Five Creative Ways to Use Sidewalk Chalk to Occupy Children
Children are so hooked these days to electronics which makes playing outside become a thing of the past. As a child, I spent a great deal of time outside playing and being creative. I have found five ways to get even my older children outside! Here are my five ways to use RoseArt sidewalk chalk that will bring excitement and creativity to your child!
RoseArt Sidewalk Chalk and Paint
Using RoseArt Sidewalk Chalk to “draw” my children outside
If sunlight gives Vitamin D, art is its own form of therapy, and getting off those electronic devices helps reduce eye strain… sidewalk chalk sure does sound like a win-win! Just drawing with chalk can get boring for older children after a while but if you find creative ways to incorporate chalk, even the older children decide they want to get involved.
Draw Each Other
For my daughter, she giggles every time when her brothers do an outline of her body in which she can then add on hair and clothing. Sometimes, she designs her own clothing which brings the creativity piece out. Other times, she draws exactly what she is wearing on her “person” so she has a twin. Either way, she is being creative and learning new things.
For my boys, I am just going to be honest. They find it hilarious to trace their bodies in different positions so they can look like something else. They get rather creative with that and have so many laughs while creating their drawings. I love watching them work together to come up with the very best ideas. If you could only hear all the brainstorming going on in this picture! My 11-year-old has the basketball pose down to a science!
Drawing Streets for Their Bikes
Riding bikes are twice as fun when they can create their own streets. My older son likes to make obstacles for my younger son to ride his bike. He says it is to “test his driving skills”. Ha! He makes it a tight set of lines with curves. I think it is great because it has really helped him with his balance and control over his bike!
Water Balloon or Bean Bag Target
This one is so simple but so much fun. Even my husband and I enjoy getting involved with this one. We do this two ways:
1. Draw a circle in which we use as a target to throw the water balloon or chalk filled bean bag into. You can make a simple circle or you can set it up like a bullseye to compete with other family members or friends. RoseArt 5-in-1 Chalk Games makes this game so incredibly easy! It includes a tossing platform, rings, knockdown target, and chalk-filled bean bags.
2. Make a circle big enough for one person and leave a little room on all sides with a RoseArt Neon Jumbo Marker. How generous with the size of the circle that you are is up to you. Have one person stand in the circle. They can NOT step out of the circle but can move around in the circle while others throw water balloons or calk bean bags (like we used from the RoseArt 5-in-1 Chalk Games, or shoot nerf guns at the person. Give points to each player who hits the person in the middle. The player with the most points goes in the circle next.
Practice Writing Skills
My daughter is going to kindergarten in the fall. We are working with her on writing her letters and numbers this summer. Writing them with RoseArt Washable Sidewalk Chalk is so much more “fun” than just writing them on paper!
Drawing in Puddles
Rainy summer days can be boring. What a great time (as long as it isn’t thundering, lightning, or high winds) to let your child really get into nature. They won’t melt, I promise! Let them get dirty, they will keep those memories in their heads forever!
My daughter is one of those kids who can’t resist a puddle (yes, even on church days in her pretty dress). She loves to draw with the chalk through the puddles and then jump in the puddles, mixing up all the pretty colors! They WILL get dirty but thankfully, RoseArt sidewalk chalk washes easily!
40 piece RoseArt Sidewalk Chalk Paint Deluxe Set
A lot of the photos you see above include items from this kit. My kids have absolutely loved it! Inside the kit, you will find three paint cans, six jumbo markers, 20 chalk powder packs, four foam brushes, two foam roller brushes, two stencils, three wooden stir sticks, and a mixing tray.
Every sidewalk is your canvas—with RoseArt Washable Sidewalk Chalk Paint!
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gloria patterson says
I have been looking at this sidewalk chalk every where and wondering if kids would have fun with it. But after looking at your review no way could they not have fun. I think my favorite was drawing in puddles perfect!
Calvin says
Sidwalk chalk revived.. so many activities you could do with them. I am glad you brought this idea
John H. says
I would say drawings.
Hesper Fry says
My daughter would like to practice her writing skills with chalk as she is learning this in school.
Trisha McKee says
I think summertime is such an important time to spend with children outside. Chalk has so many uses, so many fun activities associated with it. It is always a MUST for this family.
