when you were a kid,what do you usually play outdoor?

Philippines
February 27, 2007 12:53am CST
last week, i asked you if you still play these board games,i just want to have a follow up question.i love reminiscing and so now i want to ask you,what are the street games,or outdoor games you used to play when you are still young.
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@00fear (3216)
• United States
1 Mar 07
when i was a kid my friend and i used to play basketball my cousin gave us. we also played hide and seek and if we had our future band members come to my house, we used to play freeze tag.
• United States
1 Mar 07
I loved freeze tag! I was an excellent freeze tagger. :-)
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@mari61960 (4893)
• United States
1 Mar 07
When I was young there were appartments next door to our house, so there were lots of kids to play with. We had horses and ponies so we did alot of riding. There was a cow farm behind us and the barn was next door. When the land was sold for developement we used to play hide and seek in the barn and the out buildings. Then when they were building the big apartment complex in the cow pasture, we would have picnics at the top of the hill that overlooks it now. We built forts in the woods, went skating, sledding in the winter. We were outside from sun up to sundown....lol There were no video games and computers to keep us indoors.
• Philippines
6 Mar 07
wow sounds so much fun!!as for me,we haveto go to baguio city or tagaytayjust to ride horses.you are luck to have a barn ful of animals!
@Willowlady (10658)
• United States
27 Feb 07
Used to ride bikes alot. Marbles were good too. Winter time we built snow men and threw snowballs. When older I had my horse and lived in the country. Spend summers at the library. Picnicing with my Mom. Shopping and visiting relatives.
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• Philippines
1 Mar 07
ahhh,winter,couldn't help but sigh.my kids would be really happy to experience it.it looks so fn playing in the snow,building snowmans and throwing snowballs.wow,you had horses?cool!
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@EdwardF (431)
• United States
27 Feb 07
The backyard of my house when I was a kid was the school's baseball field. We played basebal about every day during the summer. After school we played kick the can and hide and go seek. We rode our bikes up and down the street and pulled into the driveway where we got gas. I had a lot of fun when I was growing up. . your friend
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• Philippines
27 Feb 07
good for you,edward!it's nice to know you enjoyed your childhood.it's fun to be a child,i miss being one so what i do is play with my kids to keep the child in me.
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@lols189 (4742)
27 Feb 07
i used to play football with my friends when i was younger and i used to always go to the play park which was great fun. them days are well past me now. they were like 10 years ago but the memories are still nice to remember :-)
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• Philippines
27 Feb 07
that is indeed fun to play,you have so many friends to play with..i miss playing outdoors so what i do , i still play now,but with my kids.i don't like them just watching tv,they need some air and sunshine!
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@Drazzilb (308)
• Canada
27 Feb 07
Tag, play fighting, hide and seek. Would do this in the dark and in the forest. Go crayfishing, play hockey, football, baseball, bike riding.
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• Philippines
27 Feb 07
yeah,we enjoy playing hide and go seek when the moon is bright or we experience power failure.riding the bike is also fun,going around the village.
@chardyme (1631)
• Philippines
7 Mar 07
i used to play outdoor games or street games with my friends and we enjoy them a lot. all kids really enjoy playing any games, ayt.
@maggie_2 (27)
• India
27 Feb 07
when i was kid i loved to play game like batminton,cricket,kabbadi
• Philippines
27 Feb 07
what is kabbadi?how do you actually play it?:)badminton is becoming popular these days,great way to lose weight.:)
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@chargoans (939)
• United States
1 Mar 07
One of my favorite outdoor games when growing up was called swingin' statues. I will try to explain the game. You would grab a friend by the arm then go 'round and round until you finally let go of your friend. Then they have to freeze into a position! If they fail to hold the pose, then they are out. The objective of the game, at least how I played it, was to spin my friends until we were both dizzy then let go. They would almost always fall or lose position. :-) I also enjoyed tackle football, basketball, riding bikes, skateboarding, and skating (back before the rollerblades!) just to name a few more activities.
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• Philippines
6 Mar 07
that sounds fun! seems that you really had acolorful childhood life. it is always fun to reminisce these memories of us playing.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
3 Mar 07
When I was a kid I used to love to go outside and ride my bike. I would ride all by myslef whether I had friends to play with or not. I used to love to go over to my neighbors house and play basketball or volleyball. I only got to do all of that stuff up until I was 12 years old. then I had to becaome a mature young girl and grow up and not get to do those things any longer. I still play basketball when i can but it isn't very often.
• Philippines
7 Mar 07
i love my bike,with the pink fringes on the side!i would wake up so early and knock on my neighbor to wake up my best friend then we would go biking around the village.it was not that dangerous then because there seldom cars passing so no biggie deal about safety.we would pick fruits up on our house roof,we used to have a guave tree that leads to our house roof,we would hang out there.
• India
1 Mar 07
hide and seek,kiting,cricket
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• Philippines
1 Mar 07
how do you play cricket?
27 Feb 07
I used to like riding my bike up and down my road. I also used to make up adventure games with my friends and we would pretend we were the red hand gang (remember that program anyone?). I also used to hit a tennis ball on the wall and practice basketball hoops.
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• Philippines
27 Feb 07
i think almost every kid has experienced biking during their childhood.i just realized it here in the discussion.
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• United States
1 Mar 07
Hopscotch! - Kids playing hopscotch!
We played tag, Hopscotch,jacks, Jumprope, stickball, Marbles, Freeze tag, TV Tag!(this was a great one), tons of others se www.streetgames.com for tons of interesting nostalgic discussions and games you forgot that you played! So fun!
• United States
1 Mar 07
Sorry it's www.streetplay.com
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• Philippines
7 Mar 07
i am an expert in hopscotch when i was a kid,we would spend hours and hours playing this and then marbles and at the end of the day,we woudl go home in such a mess for rolling on the grasses of our neighbors lawn.lol!
• India
6 Mar 07
your post just threw me into my wonderful childhood days. i remember we played games as per season. regularly it was french cricket. during summer vacation its was getting those raw mangoes and kite flying. the best was rainy season making those boats on a wooden piece. lastly its marbles, great fun with them.
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• Philippines
6 Mar 07
yeah,playing in the rain is soo fun!we get to splish-splash and racing paper boats!