Hoopy Mothers Day
by Lara Eastburn On Mother’s Day weekend I always find myself marveling at the capacity of the human body to create movement and existence itself. What parallels lay between mothering and hooping! Just as our…
Category Archives: Children
How To Make a Hula Hoop
Are you feeling a little down because you’re having a bit of trouble making a hoop? Don’t know where to start, what to buy or where to get the materials? The fourth grade class at…
St. Joseph School Hoops for Heart Health
The students at St. Joseph School in Shreveport, Louisiana put a new spin on things when they spent the day hooping things up for heart and health awareness. The school’s athletic department sponsored the activities…
Ainsley in the Desert
Ainsley hula hoops at dusk in the California desert in this great hooping silhouette. Photo by Allison Zercher of Snippets from Suburbia. They live in Redlands, California, USA. A Hooping.org Photo of the Day.
Del Rey Elementary School Sets a New World Record
Yesterday Del Rey Elementary School in Orinda, California, set a new Guiness World Record. With 402 students participating in a five minute hula hoop workout, they smashed the previous record set by 290 students in…
Sailors Hoop Up Some Fun For Children With Cancer
Electronics Technician 3rd Class Tarwon Koah, assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), challenges patients from the Likas Hospital cancer unit to a hoola hoop contest. Frank Cable sailors donated their time…
Spring Break Hula Hoop Games
[Hooping.org columnist Lara Eastburn spins up some hula hoop games for kids.] by Lara Eastburn It’s Spring Break at our house – the week when then kids are home from school and constantly wanting something…
Hoop Like a Child
[Hooping.org's Editor Philo Hagen spins us back to some important basics.] by Philo Hagen The other evening I brought my hoop to a neighborhood park and a family walking by stopped to watch me. The…