Stacey A Smith says
it looks like there is so much more chalk stuff now then there was when I was a kid.looks like so much fun.
Kathy Pease says
My granddaughter loves playing with chalk and her chalkboard and sometimes my walls
Julieh says
I like that the chalk washes off so easily and the ideas are great, like for water balloon targets.
Jennifer H. says
I think that it is really neat that they look like paint.
DanV says
The bike paths are a great idea
Vanessa Richard says
My favourite out these is tracing the bodys . I always wanted to be a forensic scientist as a child.
Michelle Catallo says
Wow! There are so many different creative coloring products out there! My favorite aspect of them is the washable ones of course having three kids LOL
Michelle Smith says
We love sidewalk chalk. Our favorite is hopscotch and it brings back so many memories from childhood..Even the adults have a great time with the kids!
Tamara N says
I love the creativity that chalk allows children to have. There are endless things to make and create with chalk
Kayla Klontz says
This is an awesome way to get the children outside to play and to use their artistic little minds! I love the game ideas and such as well! We would have such a blast with this!
Robin Abrams says
My grand kids love to go outside and draw on the sidewalks and porch with the sidewalk chalks. I love that they go outside to play instead of staying indoors
Casey Garvey says
This is such a great way to use your chalk and energy! I also love the bike and chalk use tips! Great to be creative!
Edye says
Such nice ideas! I loved playing with chalk as a little kid. Such a fun way to be artistic.
Amy Greenwood says
All of those activities look fun for kids. The drawing in puddles looks cool. I never thought of drawing on wet cement, it looks pretty.
Tandi Cortez says
These are some great ideas! I know my boys would love the chalk streets for their bikes!
Michelle H. says
It is too hot to lay on the sidewalk right now, but I like those ideas. The one for the bike looks fun.
Nancy says
Kids love to use sidewalk chalk and paint. It is a fun outdoor activity for the family.
Terri S says
I used to love to use chalk outside when I was a kid. They have so much more now. I wish they had all these back then.
heather Kaufman says
We used to trace each other’s bodies when I was little, my kids love to do it now.
Susan Florio says
I love the drawing each other idea! My daughter would love that and it’s educational, she can see the differences in our bodies (and get to paint them too)!
Kim Gallegos says
We love playing we side walk chalk!
Sarah Kurtz says
These are some pretty awesome ideas… MY kids love to do anything they can with chalk and paint. They only get sad when it rains and everything disappears lol
sandra says
thanks for ideas on how to use the products. i think i most like the drawing streets for bikes. or they can draw roads for their toy cars.
Jenny Q. says
I love getting outside chalk for my son to play with. It gives him am activity that he can do with friends outside and it is sometimes the little things that keep kids busy!
Michele Seaman says
I love the idea of painting outdoors!!!! I am sure it will go a long way towards keeping the mess outside!!!
LeAnn Harbert says
This looks like fun. My granddaughters would really enjoy this.
Sue E says
I forgot to mention that we loved to draw and make road signs on our driveway. My grandkids have a blast with chalk and love to make rainbows ?
I swear if there was a way to take their masterpieces in tact off the ground, they would and hang it up in their rooms!
We’ve been buying chalk for over forty years for our kids and now for our grandkids.
susan smoaks says
These are great ideas. I want to dry the drawing outlines of the kids and then let them draw on the outlines.
Jeanna says
I loved playing with chalk when I was younger and still enjoy drawing on sidewalks today with my kids! Love that it’s so easily washable!
Stephanie Eagle (Mago-Eagle) says
I like that the sidewalk chalk is washable and that you can create lots of things with it.
Alexandra Y says
Great ideas, I had never thought of a few of them before.
Debbie Erickson says
Really fun ideas to keep kids busy and outside! I think mine would enjoy drawing each other
Denise Low says
I Like that it has so many bright colors. I also this that it is cool that it comes with a brush.
michelle k. says
My kids always had fun getting the chalk wet and drawing with it, it make a different effect
JLin says
Riding bikes are twice as fun when they can create their own streets.
Rebecca Joiner says
Thank you For all the ideas. I would have only played hopscotch lol
Carlene R. says
Drawing Streets for their bikes is a great idea !! I have four kids and lots of neighborhood kids and this would make a fun obstacle course for this this summer.
lana says
I loved drawing pictures with chalk on the driveway when I was a kid
Sara Perrera says
Drawing streets for them to ride their bike is genius. Good practice of staying within the road and it makes it challenging for them.
