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• Bad Egg
  Bad Egg
  Bad egg is a children's playground ball game played in Great Britain and other countries.One player is chosen as the 'bad egg' and turns their back to the other players. 'Bad Egg' then asks the others to each name something from a particular group...
  
  
• Ball Tag
• Blind Man's Bluff
• British Bulldog
  British Bulldogs (game)
  British bulldogs is a tag-based game, of which Red Rover and Cocky Laura are descendants, played mainly in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and other Commonwealth countries by children at school. It was originated in Great Britain...
  
  
• Bullrush game

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• Capture the Flag
  Capture the flag
  Capture the Flag is a traditional outdoor sport generally played by children, where two teams each have a flag and the objective is to capture the other team's flag, located at the team's "base," and bring it safely back to their own base...
  
  
• Cat's cradle
  Cat's cradle
  Cat's cradle is a well known series of string figures created between two people as a game. The name of the entire game, the specific figures, their order, and the names of the figures vary. Versions of this game have been found in indigenous cultures all over the world—from the Arctic to the...
  
  
• Chain tag
• Chinese jump rope
  Chinese jump rope
  Chinese jump rope is a Chinese game resembling the western game of hopscotch.The game is typically played by three players with a rope of about 5–6 feet in length that has been tied into a circle...
  
  
• Chinese whispers
  Chinese whispers
  Chinese whispers is one name for a game played around the world, in which one person whispers a message to another, which is passed through a line of people until the last player announces the message to the entire group...
  
  
• Chopsticks
• Conkers
• Cops and robbers

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• Dodge ball
• Duck, duck, goose
  Duck, duck, goose
  Duck, Duck, Goose or Duck, Duck, Gray Duck is a traditional children's game often first learned in pre-school or kindergarten then later adapted on the playground for early elementary students...
  
   aka Duck, Duck, Gray Duck
• Flashlight tag

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• Follow the Leader
  Follow the Leader (game)
  First a leader or "head of the line" is chosen, then the children all line up behind the leader. The leader then moves around and all the children have to mimic the leader's actions. Any players who fail to do what the leader does are out of the game. The last person standing other than the leader...
  
  
• Foot hockey
  Foot hockey
  Foot hockey is a sport related to hockey, but there is no equipment or stick, using feet to kick the ball , kicking it through a predetermined goal, consisting of marks/vents on portable/school walls or two coats lying of the ground. The usual age group who plays foot hockey can range from 6 to 13...
  
  
• Forty forty
  Forty forty
  Forty forty, also known as acky, block, and whip, is a children's game combining elements of the games "It" and Hide and seek. One player is "on", or "it", and they must capture the other players by 'spying' them rather than by tagging....
  
  
• Four square
  Four square
  Four square, also known as squareball, boxball, and in Canada, champ, is a ball game played among four individuals on a square court divided into quadrants...
  
  
• Funnel ball
  Funnel ball
  Funnel ball is a common playground game. A giant fiberglass or plastic funnel, roughly 5ft in diameter with a 45 degree pitch, is placed atop a post. The exits of the funnel are multiple 1ft diameter holes or tubes, projected parallel to the ground, and spaced equally around the bottom...
  
  
• Football (soccer)
• Fire on the mountain

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• Hide-and-seek
• Hopscotch
  Hopscotch
  Hopscotch is a children's game that can be played with several players or alone. Hopscotch is a popular playground game.- Court and rules :- The court :...
  
  
• Hot Lava
  Hot Lava (game)
  The Floor is Lava is a game for small children, in which the players imagine that the floor or ground is made of lava, or variably as any other unsavory substance, such as acid or quicksand, and thus avoid touching the ground lest they get burned or otherwise injured. The players stay off of the...
  
  
• Huckle buckle beanstalk
  Huckle buckle beanstalk
  Huckle Buckle Beanstalk, also called Hide the Object or Hide the Key, is a childhood game which involves the hiding and seeking of an object. It is a variation of a traditional parlour game which can be played with two or more players, one being the hider, or the person who is "it," and the other...
  
