An especial effort has been made to secure for this list games that utilize pebbles, shells, stones, holes dug in the earth, and diagrams drawn on the sand. Many games are given requiring but little activity and suited to hot days; but there are also a number of good running and chasing games suitable for a hard beach. Games are given for both young and older players.
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| All Run | [321] |
| Arch Ball | [321] |
Ball Chase | [324] |
| Bean Bag Ring Throw | [306] |
| Beast, Bird, or Fish | [215] |
| Bird Catcher, The | [52] |
| Boundary Ball | [335] |
| Buying a Lock | [58] |
| Buzz | [216] |
Catch and Pull Tug of War | [60] |
| Center Catch Ball | [355] |
| Centipede | [63] |
| Chinese Chicken | [68] |
| Circle Ball | [356] |
| Clam Shell Combat | [71] |
| Club Snatch | [72] |
| Cross Questions | [219] |
Did you ever see a Lassie? | [261] |
| Dodgeball | [363] |
| Draw a Bucket of Water | [263] |
| Duck Dance, The | [264] |
| Duck on a Rock | [81] |
| Dumb Crambo | [219] |
Farmer in the Dell | [265] |
| Find the Ring | [220] |
| Flower Match | [220] |
| Follow the Leader | [89] |
| Fox Trail, Double Rim | [93] |
| Fox Trail, Single Rim | [95] |
Grass Blade | [221] |
Hen Roost | [223] |
| Horns | [223] |
| Hunting | [267] |
| Hunt the Slipper | [111] |
Itisket, Itasket | [268] |
Keep Moving | [270] |
| Kitty White | [274] |
Lady of the Land | [123] |
| Leader and Footer | [127] |
| Leapfrog Race | [129] |
| Leaves are Green | [276] |
| London | [226] |
| London Bridge | [278] |
| Looby Loo | [280] |
Maze Tag | [131] |
| Minister's Cat, The | [227] |
| Mother, may I go out to Play? | [134] |
| Mother, Mother, the Pot boils Over | [135] |
| Muffin Man | [282] |
| Mulberry Bush | [283] |
| Music Box | [228] |
| My Lady's Lap Dog | [228] |
Naughts and Crosses | [229] |
Oats, Peas, Beans | [287] |
| Odd Man's Cap | [140] |
| Over and Under Relay | [392] |
| Oyster Shell | [143] |
Partner Tag | [145] |
| Pass Ball Relay | [395] |
| Pebble Chase | [145] |
| Pig in a Hole | [397] |
| Pinch-o | [146] |
| Pitch Pebble | [147] |
| Poison | [148] |
| Potato Shuttle Relay | [154] |
| Prince of Paris | [232] |
| Prisoner's Base—II, III, IV, V | [158]-[161] |
| Progressive Captain Ball | [349] |
Ring Call Ball | [399] |
| Ringmaster | [167] |
| Roley Poley | [399] |
| Rolling Target | [169] |
| Round and Round the Village | [290] |
| Russian Hole Ball | [401] |
Saddle the Nag | [171] |
| Scat | [234] |
| Seeking for Gold | [234] |
| Shadow Tag | [173] |
| Shuttle Relay | [173] |
| Simon Says | [235] |
| Single Relay Race | [175] |
| Skin the Goat | [176] |
| Skyte the Bob | [177] |
| Slap Catch | [178] |
| Slap Jack | [178] |
| Slipper Slap | [179] |
| Snail | [292] |
| Spooning | [184] |
| Square Ball | [404] |
| Squirrel in Trees | [185] |
| Stage Coach | [185] |
| Stake Guard | [186] |
| Stealing Sticks | [188] |
| Step | [188] |
| Stone | [190] |
| Stoop Tag | [190] |
| Stride Ball | [407] |
| Sun Dial | [190] |
Tag | [191] |
| Target Toss | [315] |
| Teach: How to teach Games | [27] |
| Teacher and Class | [316] |
| Teacher of Games (To the) | [26] |
| Tether Ball | [409] |
| Third Man | [194] |
| Three Deep | [196] |
| Three Holes | [411] |
| Tommy Tiddler's Ground | [197] |
| Trades | [199] |
War | [417] |
| Whip Tag | [205] |
