Here is a fun and simple activity (craft?) for kids to make their hopscotch more exciting. My children love to collect sticks and rocks from our walks to and from the play ground. One day I got the idea to let them paint rocks. Children love to paint and I always look for different materials and surfaces for children to explore. It’s nice to paint something besides flat surfaces like paper. My son recently discovered the game of hopscotch so I thought it was a good idea to paint their rocks for their hopscotch. That way, they get their own special rock and will not confuse it with somebody else’s.

The only issue is that non toxic washable paint does not keep its color too well on the rock. If you have young children who might taste the paint I would use the washable paint anyway, but I used acrylic paint. I took all their clothes of and spread newspapers over the table and covered the floor underneath.

My kids had a lot of fun and learned how you can use objects straight from nature just as well in activities!