To play this game you will need:
- A paved area of garden, patio or path
- some chalk
- some bored children (you need at least two to play the game – the more you have the bigger your play area needs to be)
Here’s how to play:
When you’ve chosen your play area, draw a symbol, letter, number or other simple picture on each paving stone. Symbols we have used include:
- House, tent etc
- Initial letter of each person’s name
- Numbers (especially ages of participants)
- stars, moon, sunshine
- rocket, aircraft, van, car, lorry
- shapes (square, triangle, circle)
- maths symbols (infinity, =, +, x etc)
- stripes, tick, cross, squiggle, heart, question mark
- emoticons
- anything else you like!
- arrows
Take it in turns to shout out a move, indicating what kind of image the participants need to jump to next. Some moves we have done include:
- Jump to a face (or body part, if you included hands)
- Jump to something in maths (could be a number or a symbol)
- Jump to a vehicle
- Jump to something you might see in the sky
- Jump to something with only straight lines
- Jump to something with only curved lines
- Jump to something to do with you
- Jump to something to do with the number three
- Jump like a chess piece (specify which piece!)
- Jump at random until the person says ‘now’
- Jump to your favourite picture
- Jump to one you’ve not jumped on before
- Jump as far as you can (or hop as far as you can!)
- Jump to an arrow
- Jump in the direction of your arrow (for one, two or three spaces!)
- Anything else you can think of!
This is a really fun game, and it can last as long as you want! The summer rain will wash the pictures off every so often so you can draw a new play area next time.
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