Children's games
Children's Games by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (detail), circa 1560
This is a list of traditional children's games. They are informal games, most often played by children without adult organisation, sometimes even despite the disapproval of adults. They are part of children's street culture. There is a list of children's party games in the article on party games.
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A
B
C
- Capture the flag
- Card games
- Chain tag
- Chinese jump rope
- Chinese whispers (telephone)
- Chopsticks
- Clapping games
- Conkers
- Continuous cricket
- Cops and robbers
D
F
G
H
- Hide-and-seek
- Hopscotch
- Hot lava
- Huckle buckle beanstalk
- House (game)
- Hot potato
- Heads Down Thumbs Up
I
J
K
L
M
- Manhunt
- Marbles
- Marco Polo
- Mary Mack
- Minkey
- Mother May I?
- Musical chairs
- Musical statues
- Moshi Games
N
P
- Paddle ball
- Paper football
- Pick-up sticks
- Pin the tail on the donkey
- Pitching pennies
- Peek-a-boo
- Patty cake
Q
R
S
- Sardines
- Seven Up
- Sharks and minnows
- Silent ball
- Simon says
- Singing games
- Skipping rope
- Stone skipping
- Skully
- Sleeping lions
- Statues
- Stickball
- Stoop ball
- String games (cat's cradle)
T
- Tag
- Thumb war
- Tic-tac-toe
- Tiddlywinks
- Touch football
- Two balls and a wall