Daily Idea #305: Skip It!

Anyone remember “Skip It!”? As a child of the 80’s I vividly remember getting my Skip It! as a birthday present and placing it on my ankle to skip over and over and over and over, literally until it broke. I haven’t seen them for a while and I know my kids would love their own Skip It!s. So, to round off the daily ideas of old school games for this week, we are making our own Skip It! with some easily accessible parts.

ITEMS NEEDED:

Plastic embroidery hoop

1/4” Outer diameter plastic tubing (about 22” per Skip It!)

Toggle bolt (needs to fit securely in the tubing)

Whiffle ball

exacto knife or something similar

(Optional— balloon, funnel, and water)

1) cut a small hole in one end of the tubing using the knife

2) open the embroidery hoop and separate the inner circle from the outer. Push the bolt from the embroidery hoop first through one side of the hoop, then through the hole in the tube, and finally through the other side of the embroidery hoop. Tighten the bolt to secure it in place

3) making sure the wings from the toggle bolt are facing out, take the skinny end of the bolt and push it into the other end of the tubing.

4) push the wings through a hole in the whiffle ball

TO ADD WEIGHT TO THE BALL—

1) stuff the balloon into a hole in the whiffle ball

2) position the funnel into the opening of the ballon

3) fill the ballon with water

4) tie off the end of the balloon and push the nub into the whiffle ball

Place the hoop around your ankle and skip away! Here is a video tutorial to aid in your Skip It! making endeavors.