Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium

by Jessie H. Bancroft

In the column indicating which games are suited to large numbers, the figures indicate the largest number with which the game may be well played. Still larger numbers of players may participate, but the group method is advisable for so many.

MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVE GAMES

	For Large Numbers	Page
All-up Relay	60+	[45]
Animal Blind Man's Buff	30+	[46]
Animal Chase	30+	[46]
Arrow Chase	[47]
Barley Break	[48]
Baste the Bear	30+	[49]
Bear in the Pit	30+	[50]
Bird Catcher	60	[52]
Black and White	100	[52]
Black Tom	30+	[54]
Blind Bell	100	[55]
Blind Man's Buff	30+	[55]
Body Guard	30+	[56]
Bull in the Ring	30+	[56]
Bunch of Ivy	60+	[57]
Bung the Bucket	30	[57]
Buying a Lock	30+	[58]
Cat and Rat	30+	[60]
Catch and Pull Tug of War	100	[60]
Catch of Fish	30+	[61]
Catch the Cane	30+	[62]
Cavalry Drill	100	[62]
Centipede	[63]
Charley over the Water	30+	[65]
Chickadee-dee	[65]
Chicken Market	[66]
Chickidy Hand	30+	[67]
Chinese Chicken	30+	[68]
Chinese Wall	60+	[68]
Circle Race	30+	[69]
Circle Relay	60+	[70]
Clam Shell Combat	30	[71]
Club Snatch	60	[72]
Cock Stride	[74]
Cross Tag	30+	[75]
Crossing the Brook	60+	[74]
Do this, Do that	60+	[75]
Double Relay Races	100	[76]
Drop the Handkerchief	30+	[80]
Duck on a Rock	30+	[81]
Dumb-bell Tag	30+	[83]
Every Man in his Own Den	30+	[83]
Exchange	30+	[84]
Farmer is coming, The	30+	[85]
Fence Tag	30+	[85]
Fire on the Mountains	30+	[86]
Flowers and the Wind, The	30+	[87]
Follow Chase	30+	[88]
Follow the Leader	60+	[89]
Forcing the City Gates	30+	[89]
Fortress	100	[90]
Fox and Geese	30+	[92]
Fox Trail, Double Rim	30+	[93]
Fox Trail, Single Rim	[95]
French Tag	60+	[96]
Frog in the Middle	30+	[96]
Garden Scamp	30+	[97]
Going to Jerusalem	60+	[98]
Good Morning	60+	[99]
Guess Who	30+	[100]
Gypsy	[101]
Hang Tag	100	[101]
Have you seen my Sheep?	30+	[102]
Hide and Seek	[103]
Hide the Thimble	60	[104]
High Windows	30+	[104]
Hill Dill	30+	[105]
Hip	30+	[105]
Home Tag	60+	[106]
Hopping Relay Race	100	[106]
Hound and Rabbit	60+	[107]
How Many Miles to Babylon?	100	[108]
Huckle, Buckle, Bean Stalk	60	[109]
Hunt, The	30+	[110]
Hunt the Fox	60+	[110]
Hunt the Slipper	30+	[111]
Indian Club Race	[100]	[112]
I say, "Stoop!"	60+	[113]
I Spy	30+	[113]
Jack be Nimble	60+	[114]
Jacob and Rachel	30+	[115]
Japanese Crab Race	60+	[115]
Japanese Tag	60+	[116]
Johnny Ride a Pony	60	[116]
Jumping Relay Race	60+	[117]
Jumping Rope—I (small single rope)	100	[118]
Jumping Rope—II (one large rope)	100	[119]
Jumping Rope—III (two large ropes)	100	[121]
Jumping Rope—IV (large and small ropes)	[121]
Jump the Shot	60+	[122]
Kaleidoscope	30+	[122]
Lady of the Land	[123]
Lame Fox and Chickens	30+	[124]
Last Couple Out	30+	[125]
Leader and Footer	60+	[127]
Leapfrog	100	[127]
Leapfrog Race	100+	[129]
Letting out the Doves	30+	[129]
Lost Child, The	30+	[130]
Master of the Ring	30+	[131]
Maze Tag	100	[131]
Menagerie	60+	[132]
Midnight	30+	[133]
Moon and Morning Stars	30+	[133]
Mother, may I go out to Play?	[134]
Mother, Mother, the Pot boils Over	[135]
My Lady's Toilet	30+	[138]
Numbers Change	30+	[139]
Odd Man's Cap	30+	[140]
Old Buzzard	30+	[141]
Old Woman from the Wood	60+	[143]
Oyster Shell	100	[143]
Par	30+	[144]
Partner Tag	100	[145]
Pebble Chase	30+	[145]
Pinch-o	30+	[146]
Pitch Pebble	[147]
Poison	30+	[148]
Poison Snake	30+	[149]
Pom Pom Pullaway	30+	[149]
Potato Race	100	[151]-[2]
Potato Shuttle Relay	100	[154]
Potato Spoon Race	60	[155]
Prisoner's Base	30+	[157]-[161]
Prisoner's Base—I	30+	[157]
Prisoner's Base—II	30+	[158]
Prisoner's Base—III	30+	[159]
Prisoner's Base—IV	30+	[161]
Prisoner's Base—V	30+	[161]
Puss in a Corner	30+	[163]
Puss in the Circle	30+	[164]
Railroad Train	[100]	[164]
Red Lion	30+	[165]
Relay Races	60-100
All-up Relay	[45]
Circle Relay	[70]
Double Relay	[76]
Potato Races	[151]-[155]
Shuttle Relay	100	[173]
Single Relay	[175]
Ring-a-lievio	30+	[166]
Ringmaster	60+	[167]
Robbers and Soldiers	100	[168]
Rolling Target	30	[169]
Round and Round went the Gallant Ship	30+	[170]
Run, Sheep, Run	30+	[170]
Saddle the Nag	30+	[171]
Sardines	30+	[172]
Seeking for Gold	[234]
Shadow Tag	60+	[173]
Shuttle Relay	100	[173]
Single Relay Race	100	[175]
Skin the Goat	[176]
Skyte the Bob	[177]
Slap Catch	30+	[178]
Slap Jack	30+	[179]
Slipper Slap	30+	[179]
Smuggling the Geg	30+	[180]
Spanish Fly	30+	[182]
Spans	[183]
Spin the Platter	30+	[183]
Spooning	30	[184]
Squirrel in Trees	100	[185]
Stage Coach	60+	[185]
Stake Guard	30+	[186]
Stealing Sticks	30+	[188]
Step	30+	[188]
Still Pond, No More Moving	30+	[189]
Stone	30+	[190]
Stoop Tag	60+	[190]
Sun Dial	[190]
Tag Games	60+	[191]
Ten Steps	30+	[193]
Thimble Ring	30+	[194]
Third Man	100	[194]
Third Slap	30+	[195]
Three Deep	60	[196]
Tommy Tiddler's Ground	30+	[197]
Tossing Wands	60+	[198]
Trades	60+	[199]
Tree Party	60	[199]
Triple Change	60+	[100]
Tug of War (See Catch and Pull Tug of War and Wand Tug of War, also Contestsfor Two, under "Feats and Forfeits.")
Under the Cuckoo's Nest	30	[201]
Wand Race	30+	[102]
Wand Tug of War	100	[203]
Water Sprite	30+	[103]
Wee Bologna Man, The	60+	[104]
Whip Tag	30+	[105]
Who goes round my Stone Wall?	30+	[106]
Wolf	30+	[108]
Wood Tag	30+	[109]
Quiet Games
See Section on Quiet Games	[213]

