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What's a simple game you enjoyed as a child?
 

Tommy said:
Around our house balloons had a short lifespan. String was a better choice.

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Yes we played cats cradle games a lot when we we couldn't get outside to play.....

..and the most simple game of all that would keep us entertained for ages that would have todays generation reeling in horror at the simplicity of it ... was this one we made from paper... called fortune teller..


 
hollydolly said:
Yes we played cats cradle games a lot when we we couldn't get outside to play.....

..and the most simple game of all that would keep us entertained for ages that would have todays generation reeling in horror at the simplicity of it ... was this one we made from paper... called fortune teller..


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We called them "Cootie Catchers". Draw a picture of a bug on one surface and then go picking through someone's hair with it. "OOOOH, THERE'S A COOTIE!"
 
Pappy said:
I loved to throw the ball on the roof of the henhouse which was 2 story’s high. I spent a lot of time playing this.
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Didn't that annoy the hens? When I was little we weren't allowed to annoy the hens, lest they quit laying. We weren't supposed to run around near them, or whoop and holler around them, and, God forbid, no shooting our Roy Rogers cap guns within their hearing!

I remember one tough ol' settin' hen who, if you aggravated her, would chase after you screeching and with wings flapping and try to jump up in your face. I seriously avoided her because I had this (probably unreasonable) fear that she would jump up in my face and scratch my eyes out. She had some serious claws on her feet.

Funny the things that will resurrect from your memory and pop into your mind.
 
Pappy said:
I loved to throw the ball on the roof of the henhouse which was 2 story’s high. I spent a lot of time playing this.
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I loved playing "ball on the roof" but we played it on the house. Didn't always thrill my mother...
Also the balloon game that OP described, jumping rope, hopscotch, cat's cradle, cards, button on a string, and more.
 
Em in Ohio said:
I was the "ball and jacks" champ of my neighborhood. We played every various challenge we could - how I miss that level of dexterity and eye-hand coordination!
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I liked playing jacks as a young boy. I also enjoyed beating my sister and her girlfriends. I also liked hopscotch. I wasn’t too good at that because I was too tall and lanky as a little boy.
 
oldman said:
I liked playing jacks as a young boy. I also enjoyed beating my sister and her girlfriends. I also liked hopscotch. I wasn’t too good at that because I was too tall and lanky as a little boy.
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...And I blamed my lack of prowess at hopscotch on being too small!
 
CinnamonSugar said:
When my kids were stuck inside during rainy days, appliance boxes were great for keeping everyone entertained for hours. Imaginations got a work out!
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Oh yes! I even remember my kids spending more time playing with the larger gift boxes more than the contents inside. Appliance boxes, however, were the very best! We made puppet theaters, tents, play houses and pet houses... Definitely a largely unappreciated learning tool!
 
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