| Who goes round my Stone Wall? | [206] |
Zigzag Overhead Toss | [424] |
ALPHABETICAL INDEX
Ages, Games for Different, [12]-[16]
Index for, [427]
All Run, [321]
All up Relay, [45]
Animal Blind Man's Buff, [46]
Animal Chase, [46]
Arch Ball, [321]
Arch Goal Ball, [323]
Arrow Chase, [47]
Author's Initials, [213]
Automobile Race, [48]
"B" Game, [213]
Babylon (see How Many Miles)
Bag Pile, [303]
Ball Chase, [324]
Ball Drill (see Hand Ball Drill and Wall Ball Drill)
Ball Games, [319]
Balloon Ball, [325]
Balloon Goal, [326]
Balloon Specifications, [297]
Ball Puss, [327]
Ball Stand, [328]
Ball Tag, [329]
Bargain Counter, The, [214]
Barley Break, [48]
Basket Ball Distance Throw, [329]
Baste the Bear, [49]
Battle Ball, [331]
Bean Bag and Basket Relay, [303]
Bean Bag Board, [304]
Bean Bag Box, [305]
Bean Bag Circle Toss, [305]
Bean Bag Games, [303]
Bean Bag or Ball, Games for Both, [318]
Bean Bag Ring Throw, [306]
Bean Bag Specifications, [297]
Bear in the Pit, [50]
Beast, Bird, or Fish, [215]
Beetle goes Round (see Whip Tag)
Bend and Stretch Relay, [50]
Bird Catcher, The, [52]
Black and White, [52]
Blackboard Relay, [53]
Black Tom, [54]
Blind Bell, [55]
Blind Man's Buff, [55]
Blind Man's Buff, French (see Exchange)
Body Guard, [56]
Bombardment, [334]
Boundary Ball, [335]
Bound Ball, [336]
Bowl Ball (see Center Club Bowls, Circle Club Bowls, and Line Club Bowls)
Bull in the Ring, [56]
Bunch of Ivy, [57]
Bung the Bucket, [57]
Buying a Lock, [58]
Buzz, [216]
Cake Sale, [216]
Call Ball, [338]
Captain Ball, [338]
Captain Ball—I, [339]
Captain Ball—II, [341]
Captain Ball—III, [344]
Captain Ball—IV (see Emperor Ball)
Captain Ball—V (see Progressive Captain Ball)
Cat and Mice, [59]
Cat and Rat, [60]
Cat Party, [217]
Catch and Pull Tug of War, [60]
Catch Basket, [307]
Catch of Fish, [61]
Catch the Cane, [62]
Cavalry Drill, [62]
Center Base, [354]
Center Catch Ball, [355]
Center Club Bowls, [355]
Centipede, [63]
Changing Seats, [63]
Charley over the Water, [65]
Chickadee-dee, [65]
Chicken Market, [66]
Chickidy Hand, [67]
Chinese Chicken, [68]
Chinese Wall, [68]
Choosing Sides, [41]
Circle Ball, [356]
Circle Club Bowls, [357]
Circle Dodgeball, [364]
Circle Race, [69]
Circle Relay, [70]
Circle Seat Relay, [71]
Circle Stride Ball, [358]
Circle Zigzag, [419]
Clam Shell Combat, [71]
Club Bowls, [359]
Center Club Bowls, [355]
Circle Club Bowls, [357]
Line Club Bowls (Double), [385]
Line Club Bowls (Single), [386]
Club Snatch, [72]
Cock Stride, [74]
Contests for Two, [245]
Corner Ball, [359]
Corner Spry, [360]
Correlation with School Subjects:
Arithmetic:
Blackboard Relay, [53]
Buzz, [216]
Cross Questions, [219]
Nimble Squirrel, [230]
English:
Author's Initials, [213]
"B" Game, [213]
Blackboard Relay, [53]
Cat Party, [217]
Crambo, [218]
Cross Questions, [219]
Kaleidoscope, [122]
Literary Lore, [225]
Minister's Cat, The, [227]
Recognition, [233]
Shakespearean Romance, [235]
Sketches, [236]
Geography:
Blackboard Relay, [53]
Cross Questions, [219]
Kaleidoscope, [122]
Weathercock, [204]
History:
Blackboard Relay, [53]
Cross Questions, [219]
Kaleidoscope, [122]
Recognition, [233]
Sketches, [236]
Nature:
Beast, Bird, or Fish, [215]
Bird Catcher, [52]
Cross Questions, [219]
Flower Match, [220]
Flowers and the Wind, [87]
Horns, [223]
Kaleidoscope, [122]
Leaf by Leaf, [225]
Observation, [139]
Tree Party, [199]
