Category Archives: Girl games
1/2 cup elmers all purpose…
Original author: Anonymous
1/2 cup elmers all purpose glue 1/4 cup liqiud starch liquid food color pour glue into container add food color and 1 TBS of liqiud starch mix thoroughly to get a even texture continue adding liquid starch 1TBS at a time and working it into a smooth putty with your fingers the more you work it the better it gells Whalla! Silly PUTTY!!
I remember playing Chinese…
Original author: Anonymous
I remember playing Chinese jumprope when i was like in the 4th and 5th grade, and I remember making it out of rubberbands….you would make it long enough to make it into a huge circle so you could wrap it around your ankles and someone elses, standing at least a yard away. You would be in teams and both members of the team had to win to go to the next level. You would jump in with both feet, then jump out with both feet, synchronized of course, then move your right foot in so you would only be over one side of the ropes, then jump to the other side with both feet. Then jump up with both feet and land on the rope, at the same time. At that point the other member would do the same. If both members passed, then you would go to the next level. The levels would be from: ankles, knees, right below the behind, then waist, underarms, and neck. i don’t think it got that far, but just in case some girl who could jump high, I think that was the last level. If one member missed, then they would switch and if it became your turn again, you start all over again. this was the version I used to play…=)
Here are two I remember:…
Original author: CeeceV [e-mail]
Here are two I remember: Geez, memories, LOL! Ta ra ra boom di ay I met a boy today He paid me fifty cents to go behind the fence He knocked me to the ground His D### went round and round My mom was so surprised to see my tummy rise My dad was full of joy to see a baby boy I know, it’s a bad one, sorry! The other one is very similar to bzeiger on Sunday, December 5, 1999. Here’s the version I remember: Fee Fee fi Fee fi fo fum kumala kumala kumala vista no no no no not to vista eenie meenie disoleenie ooh ah ah boleenie atchy cotchy cumaratchy ah ah ah ish kidely oaten boaten bo bo ba ditten dotten watten tatten shh! What that all is supposed to mean or how you actually spell all that, I don’t know. It was just fun to say and as fast as you could!! LOL!! Any body know the meaning or anything about it?
We used Chinese Jacks as…
Original author: CeeceV [e-mail]
We used Chinese Jacks as our hopscotch markers. They were so fun and colorful. We all had a few that we made up with certain colors that we would use together. It was perfect. As a matter of fact, I am trying to find a place to purchase some Chinese Jacks. If anyone has any ides, please share.
We would use chinese jacks…
Original author: CeeceV [e-mail]
We would use chinese jacks as our markers for hopscotch. Everyone had their own mixture of colors and we’d swap colors everyonce in a while. I loved it!! I miss it, actully, LOL! I would love to buy some more and show my daughter who is almost 5. She would get a big kick out of it!
The game shown in the diagram…
Original author: Jon Fagin [e-mail]
The game shown in the diagram was called potsy in brooklyn in the 50’s. There was another came called curbsy that was played along the curb.
Hi, I remember…
Original author: Ros Davies [e-mail]
Hi, I remember fragments to a couple of skipping songs we sang as children in Quebec. One went something like this: Tinker, taylor Soldier, sailor Doctor, lawyer Beggarman, thief — — — — — — …..Merchant, chief And, another fragment: Mississippi M-I-S-S-I S-S-I- P-P-I Do these snippits ring a bell with you? If so, I’d love to know how the whole song truly goes. Thanks, Ros
I have found another store…
Original author: alexis
I have found another store that may sell chinese jacks! It is in LA and is called Imperial Toys. They have a picture of them on their website. I sent out an email to see if they really have them! Try for yourself! www.imperialtoy.com And many thanks folks! I appreciate all of your help! I am a 3rd/4th grade teacher and am really looking forward to sharing this with my kids. On another note, a jewish friend of mine shared a similar traditional game that was played with ceramic square pieces. I will let you know more.
I too have been trying to…
Original author: chrissi [e-mail]
I too have been trying to find the rules for chinese jump rope. I am a school age care activity coordinator and most of our kids have never even heard of chinese jump rope. A pity to say the least. i found this to be very interesting i do remember the touching the ground and twisting though.