Books with title Sidewalk Chalk: Outdoor Fun and Games

Chalk it up...for great fun! With a bucket of colored, neon, glittered, swirly, or even just plain white chalk, your fingertips, and the ideas in this charmingly illustrated book, the sidewalk is yours to play on and decorate. Write your favorite sayings, draw pictures, or play games with your friends or all by yourself. You can even create a big mess and nature will take care of it, because chalk just washes away. Start by making your own, if you'd like, with a simple recipe. Then let the good times roll by getting out and chalking the town with calendar creations that celebrate holidays--or come up with silly rebuses to catch the eye of everyone who walks by. Be a street artist, and design wild and crazy characters, or produce a maze. You've got game with chalked hopscotch boards, tic-tac-toe, a spin on basic jacks, and "jumbo jumps." Take a sidewalk safari--it'll really bring out the animal in you! Just copy a small part of your favorite beast--like a lion's mane or beaver's tail--and challenge your friends to figure out what it is. Whoever guesses right gets to finish the picture. And, all through there's lots of "chalk talk" where0 real kids tell their favorite "chalky" things to do!

With colored, neon, glittered, swirly, or even plain white chalk, and the ideas in this charmingly illustrated book, the sidewalk's your canvas! Make your own chalk, write your favorite sayings, draw pictures, or play games (such as hopscotch) that include one or more kids: there are so many different suggestions, you won't run out of fun for days. Chalk the town with the holiday calendar creations in these pages--or create silly rebuses to catch the eye of everyone who walks by. (There's an example to start you off.) Bring out the animals for a sidewalk safari: just copy a small part of your favorite beast (like a lion's mane) and challenge your friends to figure out what it is. Whoever guesses right finishes the picture. The hippo-phant drawn here will give you a clue to what crazy things you can do. Plus: "chalk talk," where real kids reveal their favorite forms of "chalky" fun!