Monopoly-mad family turn street into giant board game during coronavirus lockdown

A family on lock down have taken their love of classic board games one move further after turning their entire street into one giant game of Monopoly.

The Erps family, from Grimes, Iowa, took a chance card on the ambitious project one sunny afternoon in a bid to do something positive for their neighbourhood.

Amanda, Kayla and Connor have been hard at work the last few weeks studying for their qualifications in dentistry, art education, and accounting.

Sharing their handy work in as a mock news broadcast, which has now gone viral, the adorable siblings revealed how they made their "neighborhood Monopoly masterpiece".

Recalling her six weeks on lock down Kayla said: "I had a lot of creative juices flowing and I needed to channel them somewhere. So I thought I would recruit my siblings and my dad and we'd have a fun project to do."

Kayley loved being creative with her siblings (Storyful)

The impressive side walk chalk stretches the length of Maplewood and Clarke and features hand drawn tiles from 'Do Not Pass Go' to 'Tax Chest'.

Kayla said that her only disappointment is that the pavement tiles are just shy of the official two-metre social distancing guidelines, but hoped people would be able to still play standing apart.

The siblings hope the rain doesn't wash away their work too soon (Storyful)

Amanda Erps said: "My siblings and I needed some much needed bonding time. And it was kind of a rocky start I'll be honest.

"We had to decide which board game we were going to do and were we were going to do it. We found the perfect spot and all in all we worked together and look what we made!"

The Erps family outdid themselves with the detail of their giant monopoly board (Storyful/Connor Erps)

The siblings even made giant dice to give the hopscotch style game an authentic feel.

Connor Eros, one of the artisans involved said the entire board took just over "four hours to complete" one Sunday afternoon and the family said they hoped the weather would be kind to their drawings.

Connor said: "The real reason I did this was for the kids you know. I just really want a place for them to play around, maybe ride their scooters or skate boards accross. Just give them a little bit of entertainment."

The siblings recommended their game be played at a safe distance of two metres but hoped it would spread joy to those who needed it most.