Outdoor games for company. Family-sized games - fun outdoor activities with children

When a group of children gathers at a dacha or in a private house, on a forest clearing or on the bank of a river, or perhaps on the summer terrace of a cafe, adults will definitely be faced with a problem: what is a fun and exciting way to occupy children who are cut off from their usual gadgets? Especially if we are talking not just about friendly communication, but about a children's holiday, for example, a birthday or graduation from elementary school.

With the help of time-tested and modernized outdoor fun, you can so captivate children in spending time together that they will remember this holiday for a long time and passionately ask for a repeat!

We bring to your attention outdoor games and competitions for children to celebrate outdoors in summer or spring. Depending on the diversity of the children's group, the characteristics and interests of the little guests, the organizers can combine competitions from different groups.

Use your imagination! Many competitions can be adapted to suit the theme of your holiday. For example, games based on catch-up games don’t necessarily have to be called “cat and mouse”: maybe it’s a team of puppies chasing CATastrophe, a shark chasing little fish, or a witch chasing princesses!

A number of games require simple props, most of which are always at hand, but it is better to worry about them in advance:

• string;
• skittles or plastic bottles weighted with water, beans or peas;
• ball(s);
• Balloons;
• a piece of fabric, tulle, a long scarf;
• pebbles;
• chestnuts;
• vegetables and fruits;
• water pistols.

Don't forget to take care of prizes and souvenirs for young winners of competitions!

Combat games

These competitions are based on winning a specific match. And even if the battle is a joke, victory is always a victory, and it should be rewarded with a prize.

1. "Roosters". Children are divided into pairs. A balloon is tied to each child's ankle. The goal is to burst your opponent's balloon by stepping on it, while preventing your own from bursting. During the game you should definitely turn on some fun music.
2. "King of the Hill". Various variations of this popular game are possible. You can try to knock the “king” off the log with a long balloon or pillow. What if you don’t knock it down, but try to take off the huge crown and put it on yourself? Or compete to see who can keep their balance longer while standing on the ball? Or holding a balloon on your fingertip?
3. Tournament. This noisy and fun game is a lot of fun for children (and usually terrifies adults!) Give children pillowcases with a handful of feathers in each, inflated balloons, paper “bombs” with water and challenge them to defeat the opposing team! You can arrange water “Cossack Robbers”: if you get hit in the hand, you can no longer shoot with that hand, if you get hit in the leg you will have to jump on one, well, if you get hit in the head, what can you do, you’re out! An arbitrator is needed here. But you can have a wonderfully fun battle between two armies! Let the children have fun, and the adults too.
4. "Paparazzi". The game is based on the fact that modern children often carry mobile phones with a built-in camera. Let a couple of participants pick up “weapons”. A “secret sign” is attached to everyone’s back - some bright picture, for example, a flower, an animal, a rainbow. The goal is to take a photo of your opponent's sign faster than he can take a photo of yours while the music is playing. Can you imagine what a fun “dance” others will see? And the winner will be easy to determine based on the resulting photographs.

Games – running and jumping ropes

1. Relay races.

Children love to take turns running after various objects and performing intricate actions. Depending on the theme of the holiday and the availability of props, you can offer a variety of relay race scenarios, creatively playing them out and dividing the children into two or three teams:

• run a chain around the pins or bottles displayed on the path and return;
• feed the bunny (hedgehog, dog...) a carrot (apple, bone, etc.): at the finish line there is a toy, which you need to carry the “treat” one at a time;
• running with a stick, on which at the finish line you need to string a leaf and return, and the next one will continue the general “kebab”;
• running together in different interesting variations: putting your hand on the shoulder of the one in front, holding the bent leg of the one standing behind, or simply “like a train”, joining one at a time;
• place children from different teams along the route, and the run begins with the passing of a relay stick, ball or toy: the main thing is not to pass the stick to an opponent from the other team!

2. Various tags.

All sorts of variations based on catch-and-catch. You can catch someone who is not wearing clothes of a certain color (“colored tags”). You can attach a caught player to yourself and continue to catch together, lengthening the chain.

