Loved playing 2 balls against the wall with various chants, one being 'play me balls ice cream, turn around ice cream and so on. There was another version which consisted of sticking a tennis ball in one of your mums stockings and whacking it against the wall.
We also used to play ambulance tick which was a bit like murder ball but whichever part of the body the ball hit you had to hold until someone set you free.
Oh and Knights on White Horses which was like knock-a-door-running, except you had to run along the kerb pretending you were on a horse - if you fell off (or got pushed off) the kerb you hadto go back to the house you knocked at.
Who needed playstations!
We played one called "Peep behind the curtains" and "May I?"
May I? was a weird one, having to ask someone if we may move a certain amount of spaces and then having to do an impression of a tomato while moving.
or something like that. lol.
When i was at lower school we played a game called Orange Balls.
We all skipped in a circle singing:
"Orange balls! orange balls! here we go again, the last one to sit down gets a boyfriend!"
Then whoever sat down last goes away for a minute while we all decide who her boyfriend is.
She then stands in the middle, we tell her who her boyfriend is and then we skip round her singing:
"cross your heart if you love him" x4 [she has to do the action]
"stamp your feet if you hate him!" x4 [she does the action if its applicable]
then "lay down dead if you want to marry him, orange balls!" [she lays down if she wants to marry him]
and that was basically the game.
We had a game called Bastard, where we'd split into two teams and pick a word. We'd each get a letter of the word and then the other team would have to chase us and force us to give them out letter. There was rules such as no hitting, but it often go out of hand and people would kick you or pull your hair. Awww, memories
We did skipping and rounders. Oh yes, and conkers and scraps when they were in season. And hopscotch and the Farmer's in his den, and Giant Steps and Baby Steps, and What's the Time Mr Wolf......................the list is endless when I get to thinking about it.
The farmer wants a wife
One kids gets to be the farmer and stands in the middle, the rest hold hands and dance around him singing. He chooses a wife who joins him in the middle, the wife chooses a child, the child chooses a nurse and the nurse chooses someone to be the dog.
The farmer wants a wife, the farmer wants a wife, E I addy O, the farmer wants a wife
The wife wants a child, the wife wants a child E I addy O, the wife wants a child.
The child wants a nurse, the child wants a nurse EI addy O, the child wants a nurse.
The nurse wants a dog, the nurse wants a dog E I addy O, the nurse wants a dog.
We all pat the dog, we all pat the dog E I addy O, we all pat the dog.