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Remember the games you played when you were younger? Let’s take a trip back to the playground and out to the backyard, which games did you play?
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pick up sticks! that was fun! chinese jump rope, hopscotch, and sooo many other games i can make a whole list!
I remember doing all these things growing up, it was a wonderful time. An imagination is a wonderful thing. Recently I took one of my grand daughters and a grand son up to camp, she always found something to do and happy as a lark to be there but the boy was always bored -- no TV or computers at camp. We managed to keep him busy and at the end of the weekend he said he got to do things he'd never done before so it ended up being a pretty good weekend.
I miss sledding . . .
We would play tag, kickball, chinese jump rope, jacks, in the summer he would stop the drain holes in my dads pick up truck and swim in it, red rover, we were never bored because we used our imaginations. We played for a long time in a tree that had fallen next to our house( it was a pirate ship, a fort, whatever we wanted) they finally cut it up. That was a sad day.
Wow, these posts bring back great memories for me as well, however, I grew up on a farm so romping through the woods, swimming in the river and playing in the barn were all great things to do. We also took our rubber ball and threw it against the barn doors or house as hard as you could and it would bounce back so you could practice catching. Occasionally, we broke a window. I used to love to run out in the rain and jump in puddles. We only got one TV channel so we really had to learn how to occupy ourselves. I love to read anytime I have something worthwhile. Great childhood!!
I remember playing hide and seek. Does anybody remember pick up sticks? That was fun.
Don't forget dodge ball,mother may I,red rover,red rover, and 4 square!
Playtime was at a premium. After chores, we never ran out of things to do (bored was simply not a part of our vocabulary). Out of doors, we played hopscotch, jump rope, kick the can, hide and seek, cowboys and Indians and Tarzan and Jane. We loved to swing in trees, walk on stilts and walk on barrels. We improvised our own little house out of boards and odds and ends where we made mud pies and "poison ink" from berries. We loved to catch butterflies during the day and fireflies at night (butterflies were freed before "supper" and fireflies before bed). When it rained we took sheets and covered overturned rocking chairs on the porch to create a make believe camp. Indoor entertainment was: pick-up-sticks, jackstones, paper dolls, card games and board games. We made dolls out of socks and feed bags. All of us loved to read, which in those days meant a trip to the library, an awe inspiring wonderful place. In fact, almost everything was a great adventure to us. We could always find something that was fun to do. It was a wonderful period of time for a child to grow up in.
me my sister's and cousins always played kick ball we have a big family! sometimes i wish we could go back in time i miss those days!
all those games mention bring back memeories . we always had something to do and stayed occupied we never got bored and got plenty of exercise by jumping rope playing hop scotch, red rover, tag etc. or just swinging on the old tire swing it was lots of clean healthy fun
Reading about all of the the fun games, really took me back to the good all days of summer fun! They were all free and parents didn't have to transport kids. Simply go outside and play with neighbors!
right now i am a grandmother of four , i can remember playing hopscotch, doube dutch jumppe. hide and seek checkers, softball . handball and racing games to see who could run the fastest what a good time we had
I am a grandmother, I played all those games and so did my kids. Only one of my daughers has her kids playing these type of games and boad games, they love it. It is excerise and mind development for the whole family, It gives pleasure to see this, the kids are happy and well.
We did all the games mentioned previously. Don't forget the old 45's. We'd set up a record player out on the porch and dance and sing to the old 45's. Don't forget the lightning bugs too. Always tried to catch the most and put them in your jar. Loved the old jump rope and coming up with new sayings to jump to, hop scotch, kickball, baseball, bike riding all over town, Red Rover, swimming, visiting grandparents and cousins, reading, playing cowboys and indians. For some dumb reason we loved using the croquet mallets as crutches. We used our imagination and were constantly busy. Parents never worried about us as long as we were somewhere around town and home for dinner. Loved playing school too. Wonderful, wonderful memories.
wow, i remember all those activities. and, if i had a minute, i read a book. none of this sitting around. my mother always allowed kids over to our house because then she knew where we were. supper for moe more - of course. my parents were involved with our (3 kids) lives. i always felt loved and protected.can we go back?
We were always outside playing games and romping through the woods and streams. We played hopscotch, red light, tag, hide and go seek, jump rope, red rover and Mother may I. We also played softball, kickball, dodge ball and basketball. We rode bikes and went on long walks. We'd pick up glass drink bottles by the roadside and take them to the country store and sell them for candy and drinks.
We had so much to do, we played jump rope, jacks, hop scotch, rode bikes, roller skating, simon says, red rover, hide and seek, played on swings, tether ball, ping pong, batmintin, croket, hoola hoops, tag, rode stick horses, went to the park swimming pool, volly ball, during raining days we played in the neighbors basement where we played cards, or board games or it was big enough we could ride bikes around in it. I am sure there were more things we thought of to play but can't think of them now. It was so much more fun then sitting in the house looking at a computer or tv games all day long. Forgot that I had so much fun back then. Back then we could play outside all day without our parents worring about us and as long as we got home before dark, we were good.
We played dolls, hide and go seek, double dutch and road our bikes. We had to be yelled for to come home for dinner, or anythig else. We weren't allowed to stay inside in the summer.
I always pretended that I was stranded on a desert island.
Never had time to be bored. Played hopscotch, jacks, jumping rope, chase, races - foot and on skates, made up adventure games (some based on cowboy and jungle movies we has seen), basketball, catch. Also spent hours swing and climbing on the swing set in the backyard. In the house or on the front porch in the summer time - paperdolls, board games, and reading.Annette
Enjoyed reading all the comments and brings back a lot of memories.
We used to love hide and go seek, and marco polo (in the pool)
Tag, You're It, Kick the Can, Simon Says, riding our bikes, hopscotch, hide and seek. We were always outside playing and never got bored.
Chinese jump rope, Jacks, Kick the Can, Jumping Rope, a large assortment of board games, card games, riding bikes. We and our friends would often climb up into the "treehouse" on our swingset, and have a picnic. I also have a large Barbie collection from my childhood that we often played with.
We played kick the can, tag, hide and hide and seek. My brother and I took our skates apart and nailed the wheels on boards. First skate boards! We built an awesome tree fort too. We rode bikes alot. Had a hola hoop and played hop scotch too. What a fun time to be a kid.
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