Things You'll Need:
- Masking tape
- Small object
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Step 1
Set up the hopscotch game on any floor area in your home. It can be a carpeted, tiled or wood floor surface. Use masking tape to outline the nine, connecting squares. Make the squares large enough for a foot to fit inside.
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Step 2
Design the hopscotch game so the first three boxes are on top of each other, then two boxes are side-by-side, then a single box, then two more boxes side-by-side and the final box at the top. Shape the final box like a half circle. Number the boxes from 1 to 9 starting at the bottom using the masking tape. The ninth half-circle space is considered "home."
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Step 3
Find a small object to use as the marker. A penny or bean bag works well. Toss the marker into the first box. It must land in the designated square without bouncing out or touching a line, or you lose your turn.
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Step 4
Hop on one foot when there is one square and place two feet down when there are side-by-side squares. You must hop over the square with the marker and continue hopping down the playing board. The box numbered "9" is a rest area to be used before you hop back.
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Step 5
Turn around and head back, stopping to pick up the marker. If you successfully make it through the course, continue your turn throwing the marker onto the next numbered box.
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Step 6
Forfeit your turn if the marker doesn't land in the box, your foot lands on a line, you fail to hop on one foot, you step outside a box or fall over. The next player takes a turn each time someone fails to follow all the rules.
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Step 7
Resume your turn by throwing the marker into the same square that you committed a foul on. The winner is the first one to throw a marker in the number "9" space and successfully complete the course.