Woodland Lovers, [241]
Counting-Out, [35]
Crackabout, [360]
Crambo, [218]
Criss-cross Goal, [307]
Cross Questions, [219]
Cross Tag, [75]
Crossing the Brook, [74]
Curtain Ball, [361]
Cuts (Drawing Cuts), [40]
Dead Ball, [361]
Desk Relay, [309]
Did you ever see a Lassie?, [261]
Dodgeball (Informal), [363]
Circle Dodgeball, [364]
Double Dodgeball, [365]
Progressive Dodgeball, [366]
Schoolroom Dodgeball, [369]
Do this, Do that, [75]
Double Corner Ball, [370]
Double Dodgeball, [365]
Double Relay Races, [76]
(See also Shuttle Relay)
Draw a Bucket of Water, [263]
Drawing Cuts, [40]
Drill Ball (see Hand Ball Drill and Wall Ball Drill)
Drive Ball, [375]
Drop the Handkerchief, [80]
Duck Dance, The, [264]
Duck on a Rock, [81]
Dumb-bell Tag, [83]
Dumb Crambo, [219]
Emperor Ball, [346]
Every Man in his Own Den, [83]
Exchange, [84]
Faba Gaba (see Bean Bag Board)
Farmer in the Dell, The, [265]
Farmer is Coming, The, [85]
Feats and Forfeits, [243]
Fence Tag, [85]
Fetch and Carry Relay, [309]
Find the Ring, [220]
Fire on the Mountains, [86]
Fist Ball, [376]
Floor Formations, [32]
Flower Match, [220]
Flowers and the Wind, The, [87]
Football Tag, [379]
Follow Chase, [88]
Follow the Leader, [89]
Forcing the City Gates, [89]
Forfeits, 245, [254]
Formations, [32]
Fortress, [90]
Fox and Geese, [92]
(See also Naughts and Crosses and Fox Trail)
Fox and Squirrel, [93]
Fox Trail, Double Rim, [93]
Fox Trail, Single Rim, [95]
French Blind Man's Buff (see Exchange)
French Tag, [96]
Frog in the Middle, [96]
Games for Various Conditions (see Indexes)
Garden Scamp, [97]
Going to Jerusalem, [98]
Good Morning, [99]
Grass Blade, [221]
Guess Who, [100]
Gypsy, [101]
Hand Ball Drill, [379]
Hand Ball Drill—I (Elementary), [380]
Hand Ball Drill—II (Advanced), [381]
(See also Wall Ball Drill)
Hand over Head Bean Bag, [310]
Hand Football, [382]
Hands Up, Hands Down, [221]
Hang Tag, [101]
Hat Ball (see Roley Poley)
Have you seen my Sheep?, [102]
Hen Roost, [223]
Here we go Round (see Mulberry Bush)
Herr Slap Jack (see Slap Jack)
Hide and Seek, [103]
Hide-and-Seek Games:
Hide and Seek, [103]
I Spy, [113]
Ring-a-lievio, [166]
Run, Sheep, Run!, [170]
Sardines, [172]
Smuggling the Geg, [180]
Ten Steps, [193]
Yards Off, [210]
Hide the Thimble, [104]
High Windows, [104]
Hill Dill, [105]
Hip, [105]
Holders, [39]
Home Run, [384]
Home Tag, [106]
Hopping Relay Race, [106]
Horns, [223]
Hound and Rabbit, [107]
How Many Miles to Babylon?, [108]
How to teach Games, [27]
Huckle, Buckle, Bean Stalk, [109]
Hunt, The, [110]
Hunt the Fox, [110]
Hunt the Ring (see Find the Ring)
Hunt the Slipper, [111]
Hunting, [267]
Indexes:
Boys' and Girls' Summer Camps, [440]
Children's Parties, [446]
Country Clubs, [444]
Elementary Schools, [427]
Gymnasiums, [435]
High Schools, [433]
House Parties, [444]
Large Numbers, [435]
Playgrounds, [435]
Schools:
Elementary, [427]
High, [433]
Seashore, [449]
Indian Club Race, [112]
Initials, [224]
Introduction, [1]
I say, "Stoop!", [113]
I Spy!, [113]
Itisket, Itasket, [268]
Jack be Nimble, [114]
Jacob and Rachel, [115]
Japanese Crab Race, [115]
Japanese Tag, [116]
Johnny ride a Pony, [116]
Jumping Relay Race, [117]
Jumping Rope, [117]
Jumping Rope—I, small single rope, [118]
Jumping Rope—II, one large rope, [119]
Jumping Rope—III, two large ropes, [121]
Jumping Rope—IV, large and small ropes, [121]
