When the sun is out, it’s a perfect day for some outdoor fun that everyone can enjoy! Maybe you have an event with limited funding or you simply forgot all your game material heading out for camp. 

If there’s one thing that I’ve learned, it’s that kids can have fun with just about anything! How about these fun games with chalk?

These are perfect for a sidewalk, parking lot, or backyard porch.  Chalks are well loved by everyone especially little ones because it provides countless activities. 

And parents and youth pastors like chalk games because they don’t have to spend a lot of money.  Cheap sidewalk chalk on Amazon.

Now gather up some friends and let’s try these educational, thrilling and fun games with chalk!

These fun games with chalk are easy to set up and very quick to clean up as well. You can play these games on almost any surface. Transform your roads and sidewalks making a boring day into an exciting afternoon.

1. Sidewalk Chalk Obstacle Course

Try Drawing a Sidewalk Chalk Obstacle Course! Here's How

Keep your kids active while having fun with this sidewalk chalk game. Plot out the obstacle course by roughly drawing it on a piece of paper, or you can have the kids plot out their own course.  The sidewalk chalk obstacle course should offer different activities like hopping, dancing, jumping, clapping, and turning around.

You may also include quick rests such as singing a song, making a wish, saying your name, and so on. This game is not only exciting but also improves coordination, concentration and may even lower anxiety in kids.

This game with chalk is a perfect way to reveal amazing news or a gift to people! Using colored chalks, draw a line around the area. The kids will then follow it to find a gift, prize, or announcement. You can also make it challenging by including other paths to follow.

What crazy chalk course will you build?

2. Sidewalk Chalk Simon Game

Sidewalk Chalk Simon Game

Here’s a clever version of the all-time favorite Simon game. Just draw color blocks to represent the colors of the rainbow. You can draw them in a circular pattern leaving a wide space in the center. This space will be the spot where the player stands while waiting for the command.

Start with the first color and add another. The player will jump to the first color and onto the next then back to the blank space.

Continue each round by adding one color until you have 6-8 in the sequence. The game will end once the player completed the sequence or failed to follow the pattern correctly.

3. Backyard Word Factory Game with Chalk (Boggle)

Have you ever played the famous game of Boggle? It’s a toy with a 4×4 grid filled with letters that you shake and will find as many words as you can in 3 minutes! (Here is the perfect 3-minute timer to use.) Amazingly, you can do a game with chalk similar to this one. Just draw a 4×4 grid at your backyard and fill it with letters randomly.

Make sure that there are enough vowels and consonants. Now ready the timer and have each kid to hold a pen and piece of paper.  They will have 3 minutes to go around the grid and find many words. This doesn’t only exercise their imagination, but also their spelling skills.

If you need a refresher on how to play Boggle, this is a brief video:

How to play Boggle

4. Mirror Me with Chalk

Louth Chalk Free Play Programme - How to Play Mirror Me

Mirror Me is a new take on the classic Twister game. Here’s how to play. Draw a large circle for each player participating in the sidewalk chalk game. Draw two X’s in the center. This is your starting point for your feet. Draw at least six smaller circles within the circle with different colors.

One player will be the lead and all other players will “mirror what he/she is doing. They can go as fast or as slow as needed. Once a player fails to copy the main player the game is over. The last player standing is the winner and they get to start the game the next time.

5. Chalky Town

If you have younger kids, this is a fun and imaginative game! Chances are they have played an indoor version of this game using a children’s road rug and toy vehicles. Simply use your chalk to create a city on your driveway.

The picture above is a quick one I played with my boys. They loved it! I drew roads and square buildings. Next, I let them name all the buildings. As you can see our Chalky Town had its own pizza shop, ice cream place, candy store, toy center, and music alley.

What will your Chalky Town have?

6. Chalk Color Matching Game (BONUS)

Using different chalk colors or REUSING the Mirror Me/Simon games from above, draw color blocks on the driveway. Now allow all the kids to explore the area to find items that will match the chalk colored blocks. This game is not only fun but also educational as it allows the kids to use their imagination and watchful eyes to look for items that will match the color blocks.

You can make this game even more challenging by allowing each kid to create their own set of 5 colored blocks. READY, SET, GO and they will look for items to match their colored blocks.  The first kid to fill all the colors up will win an amazing prize! Perhaps a box of sidewalk chalk?

Finding easy activities to have fun with your kids or children’s group can be challenging, but with the help of these 5 fun games with chalk, you can definitely have a good time. Pick up a cheap box of colorful sidewalk chalk today and start having fun with your group!  What will you try?

Not feeling sidewalk chalk?  Try these:

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Last update on 2024-08-21 at 06:57 / Affiliate links / Images from Amazon Product Advertising API