SINGING GAMES

	For Large Numbers	Page
Did you ever see a Lassie?	60+	[161]
Draw a Bucket of Water	60+	[163]
Duck Dance, The	30+	[164]
Farmer in the Dell	30+	[165]
Hunting	60+	[167]
Itisket, Itasket	30+	[168]
Keep Moving	60+	[170]
King of France	60+	[173]
Kitty White	30+	[174]
Leaves are Green	60+	[176]
Let the Feet go Tramp	60+	[176]
London Bridge	30+	[178]
Looby Loo	60+	[180]
Muffin Man	30+	[182]
Mulberry Bush	60+	[183]
Nuts in May	60+	[185]
Oats, Peas, Beans	60	[287]
Round and Round the Village	30+	[190]
Snail	60+	[192]

BEAN BAG GAMES

	For Large Numbers	Page
Bag Pile	100	[303]
Bean Bag Board	30+	[104]
Bean Bag Box	[305]
Bean Bag Circle Toss	30+	[105]
Bean Bag Ring Throw	60+	[106]
Criss-cross Goal	60+	[107]
Passing Race	100	[312]
Pass and Toss Relay (Single Line)	60	[313]
Pass and Toss Relay (Double Line)	[314]
Target Toss	60	[315]
Teacher and Class	60	[316]

GAMES FOR EITHER BALLS OR BEAN BAGS

	For Large Numbers	Page
All Run	30+	[121]
Arch Ball	100	[321]
Arch Goal Ball	60	[323]
Call Ball	30+	[138]
Center Catch Ball	30+	[155]
Circle Ball	60+	[156]
Club Bowls	60+	[159]
Center Club Bowls	[355]
Line Club Bowls (Single)	[386]
Line Club Bowls (Double)	[385]
Corner Spry	60+	[160]
Dodgeball	60+	[163]
Over and Under Relay	100	[392]
Overtake	60	[393]
Ring Call Ball	30+	[199]
Round Ball	60+	[101]
Zigzag Games	100	[419]
Circle Zigzag	[419]
Line Zigzag—I	[421]
Line Zigzag—II	[422]
Line Zigzag—III	[423]
Zigzag Overhead Toss	[424]