What fun to remember one's youth!
Here are my favorites...........
Kick Ball
4 Square
Hopscotch
Jump Rope (both regular and Double Dutch Variety)
Cat's Cradle (it is a big loop of yarn that you wrap around your fingers...I'm sure that you remember)
Dodge Ball
Red Rover, Red Rover
Capture the Flag
Marco Polo (in the pool)
Truth or Dare (when it innocent...and kissing a boy, mouth CLOSED, was as racy as it got)
and of course....
Role Playing Pretending to be Charlie's Angels and
Making up Dance Routines to ABBA songs!

me again...
I TOTALLY remember the Chinese Jump Rope thing, but I think we called it "Chinese Skip". Oh well, when we did it, it was made from elastic, like what you would put in someone's waistband on a pair of pants, and as you passed the "levels", it would get higher and higher!

THE MEMORIES, THE MEMORIES!!!

Oh man the memories..

Hide and go seek and bike riding was always big in our neighborhood. At school, jump ropes, dodge ball, hop-scotch, chase, red-rover, and alot of those hand games.

My grandparents had this tree that had really low branches out in their yard (They cut it down this past christmas *pout*). Never failed we used to always go climb it when we were little. *dates herself* When my cousins would come over for the holidays we used to pretend we were the shirt tails. And now i'm going to spend the rest of the evening attempting to figure out which one i played!

Man... you guys are taking me back to the good ol' days. Wow, what memories.

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My Favs:
Chinese Jump Rope
Freeze Tag
Red Rover
Kick Ball
Jump Rope (Single and Double Dutch)
Duck Duck Goose
Doing Street Cheers

Someone mentioned Chinese Freeze Tag....please explain

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Kelli
12-DN-94
SSU c/o 1997

I don't know about anyone else, but in NYC the girls used to do "cheers" and basically step to songs like "Hollywood goes swinging" and "Ookie Cookie" and "To the Front To the Back". Everyday different teams used to "battle" each other on who would do the best routine.


Does anyone remember that...

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In complete darkness we are all the same... It is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us... Don't let your eyes deceive you

Janet Jackson

Soror Kelli,

Chinese freeze tag was the same as regular freeze tag except to un-freeze your teammate, you had to crawl between their legs instead of just tagging them. I guess we were a little fast for our ages! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/redface.gif But that was the only way we could get the neighborhood boys to play tag with us!

Diva 56,
We did those chants and one that went who now, who now, now thinks they're bad.


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I remember some more
like Dodge Ball
That's my Car
Chicken (on bikes, to see who would move first)
have dance contests
bmx bike racing (i was a tomboy)
riding on the swings
What Time is it Mr. Fox?? (that was in gym class)
Hot Potato

Remember when you were choosing who would be it for Hide and Go Seek and you would do Eeenie Meenie Minie Mo
or
Bubble Gum Bubble Gum in a Dish, how many bubble gum do you wish,. . . (can't remember the rest http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/mad.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif

Aaw those were the days, remember EASY BAKE OVENS and LIGHT BRIGHT!!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

I know you had a big wheel!!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif

Do you remember

I don't know if these are considered games, but I miss Lite Brite, Pogo Balls, Sit and Spins any of those "80's toys." http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

I remember all to well most of the chants. I have two nieces that use most of the same chants these days.
chant: Miss Mary Mack (mack, Mack)
all dresed in black (black, black)
with silver buttons (butons, buttons)
all down her back (back, back)...
As for the toys, my mother kept several of our favorite toys to be able to show our kids what we enjoyed playing with.
Yesterday, I went up in my parent's attic and saw my old Barbie Head-you fixed Barbie's hair and makeup. It was my favorite toy. I would play with it for hours at a time. I also saw my old easy bake oven....now those were the days-no worries....

I remember Chinese jumprope!!!!!! Does anyone remember 4 Square!!!!!! That was my game!!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

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#1 Baby Girl
Spr. 2000
Alaska Alumnae

We used to play four square when a was younger! I loved that game! Also rockin Robin with four people too!

1Babygirl,
I remember 4 square and if you didn't have enough people- 3 square or 2 square. I've never heard of chinese jump rope, but we did play chinese freeze tag. Who came up with these names and why, I don't know?

memory(if you didn't have the actual game, you played with cards)
tetherball
double dutch
jacks
marbles
pick-up stix
paddle ball
red light/ green light
when riding in the car- that's my car/house
Those were the days!

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Jump rope!!!!!!!!! And the monkey bars...

Diva, we used to do cheers also (SC). Although, I didn't. I was a bit of a tomboy until I discovered boys weren't so yucky after all http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif --- my favorite game was shooting marbles!