Create Simple Jumps in Your Obby

What can we use if we don't have masking tape, the listed blocks, a cushion, or a measuring tape?

Use painter's tape or a length of string to mark the start line, stack cardboard boxes or phone books instead of blocks, fold a bath towel or blanket as the landing cushion, and use a ruler or a smartphone measuring app to measure the gap.

If the blocks keep toppling or the jumper consistently misses the landing platform, what should we do?

Stabilize platforms by widening the base or using heavier books, tape the cushion to the floor so it doesn't slide, have an adult spot the child during the one careful test jump, and move the landing platform closer as instructed if most of the five trials miss.

How can I adapt the activity for younger or older children?

For younger kids make both platforms only one block high, shorten the measured gap and use a thicker cushion with simpler counting, while older kids can raise platform height, increase the gap, add multiple landing platforms, and record each new measured distance on the paper.

How can we extend or personalize the obby once the basic jumps are working?

Decorate and label the start line with masking or painter's tape, paint or color the blocks, add themed obstacles between platforms, create a difficulty chart on your paper using the measured distances, and share progress photos and descriptions on DIY.org as the instructions suggest.