Cynthia C says
I’m going to have my nieces draw each other next time I watch them. Great idea!
Megan Wilson says
I really love all of the ideas here! Drawing body outlines, making beanbag targets, and mixing colors with puddles, are all activities our family would love, thank you for these creative ideas!
Amanda Alvarado says
My daughter would have a blast with these! She loves to draw and she could use the whole porch as her canvas to draw!
Katie Bellamy says
Our driveway was just repaved and is PRIME for sidewalk chalk! 🙂 We decorated it this weekend for Memorial day!
Taryn T. says
I am trying to get my kids to unplug a bit this summer. I thought my son might be a little too old for the chalk/paint but I think he would love making the body outlines! I am sure it would be a fun summer day experience for all my kiddos!
Juana Sanchez says
I never though about making a bike path or a body outline. For me it was always drawing the squares for hop-scotch.
Cathleen King says
I love sidewalk chalk because you can use any imagination and draw.
karen albert winslow says
Rose Art always has had great products for those arty kids. I love all the dif ways they can now express themselves with dif mediums. To be able to paint in dif ways with chalk is amazing & I so wish I had this for myself or my kid. Its all washable so hose it or them down & wash the clothes & say have fun & not worry if they get dirty. Hope I can win this for my Grandkids !!
Terri S. says
I love these great ideas especially drawing streets for a bike path and the water balloons idea too! Thanks for letting us know about RoseArt sidewalk chalk products.
My youngest granddaughter likes practicing writing the alphabet on my very large blacktop driveway. Her bigger sister drew the Candyland game for her (really did a super job) and they both had fun playing it. Unfortunately, it rained overnight and when big sister woke and saw it was gone, she burst into tears. I told her she has a new “canvas” to create new art. She drew butterflies and unicorns. 🙂
Kelly D says
I like the bean bag target activity idea. The colors of the chalk is so vibrant.
Renee Rousseau says
I love the bike path suggestion! We add cones and it makes the perfect obstacle course for electric riding cars which quickly become parked from lack of imagination. A little chalk goes a long way!!
Debbie Clauer says
We have traced around hands and feet, but not full body. Looks like fun!
Kim Naumann says
Love the idea of drawing streets for the bikes, especially for my younger grandkids an easy way to learn safe bike riding and having fun at the same time, definitely going to be doing this!
amy stonger says
Oh how fun!! I wish they had this kind of stuff when I was a kid.
Gina Ferrell says
I used to love playing with sidewalk chalk as a child like hopscotch, Tic-Tac-Toe and drawing butterflies, hearts and flowers all over the sidewalk and driveway.
Sue D says
Thanks for sharing all of these great ideas I can use with my grandchildren. Usually we just draw pictures and trace hands and feet.
Misty says
The Littles in my Family love playing with chalk. They make all sorts of lovely pictures on my patio area. I’ll have to get them some of the chalk paint for this Summer.
desiree says
this is great we play hop scotch and game we can like a monoply and other type of games
Lauryn R says
All of these new chalk products look like so much fun! They will definitely be perfect for summetime! Thank you so much for sharing! 🙂
PattiAnn Green says
Wow. I forgot about making roads for our bikes. I used to do that as a child. Ah, memories. I love the paint too. Didn’t even know that existed!
Kim Avery says
I must say sidewalk chalk has come a long way since I was a girl! Back then our chalk was usually everyday blackboard chalk!
Molli Taylor says
chalk is such a great tool for art and expression!
Megan Cromes says
i like the idea of painting ty 🙂
Lauren Howard says
I love the idea of toss targets!
Charissa Myers says
We drawing roads for bikes. My daughter will then draw a town or landscapes beside the road so she has scenery to drive by. I have never thought of drawing in puddles with chalk. I bet my daughter would love it. Definitely going to try it on the next rainy day.
Cindy says
This is so much better than regular sidewalk chalk !
Nicole M says
Wow. Look at all of those cool products. Painting with a brush for chalk is a cool idea. I really love the beanbag target idea but I’d actually draw small & large circles on the ground and label them with point values. Brilliant.
