101 uses for a playground

[Shirley]

Ok.. I had to be a little creative with the title but... how about sharing old playground games that are a little selfsufficientish... games that don't require electronic handheld consoles - games that don't go beep beep beep...

1. Elastics... (as mentioned in the 101 uses for breadbag) where you use elastic bands linked together and put them around the feet of two people standing opposite each other (far enough apart for the elastics to be tight) - then a person has to hop/skip for a set amount of time. The elastics get higher and higher as the game progresses.

2. Skipping - an old washing line can be used for this activity and it is one that can be played alone or as a group. Great for keeping fit too and a lovely way of including less popular kids (so long as those holding the rope turn fairly for all)

[Millymollymandy]

3. Cat's cradle
4. Jacks
5. Kiss chase!

[Tinks]

6. whats the time mr wolf

7. hide and seek

8. tag

[Libby]

9. Bobby knocking.

Not SSish really, but a good incentive to eat your greens and keep fit.
Well, getting caught in my day meant a good old kick in the backside

[Shirley]

9. Bobby knocking.

Not SSish really, but a good incentive to eat your greens and keep fit.
Well, getting caught in my day meant a good old kick in the backside

bobby knocking??? explain please

[Muddypause]

10. British Bulldog

11. Putting daddy-long-legs down girls blouses. Ah! happy days...

[Muddypause]

There are a couple of games we used to play as kids, but I can't remember the names of them. Somebody must know:

12) A bit like hide and seek, but the seeker is defending 'home' and so never wanders far away from it. Everybody else has to sneak back to base without being caught.

13) A bit like leapfrog, but the 'frog' gets longer and longer because for every person that leaps, another one links, bent back, to the leaped. The object is not to get over, but to get more and more people sitting on a longer and longer line of backs, usually until the whole group collapses.

[Hepsibah]

9. Bobby knocking.

Not SSish really, but a good incentive to eat your greens and keep fit.
Well, getting caught in my day meant a good old kick in the backside

bobby knocking??? explain please

Bobby knocking - Knocking on somebodies door then running away.


14, Truth or dare.
15, Hopscotch.

[Shirley]

Bobby knocking - Knocking on somebodies door then running away.

Ahhh we used to call it black and white rabbit... goodness knows why.

16 - Queenie Queenie who's got the ball??
17 - What time is it Mr Wolf?!

[Wombat]

18 - releasings
19 - hand ball

Nev

[Hepsibah]

20, Rounders.
21, Slides (in the winter).

[The Chili Monster]

Muddypause wrote:

A bit like hide and seek, but the seeker is defending 'home' and so never wanders far away from it. Everybody else has to sneak back to base without being caught.

I'm sure we called it Hiders Seekers but I'll see if any of my old friends remember

22. we had a variant on kiss chase called knicker chase!

[Wombat]

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I'm sure we called it Hiders Seekers but I'll see if any of my old friends remember

22. we had a variant on kiss chase called knicker chase! [/quote]

THAT'S IT - that's the one I want to play!

Nev

[Wormella]

Muddypause wrote:

A bit like hide and seek, but the seeker is defending 'home' and so never wanders far away from it. Everybody else has to sneak back to base without being caught.

I'm sure we called it Hiders Seekers but I'll see if any of my old friends remember

22. we had a variant on kiss chase called knicker chase!

We used to call it Religo, but there were teams involved.

[glenniedragon]

I was always a popular team member for kiss chase, my dad taught me to rugby tackle from a young age and I was fearless at taking the boys out! we girls used to take it in turns to kiss the poor boys that I ensnared!

fond memories
Kind thoughts
Deb