  

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• Keep Away
  Keep Away
  Keep Away, also called Monkey in the Middle, Piggy in the Middle, Pickle in a Dish, or Pickle in the Middle, is a children's game in which two or more players must pass a ball to one another, while a player in the middle attempts to intercept it...
  
  
• Kickball
  Kickball
  Kickball is a playground game and competitive league game, similar to baseball, invented in the United States in the first half of the 20th Century. Kickball may also be known as kick baseball, base soccer, soccer-base, or soccer-baseball...
  
  
• Kick-to-kick
  Kick-to-kick
  Kick-to-kick is a pastime and well-known tradition of Australian rules football fans, and a recognised Australian term for kick and catch type games...
  
  
• Kick the can
  Kick the can
  Tip the can is a children's game related to tag, hide and seek, and capture the flag which can be played outdoors, with as many as three to a few dozen players...
  
  
• King's Base
• Kingey
• Kiss chase

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• Manhunt
• Mary Mack
  Mary Mack
  Mary Mack is a clapping game played by children in English-speaking countries. It is known in various parts of the United States and in New Zealand and has been called "the most common hand-clapping game in the English-speaking world"....
  
  
• Mother May I?
  Mother May I?
  -Objective, Rules, and General Gameplay:One player plays the "mother", "father" or "captain". The other players are the "children" or "crewmembers". To begin the game, the mother or father stands at one end of a room, while all the children line up at the other end. The children take turns...
  
  
• Musical chairs
  Musical chairs
  Musical chairs is a game played by a group of people , often in an informal setting purely for entertainment such as a birthday party...
  
  
• Musical statues
  Musical statues
  Musical statues is a children's game played at children' birthday parties in the UK. It is similar to Musical Chairs-Rules:Players stand in an area, usually a dance hall and wait for music to start to play . When the music starts the players should dance to the music, the more spirited the better...
  
  
• Marbles
  Marbles
  A marble is a small spherical toy usually made from glass, clay, steel, or agate. These balls vary in size. Most commonly, they are about ½ inch in diameter, but they may range from less than ¼ inch to over 3 inches , while some art glass marbles fordisplay purposes are over 12 inches ...
  
  

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• Paddle ball
  Paddle ball
  Paddle ball is a one-person game played with an attached ball and paddle. Using a flat paddle with a small rubber ball attached at the center via an elastic string, the player tries to hit the ball with the paddle in succession as many times as possible. The paddle is usually made from either...
  
  
• Paper football
  Paper football
  Paper football refers to a table-top game, loosely based on American football, in which a sheet of paper folded into a small triangle is slid back and forth across a table top by two opponents...
  
  
• Piggly Wiggly
• Pitch and toss, also known as Penny up the wall
• Postman's Knock
  Knock, Knock, Ginger
  Knock, Knock, Ginger or Knocky Door Ginger were the names for the game dating back to 19th century England or possibly before to the Cornish traditional holiday of Nickanan Night. This game or prank is played by children in many cultures. It involves knocking on the front door of a victim, then...
  
  , also known as knock knock ginger, knock-a-door run.

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• Radio (game)
• Red Hands
  Red Hands
  Red Hands, also known as hot hands, slapsies, slaps, or simply the hand-slap game, is a children's game which can be played by two players....
  
  
• Red light, green light
• Red Rover
  Red Rover
  Red Rover is an outdoor game played primarily by children on playgrounds. This 19th century children's group game is thought to have originated in Britain and then spread to Australia, Canada and the United States.Røver is a Norwegian word for "pirate", so perhaps the...
  
  
• Ringolevio
  Ringolevio
  Ringolevio is a children's game which may be played anywhere but which originates in the teeming streets of Depression-era New York City. It is one of the many variations of tag. It requires close team work and near-military strategy. In some quarters this game is known as Manhunt which is really...
  
  
• Rock paper scissors

S

• Sardines
• Seven Up
  Seven Up (game)
  Seven Up is a traditional children's game that is played in primary schools, and to a lesser extent at parties. The goal is for each selected participant to correctly guess the person who pressed down his or her thumb...
  