And if you give two drivers a long scarf or rope, then it will be interesting to catch the rest, driving them into a “loop”.

“Snail tag” can be funny – you will have to catch up with crawling participants covered with cardboard boxes. Or “one-legged tag” - both the catcher and the runners jump on one leg!

3. "Planes".

Round “landing areas” are drawn on the path with chalk or lined with ropes; there are 1 fewer of them than there are players. One of the participants is a dispatcher. He leads a chain of “planes”, setting a route, commanding them to wave the right or left wing, commenting on what is directly ahead.

At the command “The weather is unflyable!” you need to quickly take the landing site. The dispatcher is also trying to do this. Those who didn’t make it in time will become a dispatcher instead of a driver.

4. Modern rubber bands.

Remember the childhood games of our mothers, when two stood holding a long elastic band on their ankles or knees, and the third jumped, following a certain “program”?

If you come up with interesting modern names for various methods of jumping, for example, “Louboutins”, “robocars”, etc., you can try to captivate a small group, especially girls, with this game. Whoever goes through the program the furthest without stepping on a rubber band wins a prize.

5. "Olympics".

This game can be played using the same rubber bands as in the previous competition. Two participants hold the edges of a bow-shaped structure (an elastic band, the ends of which are tied in a circle, crosses).

With the cry of “Olympics!” those holding it give the structure a certain position, and the rest of the participants must cross it without touching the elastic band. You can try to jump over the top or crawl into the resulting hole. Whoever touches the rubber band takes the place of one of those holding it.

The winner of the “Olympiad” (the one who was able to climb the most times in a row, setting a new record) is entitled to a medal!

6. "High Leg".

A variant of catch-up, in which you cannot catch someone who has stood on some hill with one or both feet. If the runner is hanging on the horizontal bar, he is also out of the game!

You need to make sure in advance that there are benches, stumps, overturned buckets, etc. on the site.

7. “Treasured Place”.

Another game for those who don't want to let go of their mobile phones. The game starts like normal hide and seek.

Set up a “cherished place”: for example, a bench under a lilac bush, where the driver counts until the players hide. Then he goes to look for everyone, and the players must try to sneak into the “cherished place” unnoticed and take a selfie there.

If the driver managed to find them earlier or have time to take a photo in the “cherished place”, he wins! And the footage will remain as a memory.

Skill games

These competition games are based on the ability to perform some difficult, inconvenient and at the same time funny manipulations with various objects. The one who does it better and faster than the rest will win. It is more fun when a large number of children participate in such games, but some can be played with two or three participants.

1.Did you hold it? Tell your neighbor.

In different ways you can transfer certain objects to each other, standing side by side, for example:

• ball under the chin;
• cardboard thermometer in the armpit;
• stick in teeth;
• a soft toy held between your knees;
• in pairs - move the ball sandwiched between their backs or between their foreheads.

2. “Hands off!”

Prepare small items, vegetables and fruits, just make sure they are clean. These can be apples, oranges, carrots, cucumbers, as well as balls, chestnuts, pencils, small toys and even leaves.

Arrange them mixed up on the table. The children’s task is to transfer objects, each to their own basket, located at some distance. You can carry it in any way except using your fingers! Elbows, teeth, chin will be used... If you drop it, there will be 1 less item in your basket... The one who has the most items in the basket at the end of the game will win.

3. “Porridge for the fox”.

You can beat this competition using any convenient scenario; for little “Kolobok” fans, this one is suitable: so that the Fox doesn’t eat Kolobok, you need to feed her porridge!

The porridge pots are already on the stump, and the cereal needs to be poured into them with a spoon, which the young “koloboks” will hold in their teeth. Scoop up the cereal from the common bag - and take it to your kettle! The prize will be given to the one whose fox turns out to be the most well-fed.

4. "Flamingo".

The clearing will be a surface of water, and barefoot children walking on the grass will be flamingos. To make it more interesting, you can give out fake beaks or pink capes. Chestnuts are scattered across the clearing - these will be fish.

Flamingos must catch them - naturally, with their bare feet! - and then take them and put them in the center of the clearing, where there will be a “nest”.

