CANDYLAND TRAIL (Hopscotch) K-2 Balance, Hopping PE Game

Sweeten your gym class with CANDYLAND TRAIL – a K-2 balance, jumping, leaping and hopping PE game.

Jump, leap, and hop your way through a colorful hopscotch-like obstacle course (using hula hoops and Poly Spots) inspired by Candy Land’s iconic path, blending key locomotor skills with teamwork in a low-prep, high-energy gym activity.

CANDYLAND TRAIL: Hopping, Leaping PE Game

Perfect for elementary PE class, this K-2 gym game lets kids race to collect candy (bean bags) while practicing coordination, balance, and healthy competition—because learning to move should feel like a treat!

Get ready to transform your physical education class into an epic adventure with CANDYLAND TRAIL – a super fun ‘Hopscotch in the Gym’ PE game.

Hi there, it’s so great to meet you! I’m Mrs. T. or you can call me Jen – a Michigan mom, wife, new grandma (aka “Jemma”) and K-12 PE teacher who is on a mission to MAKE SCHOOL FUN AGAIN!

CANDYLAND TRAIL: Hopping PE Game

FULL LESSON PLAN PDF

Candyland Trail Full PE Lesson Plan for K-2 (Locomotor Skills)

READY! SET! LET’S GET HOPPING!

Candyland Trail - Hopscotch-Like PE Game

Equipment Needed

To play this CANDYLAND TRAIL – Hopscotch in the gym game, you are going to need a few pieces of equipment including:

SEVERAL HULA HOOPS (12-15 or more)
2 POOL NOODLES
2 BUCKETS (for collecting candy)
SEVERAL BEAN BAGS (this is the candy)
SEVERAL POLY SPOTS (Different colors makes it more fun)

Easy Game Set-Up

FIRST, divide your students into two teams and give each team a pool noodle and a bucket.

NEXT, send each team to opposite ends of the gym and have them each make a line.

THEN, Set up a trail leading from each end line using hula hoops and poly spots, ending at the center of the gym.

FINALLY, Dump several bean bags (candy) in the middle of the gym. If you have a circle in the middle of your gym, you can spread the bean bags out inside the circle.

HOW TO PLAY – Candyland Trail

OBJECT OF THE GAME: Students hop, jump, and leap through the candy trail in an effort to collect the most candy with their teammates.

When the game begins, the first person in line from each team holds the pool noodle and HOPS, LEAPS, or JUMPS through the hula hoop and poly spot trail racing to the CANDY (bean bags) in the middle of the gym.

They should grab one “piece of candy” and quickly hop back through the candy trail bringing it back to their team, placing the candy in their team’s bucket.

After placing their candy in the bucket, he/she should hand off the pool noodle to the next person in line – like a relay race.

The game continues until all of the candy (bean bags) are gone. Students should then work together with their teammates to count up how many pieces of candy they collected.

The team that collects the most candy WINS the game!

Candyland Trail - Balancing, Hopping, Leaping, Jumping

GAME TEACHING TIPS

TIP #1 -During this hopping pe game, It’s fun to play a silly candy-related song like “Lollipop” – the one by Sophie Green is really good – also my students like the “Lollipop Yum Yum Yum” song from Bluey – “I Want Candy” (Kidz Bop Version) is great too!

TIP #2 – It’s totally up to you how you set your candy “trail” up but the kids love it when I set up the hula hoops in a long hopscotch formation that they can hop through. It’s also super fun to zig-zag the trail in all different directions along the gym floor.

WATCH: How to Play CANDYLAND TRAIL

CANDYLAND TRAIL with Mrs. T.

CLASS DISMISSED

So, why not blast some “clean” and upbeat PE music , maybe tell a few funny sports jokes and bring the excitement of CANDYLAND TRAIL (Hopping Pe Game) to your gymnasium TODAY!

And hey, guess what? You can snag your very own PDF of this awesome Balance, Leaping and Hopping PE Game RIGHT HERE.

And, it’s also a very easy lesson plan to leave for a substitute teacher. Just print off, gather the equipment and you’re good to go.

If you’re looking for more elementary pe games, I’ve got a bunch more for you. How about a game of BULLSEYE BAGS (cornhole in the gym), LAVA RIVER RUN, CRAZY BALL SOCCER or an energizing and educational brain break game of MUSICAL SIGHT WORDS?

Mrs. T’s K-5 PE GAMES GROWING BUNDLE

Want the absolute BIGGEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK? CANDYLAND TRAIL Hopping PE Game is also included in my “ALWAYS GROWING” K-5 PE Games GROWING BUNDLE too!

Huge Physical Education Growing Bundle - PE Games and Teacher Resources

You can snag my 200+ Page Physical Education HUGE GROWING BUNDLE Right Here!

Be sure to check out my other unique and fun Teacher Resources (Instant Bulletin Boards, Fun Classroom Decor, Learning and PE Games) in my Love 2 Teach and Learn TPT store RIGHT HERE!