Outdoor Games for Kids

This is a game played by hopping on one foot and kicking an oyster-shell or piece of tile from one compartment to the other, without halting the lifted foot, except in one case, to the ground, and without suffering the shell or tile to rest on any of the lines.

A tolerably large ring should be formed by several boys standing in a circle and joining hands;

Cat and Mouse Game. This sport, which is of French origin, is for two players only.

This is an old Greek game, and, like very many simple boys’ games, has retained its popularity to the present day.

This is very simple play. The ball is thrown into the air by one player, the others standing round him. He calls out the name of the player, for whom the ball is thrown.

Quoits game. The game of Quoits is very excellent. It seems to have derived its name from the ancient discus, and with us in the present day is a circular plate of iron perforated in the middle, not always of one size, but larger or smaller to suit the strength or convenience of the several candidates.