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    Plastic Bag Jump Rope

    About | Education | Virtual Classroom | Earth Day | Plastic Bag Jump Rope
    Plastic Bag Jump Rope: Ages all!

    Materials:
    • 12-24 plastic grocery bags(depending on how long you want it to be!)
    • Scissors
    • 2 cardboard toilet paper rolls or 1 paper towel roll
    • Duct tape 
     Instructions:
    1. Start by cutting bags along side seams. Leave handles and bottom of bag intact. To start cut 9 bags.
    2. Lay 3 bags handle to bottom. Slightly overlap the bottom loop of the top bag (bag A) with the handle end of the next bag(bag B). 
      • Take the bottom of bag B and fold it up over itself to meet the bottom of bag A. 
      • Loop the bottom of bag B through the handle of Bag B, trapping the bottom of bag A. 
      • Pull through until you have a tight knot. Sometimes pulling through the knot takes some patience, so do not be worried if it does not pull through smoothly the first time. 
    3. Repeat this process with the next bag in the chain. 
    4. Move to the next set of three bags and tie them together so they are not connected to the first 3. 
    5. Do this once more, you should now have 3 separate lengths of tied plastic bags.
    6. Hold the ends of the 3 lengths in a bundle, twist together and fold the twist over and under to tie the 3 bags together. 
    7. Begin from this knot and braid the 3 lengths together as tightly as possible.
    8. When you reach the end, tie new bags to each strand with the same knot as in step 2. Continue braiding.
    9. Repeat this process until the length rope you want. Then tie off the end by twisting the end together and folding the rope over and under. 
    10. To make the handles, slides cardboard toilet paper tube on each end of the rope. Wrap inside end of the tube and a little bit of the rope in duct tape to secure. Decorate the handles!
    11. Start jumping! 
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