoor game (hopscotch), but in a form friendly to indoors, since we can’t always count on the weather to cooperate. I adapted the idea from here. The kids said, and I quote verbatim, “This is the funnest craft we’ve ever made!”, and they’ve literally spent hours playing it since. 🙂
Here’s what you’ll need to create your own indoor hopscotch game:

I can always count on Walmart to offer a great selection of Crayola products.  It’s my go-to stop for great prices on colorful supplies.

This aisle just makes me happy.

{WHAT YOU’LL NEED:}
Crayola 96 ct. Crayons (we love tons of color options, and the kids especially couldn’t resist the Metallic Crayons)
Crayola 24 ct. Sidewalk Chalk
Crayola 10 ct. Washable Kid’s Paint
Crayola Markers (they’re on Rollback right now at Walmart right for just $.97, so I stocked up!)

You’ll also need:
10 pieces of 10″ square (or whatever size fits your kiddos’ little feet the best) cardboard.  Use cardboard for an extra sturdy game that will withstand crazy kiddos at play. I just grabbed some box scraps that I had been keeping for projects just like this, and cut them to size.

Scrap cardboard for hand print cutouts

Here’s how to make your own game of indoor hopscotch:

Draw your number outlines on the cardboard and fill in with paint-the more colorful the better!  Let dry completely.


Trace around numbers and outer edge of cardboard squares with a coordinating or matching color of marker.  This will make the numbers pop more and the border gives the squares a more finished look.  Decorate around the numbers however you’d like, or…

Using your crayons, color items that correspond to the number on your cardboard square.  For example, my daughter drew one frog here, two clouds on #2, three raindrops on #3, four presents on #4, five bats on square #5, six chocolate chips, seven stars, eight bubbles, nine hearts, and ten crayons.  She creatively came up with these herself.  The kids loved adding this fun detail to the game and it’s also great for teaching/reinforcing numbers and counting!

 

Trace the kids’ hand prints on cardboard and cut out (an adult should do this part).  Let the kids decorate their hand prints with fun sidewalk chalk!  They were absolutely thrilled to use a normally outdoor medium on something that would be kept indoors.  But who says sidewalk chalk has to be used outside, anyway? 🙂

My daughter made a rainbow hand print to use as a throw marker.  She’s always been attracted to colorful things.

The final product is perfectly imperfect. I love to give the kids supplies and let their creativity run wild.  Those wayward strokes really give the project character and meaning.  Check out that fun rainbow pattern my daughter painted!

 

We highly recommend playing indoor hopscotch on carpet.  There were no issues with slipping.  We did have to slightly rearrange the squares after each child’s turn, but that was no big deal.  If you’ll be playing this on a slippery surface (e.g. tile, linoleum, or hardwood) be sure to use extra caution.  You can apply lines of calk to the backs of the squares and let dry completely to add friction, if you’d like.

They were thrilled to play a game that they created all by themselves.

This made for lots of concentration, smiles, and laughs.  My daughter kept asking why we couldn’t tape the squares together, but I told her it would defeat the purpose of the game being compact and portable (big words for a six-year-old, I know, but she got the gist).  And, it would make the next trick impossible…

The once organized game of hopscotch turned into this. 🙂  Our creative variation…hopscotch with a chaotic twist!   It was an even greater challenge and the kids had a blast!  Then, we took it a step further, laid the squares out in two even rows, and played Twister by number!  So many options!

Have fun creating with Crayola!

For more fantastic craft ideas, be sure to follow Crayola on Facebook and Pinterest.

I was selected for this opportunity through #CollectiveBias.  As always, all opinions and ideas are my own.

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  1. Terri | Sugar Free Glow says

    February 18, 2014 at 2:46 pm

    Super cute! I love the hand throw marker--cute!
  2. Amy Latta says

    February 18, 2014 at 3:05 pm

    SO fun! It's been snowing constantly here and we need fun indoor activities to keep my 5 year old from going crazy!
  3. Britni Vigil says

    February 18, 2014 at 3:19 pm

    What an awesome idea Christine, love those handprints!
  4. Jen Nikolaus says

    February 18, 2014 at 5:10 pm

    Such a cute idea and such cute kids!!! I can't believe how big they're getting! You're the world's funnest mom! :)
    • Christine Bell says

      February 18, 2014 at 7:24 pm

      Thanks Jen! This coming from an amazing mom herself. :)
  5. Censie says

    February 18, 2014 at 6:01 pm

    Indoor Hop Scotch! How brilliant!! I think this would be a great activity for my son who is learning number recognition right now too!
    • Christine Bell says

      February 18, 2014 at 7:23 pm

      This would be perfect! It was a huge hit with the kids.
  6. Chad and Catherine says

    February 18, 2014 at 8:32 pm

    This looks so fun! The kids did such a good job coloring them too. They all look so cute!
  7. Kimberly Job says

    February 18, 2014 at 11:41 pm

    So muh fun! I loved hopscotch as a kid.
  8. Jen Temcio says

    February 19, 2014 at 2:21 am

    You are SO creative! And so are your artsy kids! This looks wonderful and it sounds like you really made some special memories doing this project together. LOVE IT! #client @dappehouse
  9. Sinea Pies says

    February 19, 2014 at 2:02 pm

    Very cute!
  10. Craftybegonia says

    February 20, 2014 at 12:39 am

    That looks like so much fun for stormy days when the kids can't get out!
  11. Steph @ Three Loud Kids! says

    February 20, 2014 at 3:18 pm

    Gosh what a cute idea! I bet my kids would have loved this when they were younger!
  12. Kelly says

    February 21, 2014 at 1:10 am

    Clever idea - especially with all this bad weather that's been going around!
  13. Renae Hill says

    February 22, 2014 at 3:38 pm

    This is so fun! We have so much cardboard we're trying to get rid of in our garage right now. I think I'm going to cut some up and try this out with my daughter.

    hillmade.blogspot.com
    • Christine Bell says

      February 23, 2014 at 2:55 am

      How perfect, Renae! I hope you have tons of fun!
  14. Amy @ Marvelous Mommy says

    February 22, 2014 at 4:28 pm

    I love this so much! We are doing this inside today! Thanks for linking up with us at the Create Link Inspire party! You were featured today! http://www.marvelousmommy.com/2014/02/7-featured-crafts-for-kids/
    • Christine Bell says

      February 23, 2014 at 2:56 am

      So glad to hear that, Amy! I hope you had a wonderful time!
  15. Lorie says

    February 23, 2014 at 7:52 pm

    So cute! And perfect for all of the places still having cold weather!

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