  
• Sharks and Minnows
  Sharks and Minnows
  Sharks and Minnows is a popular tag game played in swimming pools.-Rules:Generally Sharks and Minnows is played in the deep end of a large pool. The game starts out with one person selected as the shark and the rest as the minnows...
  
  
• Silent ball
  Silent ball
  Silent ball is the Psi Chi national game in which a ball is thrown from player to player while everyone remains silent. The game was created to stimulate interpersonal relationships, stemming from experiments by Philip G. Zimbardo.The game requires only a single ball; participants must stand on...
  
  
• Simon Says
  Simon says
  Simon says is a children's game for three or more players where one player takes the role of 'Simon' and issues instructions, to the other players, which should only be followed if prefaced with the phrase 'Simon says', for example 'Simon says jump in the air'...
  
  
• Skipping stones
  Skipping Stones
  "Skipping Stones" is a short story by Orson Scott Card. It first appeared in his short story collection Capitol and then later in The Worthing Saga.-Plot summary:...
  
   aka Ducks and Drakes
• Skully (game)
  Skully (game)
  Skully is a children's game played on the streets of New York City and other urban areas. Sketched on the street usually in chalk, a skully board allows a game for two to six players...
  
   aka Tops
• Sleeping lions
  Sleeping lions
  Sleeping Lions is a children's game.All but one or two players are "lions", and lie down on the floor, eyes closed, as if they were sleeping. The remaining one or two players move about the room attempting to encourage the lions to move...
  
  
• Stapu
• Stickball
  Stickball
  Stickball is a street game related to baseball, usually formed as a pick-up game, played in large cities in the Northeastern United States, especially New York City. The equipment consists of a broom handle and a rubber ball, typically a spaldeen, pensie pinkie, high bouncer or tennis ball. The...
  
  
• Stoop ball
  Stoop ball
  Stoop ball is a game that is played by throwing a ball against a stoop on the pavement in front of a building. The game is also known as "Off the Point". Historically, it has been popular in Brooklyn and other inner cities. It first became popular after World War II. A Portable Stoopball...
  
  
• Stuck in the Mud

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• Tag
  Tag (game)
  Tag is a playground game played worldwide that involves one or more players chasing other players in an attempt to tag or touch them, usually with their fingers. There are many variations...
  
  
• Telephone
  Chinese whispers
  Chinese whispers is one name for a game played around the world, in which one person whispers a message to another, which is passed through a line of people until the last player announces the message to the entire group...
  
  
• Thumb war
  Thumb war
  A thumb war or thumb wrestling is a children's game played by two players in a tournament called a thumb-a-war using the thumbs to simulate fighting. The object of the game is to pin the opponent's thumb, often to a count of three...
  
  
• Tic-Tac-Toe
  Tic-tac-toe
  Tic-tac-toe, also called wick wack woe and noughts and crosses , is a pencil-and-paper game for two players, X and O, who take turns marking the spaces in a 3×3 grid. The X player usually goes first...
  
  
• Touch football
• Two balls and a wall

See also

• Clapping game
  Clapping game
  A clapping game is a type of usually cooperative game which is generally played by two players and involves clapping as accompaniment to a singing game or reciting of a rhyme...
  
  
• Singing game
  Singing game
  A singing game is an activity based around a particular verse or rhyme, usually associated with a set of actions and movements. They have been studied by folklorists, ethnologists and psychologists and are seen as important part of childhood culture...
  
  
• Children's street games
  Children's street games
  This is a list of games that are traditionally played by urban children in playgrounds, parking lots, and back streets. They are all games which may be played on a hard surface, like asphalt...
  
  
• Children's street culture
  Children's street culture
  Children's street culture refers to the cumulative culture created by young children. Collectively, this body of knowledge is passed down from one generation of urban children to the next, and can also be passed between different groups of children . It is most common in children between the ages...
  
  
• Deadbox