If you have a roll of painter’s tape, your kids can play hopscotch even when they’re indoors.
Chalk is great for summer…what’s a little bit of extra chalk dust on top of everything else when they’re coming inside for showers after a long summer day outdoors? They sit on the pavement and color, or make a hopscotch board and jump…until a neighbor’s game or another fun activity captures their attention. No matter, they’re getting dirty!
Once the fall sets in, though, and kids tend to stay cleaner longer, we might not be so keen on the chalk. And besides, it’s getting cool out. That’s when painter’s tape comes in handy to keep kids creative and jumping.
Our eyes first opened to the creative uses of painter’s tape back in 2016 (10 years!!) when we posted this great activity using painter’s tape to make roads and a virtual city for toy cars.
We use it to create this Name/Initial Art (no matter age your child is, it comes out great!)
Painter’s Tape also comes in handy for lots of hacks on Between Carpools, like labeling tablecloths according to size (we also do this with crib/bassinet sheets), hanging up recipes during your pre-Yom Tov cook-a-thon, and hanging anything from chore charts, to school calendars, to Purim backdrops, to our Chanukah dance game board when we want to avoid damaging walls/floor. It’s super handy in a household, and our rolls do almost everything except help us paint in the lines.
And, today, our kids are using it to play hopscotch. Peeling it off at the end of the day can be the next fun activity.
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