Florence Park Chalking on Strikingly

During the pandemic of 2020, I started chalking games, puzzles, pictures and rhymes in my local park (Florence Park, Oxford) hoping to give playful fun and light relief to families (and maybe to others too).

The rain would come and wash the chalk away, and I would start again with new ideas. Some of the ideas came from my imagination, and some were borrowed from people on the internet - thanks to them.

I’m hoping some of these photos might inspire others to spread smiles and colourful fun with chalk. Get in touch if you’d like more info.
Gallery of Some
Chalking Ideas
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“Enter the Enchanted Forest”
Through the avenue of trees
Nonsense Poems
& Tongue Twisters
Some daftness and fun
Rainbow Hellos
& Eid Patterns
Rainbows around the park in languages used locally.
Whilst doing them, a little girl asked what I was doing. As we chatted, she said she was in the park to celebrate Eid with her family. I asked if she’d like me to chalk an Eid pattern, and she helped me - then her family joined in and we created an Eid message together. A passer-by was on video chat to his wife in Pakistan, and she took screenshots to show her friends! International chalking.
Puzzles
& Doodles
Answers below
Puzzle Answers
In slightly random order
Dinosaurs
Turning the park into “Jurassic Park”, including a giant-sized diplodocus. It started when a child asked me to draw them a dinosaur. Another child asked if I could then draw a spinosaurus. A third asked for a parasaurolophus...
thank goodness for Google!
Alice in Wonderland
In the avenue of trees
Robotland
In the avenue of trees
Cute pics
Drawn around the park
Games & Silliness
Drawn around the park
The 4 ‘Very Little’ Books by
Teresa Heapy & illustrator Sue Heap
Copies of some of Sue Heap’s lovely original illustrations - and the author Teresa (who lives locally) happened to pass by too!
Obstacle courses
& Hopscotch
Heart Messages
& Speech Bubbles
Drawn around the park
Fun This Way
Great things any way you go
Encouraging Others to Chalk Too
I left bits of chalk placed around the park (with clean hands!) to encourage other people to try chalking too
‘Puzzle Map’ of Florence Park
A star on the map marks where puzzles are around the park
In the Local News
& Artwork
Cowley News and
Artwork by Lisa Made It
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