5. Flight “On instruments”.

This game is for older children. Prepare an “obstacle course”: a rope to step over, pins to go around, a bench to climb over, etc.

In turn, each player is blindfolded, and he walks “on instruments,” that is, following the instructions of the others. You can allow a cheerful hubbub when everyone gives advice at the same time. Or introduce a touch of order by guiding the first player through yourself and then declaring that everyone who just cleared the strip becomes a dispatcher.

And if you quietly remove some of the obstacles and the player diligently overcomes the free path, it will be even funnier!

6. "Inconvenient treat".

Everyone knows how difficult it is to eat an apple hanging by a thread. Try getting candy out of a bowl of flour with your teeth or drinking water from a plastic cup without using your hands!

Games in one place

When everyone has been running and jumping, you can play something just as fun, but not requiring significant movement. Such games will calm the children a little and at the same time add additional variety.

Children's quests

Games based on step-by-step completion of tasks or searching for hidden treasures are becoming increasingly popular. Such a competition, of course, requires preliminary preparation, but it allows you to keep children busy for a long time, and besides, it is easy to tie it to any holiday theme. Variations depend on the age and capabilities of the children, as well as your talent as an organizer.

1. "Magic Lottery". Hide “lottery balls” (Kinder surprise boxes, colorful balls, wooden eggs, chestnuts with numbers written in marker) in a variety of places where children can find them: under the porch, in the raspberry bushes, in a hollow or between the roots of an old tree. Announce the search, and then draw the resulting numbers, awarding an interesting prize for each.
2. "Treasure Hunters". Make a “pirate map”, following which children can find the hidden “treasure”. There may be one or two different maps for a team competition. Provide a complex route with intermediate points at which you will need to complete something in order to move on. For example, “ten steps north from the gazebo” - but how can you determine where north is? Place a compass on the table in the gazebo and let them figure out how to use it. Or give them a hint after solving the riddle. In the finale, the “treasure” can be dug up (take care of the shovels) or pulled out in a chest from some hiding place. The “treasure” will be souvenirs or sweets for all guests.
3. "Pathfinders". Here the preparation will be more thorough. The search route needs to be determined on the terrain itself: arrows made of branches, upturned and shifted pebbles, indications on tree trunks... You can do it a little simpler: paint the pebbles with white paint, draw an arrow on each pebble, and hide these indicator pebbles along the entire length of the route . Let the children look for where to move next! Take the risk of complicating the path with deceptive arrows.
4. “Solve it and move on”. The quest path will be marked with riddles, each of which encrypts a specific search point. It all depends on what riddles you can find or come up with: the answer should be one or another place, for example, a stump, a garden figurine of a gnome or mushroom, a porch, a gate, an apple tree, a doghouse, etc. For a senior company, you can offer additional competitions at each point: to get the next riddle, you need, for example, to solve a rebus, make something, sing a song, etc.
5. "From photographs". You can give children numbered photographs, each of which depicts a specific place. Of course, the pictures should be fragmentary, so that the children have to think, from what tree, for example, is this branch, under which the next clue is hidden?
6. "Encrypted Finish". By completing tasks on various objects, children receive a code letter. At the end, a word is assembled from the letters received - the final point of the search.
7. "Collect according to the list". The children's task is to bring all the items from the list that you make in advance. The list should look like a riddle: “Something green, something starting with K, something with two parts.” Or you could have the children draw 5-7 letters from the bag each and bring objects for each letter. You can look for objects on the site, in the garden, on the birthday table...

In any combination, the proposed competitions will definitely be popular with children. And the organizer of all this splendor will earn the love and gratitude of the children and their parents, as well as a great desire to come visit you again for an interesting children's holiday. After all, for children, the opportunity to have fun is much more valuable than treats and even gifts!

Summer Games

Summer is usually the time of year when kids spend the most time outside the house, playing with their friends.

Ball games in nature with children

"Ball and Snake" This game is for the little ones. It gives pushing skills, improves coordination and helps develop attention. Children should be seated on the grass in pairs opposite each other. The distance between the guys should be approximately one meter. Children roll the ball to each other in turns using a snake. A more complicated version: we ask the children to change position, first they rolled the ball while sitting on their butts, then while squatting, then while standing on their feet.

