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Outdoor Games for Kids – HOPPING ON THE BOTTLE GAME

Outdoor Games for Kids – HOPPING ON THE BOTTLE GAME

July 7, 2015 Smart Kids 123 Outdoor Games for Kids

Various games are in vogue among boys, in which hopping on one foot is the principal object.

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WANT A DAY’S WORK? – Outdoor Games for Kids

WANT A DAY’S WORK? – Outdoor Games for Kids

July 7, 2015 Smart Kids 123 Outdoor Games for Kids

This is a capital game when well played, and the antics and grimaces of boys who are mimics cause great merriment.

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02 Outdoor Games for Kids HOP SCOTCH GAME

Outdoor Games for Kids – HOP-SCOTCH GAME

July 7, 2015 Smart Kids 123 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.

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DROPPING THE HANDKERCHIEF GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

DROPPING THE HANDKERCHIEF GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

July 7, 2015 Smart Kids 123 Outdoor Games for Kids

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

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Outdoor Games for Kids – FRENCH AND ENGLISH GAME

Outdoor Games for Kids – FRENCH AND ENGLISH GAME

July 7, 2015 Smart Kids 123 Outdoor Games for Kids

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

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CATCH BALL GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

CATCH BALL GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

July 7, 2015 Smart Kids 123 Outdoor Games for Kids

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.

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I SPY GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

I SPY GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

July 7, 2015 Smart Kids 123 Outdoor Games for Kids

This is a capital game for the summer months. The players divide themselves into two parties, one party remaining at a spot called “Bounds,” and concealing their faces, while the other party goes out and hides. After waiting for a few minutes, the home party shouts, “Coming, coming, coming.”

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09 FEEDER GAME Outdoor Games for Kids

FEEDER GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

July 7, 2015 Smart Kids 123 Outdoor Games for Kids

In this game four or five stones or marks must be placed on the ground, as in the annexed figure, A, B, C, D, E, about twelve or fifteen yards asunder; these marks are called bases, and one of them, as A, is styled “home.”

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Outdoor Games for Kids – PITCH-STONE GAME

Outdoor Games for Kids – PITCH-STONE GAME

July 7, 2015 Smart Kids 123 Outdoor Games for Kids

This game is played by two boys, each of whom takes a smooth round pebble.

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MONDAY, TUESDAY GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

MONDAY, TUESDAY GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

July 7, 2015 Smart Kids 123 Outdoor Games for Kids

This game, which takes its title from the names assumed by the players, is played by seven boys, each of whom calls himself after one of the days of the week.

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DUCK AND DRAKE GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

DUCK AND DRAKE GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

July 7, 2015 Smart Kids 123 Outdoor Games for Kids

This is a very simple sport, but necessarily restricted to those spots where there is a river, or a pond of some magnitude.

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NINE-HOLES GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

NINE-HOLES GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

July 7, 2015 Smart Kids 123 Outdoor Games for Kids

Dig near a wall nine holes, of about six inches in diameter, and three deep. Let each player have one of these, according to his number, which must be determined by lot.

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PRISONER’S BASE OR PRISON BARS GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

PRISONER’S BASE OR PRISON BARS GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

July 7, 2015 Smart Kids 123 Outdoor Games for Kids

This is a most delightful game, and is a very great favourite among boys of all classes. It is commenced by choosing Captains, which is either done by lot or by the “sweet voices” of the youths.

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NORTHERN SPELL GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

NORTHERN SPELL GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

July 7, 2015 Smart Kids 123 Outdoor Games for Kids

This game is played with a trap and ball, which is struck with a bat or bludgeon at the pleasure of the players; but the latter is most commonly used.

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FLY THE GARTER GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

FLY THE GARTER GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

July 7, 2015 Smart Kids 123 Outdoor Games for Kids

Chalk or make a line, or, as it is usually termed, “a garter,” on the ground; on this line one of the players must place himself and bend down as in leap-frog, while the other players in rotation leap over him, the last one as he flies over calling out “Foot it.”

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11 ROUNDERS GAME Outdoor Games for Kids

ROUNDERS GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

July 7, 2015 Smart Kids 123 Outdoor Games for Kids

This is a most excellent game, and very popular in some counties. It is played with a moderate-sized ball and a hand-bat, i. e. a bat that can be held in one hand, and which is about two feet in length, smooth, and round.

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FOLLOW MY LEADER GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

FOLLOW MY LEADER GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

July 7, 2015 Smart Kids 123 Outdoor Games for Kids

This may be played by any number of boys: one being selected as the Leader, and the others are the Followers.

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STOOL-BALL GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

STOOL-BALL GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

July 7, 2015 Smart Kids 123 Outdoor Games for Kids

This is an old English sport, mentioned by Gower and Chaucer, and was at one period common to women as well as men. In the northern parts of England, particularly in Yorkshire, it is practised in the following manner:

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TOUCH GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

TOUCH GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

July 7, 2015 Smart Kids 123 Outdoor Games for Kids

This is a brisk game, and may be played by any number of boys. One of the players being chosen as Touch, it is his business to run about in all directions after the other players, till he can touch one, who immediately becomes Touch in his turn.

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12 TRAP BAT AND BALL GAME Outdoor Games for Kids

TRAP, BAT AND BALL GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

July 7, 2015 Smart Kids 123 Outdoor Games for Kids

This game is so called from the trap used to elevate the ball when it is to be struck by the batsman. It is one of the earliest games played with the trap and ball, and we can trace it to the commencement of the fourteenth century.

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