Jump the Bean Bag, [311]
Jump the Shot, [122]
Kaleidoscope, [122]
Keep Moving, [270]
King of France, The, [273]
Kitty White, [274]
Lady of the Land, [123]
Lame Fox and Chickens, [124]
Last Couple Out, [125]
Last Man, [126]
Last Pair Pass (see Last Couple Out)
Leader and Footer, [127]
Leaf by Leaf, [225]
Leapfrog, [127]
Leapfrog Games, [127]
I. With one back:
Leader and Footer, [127]
Leapfrog, [128]
Leapfrog Race, [129]
Par, [144]
Spanish Fly, [182]
II. With two or more backs:
Bung the Bucket, [57]
Cavalry Drill, [62]
Johnny ride a Pony, [116]
Saddle the Nag, [171]
Skin the Goat, [176]
Leapfrog Race, [129]
Leaves are Green, [276]
Let the Feet go Tramp, [276]
Letting out the Doves, [129]
Line Ball, [384]
Line Club Bowls (Double), [385]
Line Club Bowls (Single), [386]
Line Tag (see Maze Tag)
Line Zigzag—I, [421]
Line Zigzag—II, [422]
Line Zigzag—III, [423]
Literary Lore, [225]
London, [226]
London Bridge, [278]
Looby Loo, [280]
Lost Child, [130]
Management of Playgrounds, [26]
Marking Grounds, [301]
Master of the Ring, [131]
Maze Tag, [131]
Menagerie, [132]
Midnight, [133]
Minister's Cat, The, [227]
Miscellaneous Active Games, [43]
Moon and Morning Stars, [133]
Mother, may I go out to Play?, [134]
Mother, Mother, the Pot boils Over, [135]
Mount Ball, [387]
Muffin Man, [282]
Mulberry Bush, [283]
Music Box, [228]
My Lady's Lap Dog, [228]
My Lady's Toilet, [138]
Naughts and Crosses, [229]
Nimble Squirrel, [230]
Nine-court Basket Ball, [388]
Numbers Change, [139]
(See also Exchange)
Nuts in May, [285]
Oat Sack Games, [303]
Oats, Peas, Beans, [287]
Observation, [139]
Odd Man's Cap, [140]
Old Buzzard, [141]
Old Man Tag, [142]
Old Woman from the Wood, [143]
Over and Under Relay, [392]
Overhead Toss (Zigzag), [424]
Overtake, [393]
Oyster Shell, [143]
Par, [144]
Partner Tag, [145]
Pass Ball Relay, [395]
Pass and Toss Relay (Double Line), [314]
Pass and Toss Relay (Single Line), [313]
Passing Race, [312]
Pebble Chase, [145]
Pencil and Paper Games:
Author's Initials, [213]
"B" game, [213]
Bargain Counter, [214]
Cake Sale, [216]
Cat Party, [217]
Crambo, [218]
Initials, [224]
Leaf by Leaf, [225]
Literary Lore, [225]
London, [226]
Music Box, [228]
Naughts and Crosses, [229]
Penny Wise, [230]
Planting a Garden, [231]
Recognition, [233]
Shakespearean Romance, [235]
Sketches, [236]
Tidbits Farmer, [237]
Tip, Tap, Toe, [237]
Woodland Lovers, [241]
Penny Wise, [230]
Pig in a Hole, [397]
Pinch-o, [146]
Pitch Pebble, [147]
Planting a Garden, [231]
Playgrounds, Management of, [26]
Playing Values of Games, [8]-[29]
Poison, [148]
Poison Snake, [149]
Pom Pom Pullaway, [149]
Poor Pussy, [150]
Potato Races, [151]
Potato Race—I (individual competition), [151]
Potato Race—II (team competition), [152]
Potato Shuttle Relay, [154]
Potato Spoon Race, [155]
Preliminary Ball Drill (see Hand Ball Drill and Wall Ball Drill)
Prince of Paris, [232]
Prisoner's Base, [156]
Prisoner's Base—I, [157]
Prisoner's Base—II, [158]
Prisoner's Base—III, [159]
Prisoner's Base—IV, [161]
Prisoner's Base—V, [161]
Prize Schoolroom Game (see Balloon Goal)
Progressive Captain Ball, [349]
Progressive Dodgeball, [366]
Puss in a Corner, [163]
Puss in the Circle, [164]
Quiet Games, [211]
Railroad Train, [164]
Recognition, [233]
Red Lion, [165]
Relay Races:
All-up Relay, [45]
Bag Pile, [303]
Circle Relay, [70]
Double Relay, [76]