Dana Rodriguez says
These are such great ideas to get kids outside. When I was a little girl it was hard to get me IN the house lol.
Karley Moore says
I love the idea of making Toss Targets! Looks like lots of fun and helps with the clean up!
Kelly Kimmell says
I like the idea of water balloon targets. We will have to do that this summer.
Darlene Owen says
I love that this is easy to clean up. My 3 year old grandson has a hard time with the regular chalk so this would be easier for him to handle.
AJ says
I’ve always assumed most local ordinances and state codes precluded doing this graffiti stuff. Your own driveway is one thing, but to do it on sidewalks and just about anywhere else is technically illegal. “Washable” or not. Maybe I’m wrong, but I don’t think so.
Linda Madden says
These are great ideas! I love the bike obstacle. My granddaughter loves to play with outside chalk!
ken ohl says
my little niece and myself would have so much fun with all this chalk
Natalie S says
I love the idea of drawing and tracing each other! My boys also love to draw tracks outside for their bikes or hotwheels or other riding toys.
Angela Saver says
Wow! Such fun ideas for sidewalk chalk play! Our kids will love the idea of drawing streets for their bikes!
Angelica Dimeo says
My daughter would love these activities
Ashley Chassereau Parks says
These are great ideas!! I love the streaks for biking riding and the “kid tracing.” My kids love drawing with chalk, but I haven’t seen them do these things! I’ll have to show them… I think they’d really love those ideas!
Debbie P says
Sidewalk chalk has come a long way since I was a kid. And the sidewalk chalk paint is really cool. This is an awesome way to keep kids busy and have fun. I’m glad I have little ones around so I can join in too.
Darlene Carbajal says
This looks so cool and fun! My niece will have so much fun using this.
Dana Murphy says
We love chalk here. Our driveway is usually filled up with pictures and scribbles. We just had a hard thunderstorm so we have a clean slate for today.
Linda Manns Linneman says
Playing with sidewalk chalk is so much fun. It is also a great way for our children to use their imaginations. Thank you so much for sharing this
monique s says
I learned this can be a fun and creative art outlet for the kids this summer
Byron C says
That’s a good idea! I need to get some chalk for my kids now that it’s summer
shelly peterson says
These are great ideas. My grandson love drawing with chalk.
Gina H. says
My nieces would have so much fun with this. I especially like the idea of drawing bike “lanes” to ride in.
Aaron Reck says
I always liked that chalk to get colorful and creative without doing anything permanent. Very nice.
Antoinette M says
I like that 40 piece deluxe set! The bike trail is a great idea.
Mia Egan says
What fun and creative ways for kids to have a good time and play together. Its amazing how something as simple as chalk can occupy kids in so many ways.
Susan Smith says
My daughter loved using her sidewalk chalk. She would draw pretty pictures that would encompass our whole driveway.
Sue E says
You brought up a good point that I never thought about: that children can practice their writing skills writing with chalk on the driveway or sidewalks. We usually pick up buckets of chalk at the end of summer, because they are usually on sale or clearance. We also buy jumping ropes, balls, bubbles, and other summer things for our grandchildren to have fun with the next year.
Also I liked playing in the rain so I don’t mind if the grandkids having fun playing in the rain. We buy RoseArt a lot for their artistry skills. I really liked this slogan – Every sidewalk is your canvas—with RoseArt Washable Sidewalk Chalk Paint! YES it is! TY
Debbie Welchert says
What great ways to keep the kids busy this summer. My grandchildren would love doing things like these. They would really have so much fun…
Jennifer Lang says
My sons and I were just discussing the many ways chalk can be fun, we’re going to try them out this summer. Especially the chalk outlines.
shelly peterson says
These are some really fun ideas. These will be great for my grandsons.
Amanda Whitley says
thank you for the great ideas.. i think my kids would love them especially drawing roads to ride bikes on
Linda Manns Linneman says
This is so nice. Our children need to be outside playing more instead of playing on electronics. They need the fresh air and sunshine and to use their imaginations. These are some great ideas for outdoor chalk. I will have to get this for the grandchildren. Thank you so much for sharing
Amy D says
I really like the idea of creating a trail with chalk. This is really helpful as my daughter is learning to ride a bike and has issues with balance and motor planning.
Angela Diaz says
We did this a few years ago the kids loved it