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Stick hopscotch
Hop, skip, land! A classic playground game made from sticks on the grass.
*Illustrative age guidance. Your child's development and circumstances matter more than a number.
A tiny plan for your day
Estimated time: 5 min to set up · 9 min to play · 1 min to tidy. It's fine to stop early.
Before you start
What you’ll need
- Lots of sticks
- A pine cone or stone as a marker
Let's begin
Five simple steps
That's the whole activity. Tick each step off as you go, and stop whenever you like.
Lay sticks on the ground to make a ladder of squares.
Throw the pine cone into the first square.
Hop over it, all the way to the end and back.
Pick up the marker on the way back.
Throw it to the next square and go again.
All done!
That's every step. However it went, you made a little moment together.
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