Stumps Tug-of-war
Materials: 2 stumps, 1 long rope, 2 players How to: Set up two stumps or upside-down milk crates about 6 to 12 feet apart. Place a 25- or 30-foot length of rope between the stumps. Have one player stand on each stump, each holding one end of the rope. Each player then tightens and loosens … Continue reading
Hangman
Materials: A pencil and paper How to: Hangman is a word based guessing game. One person picks a word, which they represent by a series of dashes. The players guess the letters in the word. If a correct letter is guess it is put in the right place. If it is not the first line … Continue reading
5 stones or jacks
Materials: 5 small round stones or beans How to: To decide who starts, a player throws five stones into the air with one hand and tries to catch as many as possible on the back of the same hand. The stones that are then thrown up again from the back of the hand where they came … Continue reading
Queenie, queenie
Materials: A ball, 3+ players How to: In this game one person is picked to be the ‘Queenie’ and that person turns their back to everyone else. The Queenie then throws the ball over their shoulder and one of the other players needs to catch it or pick it up. Everyone, except the Queenie puts their … Continue reading
Skipping
Materials: A skipping rope How to: This is a traditional school playground game – all you need is a skipping rope. 2 people hold the rope and swing it round and round, another person steps in and jumps over the rope. Then the skippers and the others around sing chants either to invite others in to … Continue reading
Celebrating play
Wanna come play with us? Come join us at 11am, Saturday 21.4.12 on Grand Parade, Cork city to play fun outdoor games for young and old. We’ll be playing hopscotch, handman, maze puzzles, draughts, tip the can, marbles and lots lots more. Join in with a game or suggest your own game! Looking forward to playing with you … Continue reading
Four-way tug-of-war
Materials: 4 pieces of rope, 4 corner markers e.g. beanbags How to: The four-way tug of war game can accommodate more players and teams than classic tug of war. The game requires four pieces of rope of equal length. Tie the ropes together to form a circle, and then place the ropes on the ground … Continue reading
Red light, green light
Materials: 3+ players How to play: One player – the traffic light – stands at one end of the space and the other players at the other end. Traffic light player turns their back and says ‘green light’. All the other players try to get as close to the traffic light as possible while their back … Continue reading
Marbles
Materials: Chalk, large and small marbles, 2+ players How to play: Draw a large circle on the ground. Place small marbles in the circle in cross formation. Take turns trying to knock marbles out of the circle using large marble. If the player knocks a marble outside and keeps their big marble inside the circle, they … Continue reading
Hopscotch
Materials: Chalk, small object e.g. stone How to play: Draw the hopscotch course on the ground with chalk. The court is usually a pattern of numbered squares. Toss a small object onto the first numbered space (inside the lines), then hop over the first space. Continue through the course, hopping on single squares straddling double … Continue reading
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