Making A Garden Walkway And Hopscotch Board

We used to play a lot of outdoor games when I was a child. We loved to play hopscotch. We did not have cement to draw a hopscotch board on so we took a stick and made a board on the dirt. We used a rock for to pick up. We loved this game and spent hours playing it. Today many people have cement walkways so they can just draw the board onto the walk with sidewalk chalk.

I have been researching many different ways of making a walkway from our backdoor to the driveway. I published a great way to make really cool stepping stones in a previous article. As I was researching more. I happened to remember the hopscotch game we used to play. I was thinking, wouldn’t it be great to incorporate a hopscotch game in the walkway that goes to the garden. Why not Make a summer game for the kids while creating a path to the garden. Plain garden stepping stones can be transformed, painted, and decorated with texture or embellished with mosaic designs. Using the different variations and possibilities described below, kids and their friends can also get involved in the creation fun. I have not done this yet and it is a creation of many

Different suggestions but I think it will work.

10 patio stepping stones (directions to make your own can be found Here.

Paint the tops and sides of stepping stones using Patio acrylic paints for the base coat and let dry. Once dry, they can be painted freehand with pretty flowers, scenes, or animals (frogs, turtles, bugs, or whatever)Younger children prefer stencils, rubber stamps and sponges.

Make hand print impressions on the stepping stones - one of each family member or of a child's circle of friends. Simply paint a palm in your choice of color and press it onto a stone for a minute.

Paint the stepping stone numbers using contrasting colors and let dry. Apply a coat of acrylic sealer and let dry. Apply a second coat if needed, allowing each coat to dry between applications. Wait 24 hours before placing the stones in the garden.

Apply a layer of textured medium using a spatula to one section of the stone at a time. With a damp sponge go over the just-applied medium and spread it around further creating a light textured pattern. Continue until the stepping stone is completely covered. Draw patterns such as brick lines, design outlines, text, or the stone's number in the textured medium using the tip of a pencil or a stick. Textured medium can also be used to add dimension to a design such as a flower pot shape. Wait 24 hours for the textured medium to dry completely. Paint as desired using acrylics, let dry and apply the sealer in the same manner as above. Wait 48 hours before exposing the stones to moisture.

Once cured, grout, cement, and stone can be painted; once dry, protect them with sealant.

Create a path and set up the patio stones in numerical order. Bury the stones into the soil. To embellish the hopscotch path and also to prevent tripping, apply decorative wood chips or peat moss around the edges. Anyone want to play Hopscotch?

By doing this for the pathway to the garden, it would not take away from the beauty of the front yard and the grandkids would love it when they come to visit.

What do you think?