Fetch and Carry Relay, [309]
Over and Under Relay, [392]
Pass Ball, [395]
Passing Race
Pass and Toss Relay (Double Line), [314]
Pass and Toss Relay (Single Line), [313]
Passing Race, [312]
Passing Relays with Bean Bags, [312]
Potato Races, [151]-[155]
Shuttle Relay, [173]
Single Relay, [175]
Tag the Wall Relay, [192]
Ring-a-lievio, [166]
Ring Call Ball, [399]
Ringmaster, [167]
Robbers and Soldiers, [168]
Roley Poley, [399]
Rolling Target, [169]
Round and Round the Village, [290]
Round and Round went the Gallant Ship, [170]
Round Ball, [401]
Run, Sheep, Run!, [170]
Russian Hole Ball, [401]
Saddle the Nag, [171]
Sardines, [172]
Scat, [234]
Schoolroom Captain Ball, [353]
Schoolroom Dodgeball, [369]
Schoolroom Tag, [172]
Schoolroom Volley Ball, [402]
Seeking for Gold, [234]
Shadow Tag, [173]
Shakespearean Romance, A, [235]
Shuttle Relay, [173]
Siege, [174]
Simon Says, [235]
Singing Games, [259]
Single Relay Race, [175]
Sketches, [236]
Skin the Goat, [176]
Skipaway (see Slap Jack)
Skyte the Bob, [177]
Slap Catch, [178]
Slap Jack, [178]
Sling Shot (see Jump the Shot)
Slipper Slap, [179]
Smuggling the Geg, [180]
Snail, [292]
Snow Games:
Fox Trail, Double Rim, [93]
Fox Trail, Single Rim, [95]
Snow Dart, [181]
Snow Snake, [182]
Spanish Fly, [182]
Spans, [183]
Spin the Platter, [183]
(See also My Lady's Toilet)
Spooning, [184]
Spud, [404]
Square Ball, [404]
Squat Tag (see Stoop Tag)
Squirrel and Nut, [184]
Squirrel in Trees, [185]
Stage Coach, [185]
Stake Guard, [186]
Stealing Sticks, [188]
Step, [188]
Still Pond, No More Moving, [189]
Stone, [190]
Stool Ball, [406]
Stoop Tag, [190]
Straddle Club (see Stride Ball)
Stride Ball, [407]
Sun Dial, [190]
Tag, [191]-[192]
Tag Games:
Cross Tag, [75]
Fence Tag, [85]
French Tag, [96]
Hang Tag, [101]
Home Tag, [106]
Japanese Tag, [116]
Maze Tag, [131]
Old Man Tag, [142]
Partner Tag, [145]
Schoolroom Tag, [172]
Shadow Tag, [173]
Stoop (or Squat) Tag, [190]
Tag, [192]
Tag the Wall Relay, [192]
Whip Tag, [205]
Tag the Wall Relay, [192]
Target Toss, [315]
Teach, How to teach Games, [27]
Teacher and Class, [316]
Ten Steps, [193]
Ten Trips, [408]
Tether Ball, [409]
Thimble Ring, [194]
Third Man, [194]
(See also Three Deep and Last Man)
Third Slap, [195]
Three Deep, [196]
Three Holes, [411]
Tidbits Farmer, [237]
Tip, Tap, Toe, [237]
To the Teacher of Games, [26]
Tommy Tiddler's Ground, [197]
Toss Ball, [412]
Toss-up, [40]
Tossing Wands, [198]
Trades, [199]
Tree Ball, [413]
Tree Party, [199]
Triple Change, [200]
Tugs of War
(see Catch and Pull Tug of War and Wand Tug of War;
also Contests for Two, under "Feats and Forfeits")
Under the Cuckoo's Nest, [201]
Up, Jenkins!, [239]
(For the schoolroom, see Hands Up, Hands Down)
Vaulting Relay, [317]
Vaulting Seats, [202]
Volley Ball, [413]
(See also Schoolroom Volley Ball)
Wall Ball Drill, [416]
Wand Race, [202]
Wand Tug of War, [203]
War, [417]
Water Sprite, [203]
Weathercock, [204]
Wee Bologna Man, The, [204]
What is my Thought Like?, [240]
Whip Tag, [205]
Who goes round my Stone Wall?, [206]
Widower (see Last Couple Out)
Wink, [207]
Wolf, [208]
Woodland Lovers, [241]
Wood Tag, [209]
Wrestling (see Contests for Two under "Feats and Forfeits")
Yards Off, [210]
Zigzag Games, [419]
Circle Zigzag, [419]
Line Zigzag—I, [421]
Line Zigzag—II, [422]
Line Zigzag—III, [423]
Zigzag Overhead Toss, [424]
Zoo, The, [242]