Do girls play jacks anymore?
Do boys shoot marbles in the dirt or play with milk caps?
Jump roping? Hula-hooping? “Hang-man” game, with paper and pencil?
What about hide and seek, for the younger kids?
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These outdated games are a thing of the past.
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I can understand the end of playing games with milk bottle caps – nowadays called pogs– because passion orange juice were bottled with covers, too. (Ask your granny or grandpa, if you don’t what milk covers are).
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Games evolving from castaways used to be common. Remember making walkie-talkies with two used cans, with a long string attached to each can, so you can converse with each other. Primitive, yes; inventive, double yes.
As a kid, I used to wish for a train set, and received one at Christmastime. It provided hours of joy; you assemble the tracks, place engine and cars on the tracks, and whee! You’re choo-chooing. Howadays, kids not only hope for iPhones or video games, they get ‘em.
What small-kid-type games do you remember?
Tetherball, flag football, hopscotch, marbles, hide and seek, tag, jacks …
Outdoor games are best!