How to Lay Out a Hop Scotch Tile Design

Hopscotch is an old-fashioned game of skipping and jumping that has been a popular outdoor activity for decades. Although the game is traditionally played on a concrete sidewalk with the hopscotch squares and letters drawn in chalk, a hopscotch tile design could add charm to a garden pathway. Making the tiles from quick-set cement using cardboard boxes for molds and forming the hopscotch numbers with marbles is not difficult and could be a good project for a young fan of the game.

11 square tiles, 18 inches, each with a number 0 through 9
6 plain tiles, 9-by-18 inches
Shovel
Level

Instructions

- 1
  Dig a pathway that measures 38 inches wide and 125 inches long with a shovel. Use a level to make sure the path is flat.
- 2
  Place a row of one vertical 9-by-18-inch rectangular plain tile, a number 1 18-inch square tile and a second rectangular plain tile at the bottom of the pathway.
- 3
  Place a row of the number 2 square tile and the number 3 square tile above the number 1 tile row.
- 4
  Place a rectangular tile, the number 4 tile and a rectangular tile above the previous row.
- 5
  Place the number 5 tile and number 6 tile above the previous row.
- 6
  Place a rectangular tile, the number 7 tile and a rectangular tile above the previous row.
- 7
  Place the number 8 tile and the number 9 tile above the previous row.
- 8
  Place a rectangular tile, the number 0 tile and a rectangular tile above the previous row.

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