6 Fun Ways to Play With a Hula Hoop

Hula hoops may seem like a too simple and an archaic way to have fun, but it has a wide range of benefits, and it will keep you entertained. It is cheap, easily stored, and doesn’t consume energy. It doesn’t take much to learn how to hula hoop, and it can be done as a family bonding exercise to keep everyone healthy, toned, and balanced. Children are required to get a minimum of 60 minutes a day of active exercise, and by hula hooping, they get that and develop increased concentration, coordination, and muscle strength. The advantages are endless!

Here are some few tips to get you engaged in hula hooping:

Create Challenges

Buy a set for the family and challenge each other on different levels. You can create prizes on who can keep the hoop circling for the most amount of time and who can advance the fastest or come up with the fanciest tricks.

Use The Hoops as Targets

You can use the hoops as targets for other games, and get creative as you go along. You can create an improvised basketball game with innovative rules too.

Up, Down, Under, Over

This is a great game for family groups. Make 3-4 kids stay inside a large hoop. The challenge is to bring the hula hoop to their waist without using their hands.

Roll Along

The rules of this game are to use your hand to make a hoop roll, and the person who can keep it rolling the longest is the winner. An additional twist is to make a line with a marker or chalk and get them to follow the path while rolling the hoop.

Hoop-Scotch

Hoop Scotch requires multiple hoops. Place the hoops on the ground and create patterns that your child will hopscotch through.

Tag

You can play tag and use the hoops as safe spaces. You can add rules like how many can stay in a hoop and the number of seconds a safe space for and just get creative with it.

These are just a few examples. You can create your own unique game with your family and friends and have an endless hula hoop fun!