How to make a DIY hopscotch
Habitat bright ideas with Fleur Thorpe – DIY projects
Make your own colourful hopscotch and keep the kids happily hopping. Use leftover Resene paints or buy your children’s favourite Resene testpot colours.
You will need
- 10 concrete pavers, 30cm x 30cm
- Paintbrush
- Resene Concrete Primer
- Pencil
- Computer printout of numbers 1 to 10 (optional) or freehand your own
- Resene testpot paints in colours of your choice, Fleur used: Resene Softly Softly, Resene Surfs Up, Resene Gobstopper, Resene Splish Splash, Resene Kermit, Resene Bright Spark, Resene Orang-Atan and Resene Chaos.
Instructions
Step 1
Start by priming the pavers with Resene Concrete Primer.
Step 2
Paint two coats on to the top of each paver using your chosen Resene colour, this will be the colour for all the numbers. Fleur used Resene Softly Softly.
Step 3
Once the paint is dry, use a pencil to draw on the numbers from 1 to 10. You can draw this on freehand or trace around a computer printout of the numbers.
Step 4
Finish by painting each of the pavers with your chosen colour. Fleur used (in order from 1-10) Resene Surfs Up, Resene Gobstopper, Resene Splish Splash, Resene Kermit, Resene Bright Spark, Resene Orang-Atan and Resene Chaos.
Top tip
If you want a glossier finish, you can overcoat with Resene Concrete Clear. Avoid playing the hopscotch game when wet as the moisture can make the surface slippery.
Styling and images by Fleur Thorpe. Oct 2022.