Indoor/Outdoor Hopscotch Mat

Create a unique gift for a special child that can be used any season, burns energy, and promotes coordination and fitness!  I made these Hopscotch Mats as Christmas gifts for my daughter and a niece.  The canvas mat is colorful and fun, can be taken to the park or used in your living room, and rolls up for easy storage.  My instructions require some sewing (hemming edge of mat and sewing beanbags), but a non-sewer could easily adapt it using a glue gun to hem the mat, and painting some small rocks to replace the beanbags.

Step 1: Materials

Materials Needed:

2 1/2 yds of canvas
acrylic craft paints in 3-5 colors
stiff 1/2" paint brush
a large bowl or pan approx 12" across - square, circle or rectangle
measuring tape
scissors & pencil
4" number stencils
sewing machine OR hot glue gun
4 fabric scraps & dried beans OR 4 smooth flat rocks

Comments

[effiesque]

Do you have any ideas on how to keep the canvas from slipping on hard smooth floors? Otherwise its a great idea :) I love it

[Amberetti]

You might try some Puffy fabric paint on the back--just make some random squiggles and that ought to give it a little grip. :)