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Skipping rope
Have fun and exercise
| Done in | 20mins |
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| Skill level | basic |
Skipping ropes are a great training tool – for your kids and for you. All you need are some bread bags to make it. Build your health and prevent all kinds of diseases.
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SingakwenzaWhat you need
- 20 or 40 Bread Bags
If you want to make a skipping rope for one person, you need about 20 bread bags. If you want to make a skipping rope for a group, you need 40 bread bags. - Scissors
How you make it
Cut off the top of the bread bags
Lay the bread bags flat with the opening on the right hand side. Cut off the top to make the edges even.
Cut off the bottom of the bag next to the fold line
Collect the pieces you cut off in another bag
Collect the off-cuts in a bag and check out our other guide to learn how to make a ball from these.
Cut bread bags into rings
Cut strips straight across the bread bag, approximately 3cm wide from the opening. These strips will make rings.
Continue cutting strips
Continue cutting these strips until the bottom of the bag is reached.
Repeat: Cut all bags into strips
To save time, you can place a few bags on top of each other and cut more strips at the same time.
Join rings into strands
Take two rings. Place one ring through the other to form a “T” shape.
Thread the right hand part of the “T” through the left hand part of the “T” and pull the base of the “T” to join the two rings together
Continue joining rings together until there are 8 rings joined in a row. We call this 1 strand.
Make sure all your knots are pulled tight and small.
Make all the strands
Depending on what you are making will determine how many strands you need:
- For a skipping rope for one person, you need 18 strands.
- For a skipping rope for a group, you need 27 or 36 strands.
Tie together 9 strands
Hold the end of 9 strands, making sure the tops of each strand are not in line with each other and tie the strands together using an overhand knot.
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Having them NOT in line makes sure the knots joining the rings are not in the same place.
Plait the strands
Group your strands into 3, the skipping rope has 3 strands on the left, 3 in the middle, 3 on the right.
Plait them tightly all at the same time.
Continue with the next strands
Stop plaiting before you reach the end, allowing space to join more strands to make a longer rope.
Take the next set of 9 strands and join them one at a time to each strand.
Make a “T” then take the very end of the strand through the loop, and tighten. Once every strand has been lengthened, continue plaiting.
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For the long skipping rope, you have to do this twice.
Tie up your rope
Tie an overhand knot before you run out of all the strands
Trim off both ends to make them neat
How you use it
Well done! You have made a beautiful skipping rope.
Now it’s time to have fun, sing and sweat.
You can use the skipping rope on your own or with a group.
Notes
Get to know our partner Singakwenza Early Childhood Education and find some more interesting guides on how to make children’s toys.
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