Spray Paint Grass Twister Game

Trying to think of games that your kids can play outdoors this summer? Games that wont have you worrying about balls flying through windows, or kids getting skinned knees from bike tricks? Resort to an old favorite: Twister. Although a Twister game was first made for floor use there is no law that says you cant make one outdoors. You wont need a game mat; the lawn will be your mat. All you have to do is add the dots and the game will be ready for the kids. It will be so much fun that you might even get out there and join the kids in a game of lawn Twister.

You can make any variation of the Twister game you want. For instance, you can make the dots small, and close together, for little kids. Or, you can make extra rows of dots, so more than four people can play at once. You can also just make a standard Twister game, as how it is on a plastic mat, Twister board.

A dot on a classic Twister board is seven inches and a fraction. Make a pattern to be about seven inches in diameter. You can cut a hole from newspaper, thin cardboard, or another material. Cut a hole in the material so that there is a seven-inch hole, and paper or cardboard around it. Measure out the board, spacing the dots correctly, or just do something thats close in size. Each dot on an actual Twister board has a space of 3-3/4" on the horizontal spacing, and 3-15/16" on the vertical. Measure exactly or just get close to those measurements. Another choice is to use an old Twister board - one thats not in good shape - and cut out the holes, using the whole mat as a pattern for spacing and painting. Lay the Twister mat or other pattern on the ground and spray paint the dots,holding the can just a few inches away from the ground. Make a row of green dots, one of red, one of yellow, and a row of blue. Or, make an unconventional combination of colors. Each row should contain six of the dots. Let the paint dry and the game is ready for play. If you dont have a spinner, you can make one, or play with dice. On one die, "1" is green, "2" is yellow, "3" is blue, and "4" is red (or your own arrangement). Put a tiny sticker on the "5" and "6" to make it easier for the roller to automatically know that the particular die has to be rolled again. For the other die, "1" is "left foot", "2" is "right foot", "3" is "left hand", "4" is "right hand"; "5" and "6" can be covered. Its helpful to write the numbers, colors, and such, on a piece of paper, to make things easier on the dice roller.