"Bouncing Ball" This game teaches children to catch the ball even if it has changed direction. You need to find a more or less flat wall, place the child about 2-3 meters from this wall and tell him to throw the ball in such a way that the ball hits the wall and bounces back. The child must catch the bounced ball. The game can be complicated: you can tell the child to catch a ball that has bounced off the floor/ground/asphalt, or so that the child does not catch the ball, but jumps over it.

"Bouncer" This is an active team game for children in nature. Two players stand at the edges of the court, the rest of the children are in the center of the court. The task of the guys in the center of the court is to dodge the ball, which is thrown by two players standing at the edges of the court. The one who gets hit by the ball is out. The one who dodges the ball the longest wins.

Outdoor entertaining games for children in nature

"Catch-up"- one of the most famous children's games. Catch-up is a game that is suitable for a hike, for a picnic, or for playing in the forest in nature for a cheerful group of children. One drives, the rest run away. The one whom the driver touches becomes water himself.

"Classics" Using colored chalk to draw hopscotches on the asphalt - squares with numbers from 0 to 10 inclusive. The child places a pebble on the number zero, jumps on one leg into this square and tries to move the pebble to the next number, according to the rules of counting. Moreover, this must be done in such a way that neither a foot nor a pebble falls on the line of the drawn classics. The child who jumps through all 10 grades without error wins.

Competition games and children's games in nature for a cheerful company of children

"Bunny" Children stand in a row on a drawn line, each child must make three jumps. The child who jumps the farthest in these three jumps wins.

"Heron - Swallow" A presenter is selected. He comes up with tasks, and the guys must complete these tasks. For example, one of the tasks could be to stand on one leg for as long as possible in the swallow pose, or to portray a heron.

Spring - autumn games

Slush, cold wind and drizzling rain are not very conducive to walks in the fresh air. Despite this, it is necessary to walk with children in any weather. So even dirt and light rain should not scare you. Here are some games you can play with your kids.

"Birds in the Nests" You need to draw circles on the asphalt or on the ground. It's like nests. There should be one less such nest-circle than there are children playing. The presenter says: “All the birds are in the nests,” and the children should each stand in their own circle. When the leader says: “The birds are flying free!”, the children run out of the circles, run, and play. But as soon as the leader says again: “The birds are in the nests!”, everyone must return to their circle. The leader also occupies one of the circles. The child left without a circle becomes the leader.

"Ships" Often a dad, having gone for a walk with his child, has absolutely no idea what he can do or play with his child. The game "Boats" is the simplest and at the same time very interesting game for both children and adults. You can make a paper boat using origami. Or you can take any piece of wood or just a match, find a stream and launch improvised boats.

"Personal Tree" On the street, in the forest, on a hike - anywhere you can always talk to your child about the fact that the world around us needs to be loved and protected. Any child will gladly agree to help plant, for example, a tree or shrub. And then he will visit his tree or bush, watch how the plant grows and happily tell his friends that this is his personal tree.

Winter Games for children and parents

Many different interesting games can be invented for absolutely any time of the year, but, perhaps, winter, despite the snow and cold, offers an incredible amount of all kinds of entertainment.

"Building a castle" All boys and girls dream of building their own castle. Show them how it can be made from snow. For example, you can dig a snow tunnel in a snowdrift!

“I know - I don’t know” Even in winter, you can always take a ball with you outside and play the game “I know - I don’t know.” Of course, you first need to tell the child that there are wintering birds that stay here for the winter, and there are migratory birds - these are those that fly to warmer climes for the winter and return back in the spring. And then, according to the principle of the game “Edible - inedible”, ask the child a question - a wintering or migratory bird, and throw the ball, the wintering bird catches, the migratory bird returns.

As you can see, playing with children in the fresh air is always interesting, educational and exciting not only for the children themselves, but also for adults. Play with your children! After all, the most important thing is that you are together.

Outdoor camping games for schoolchildren

Outdoor activities are a great alternative to gadgets. Live communication and interaction skills with peers are something that is useful to learn at any age. Let's remember the games that you can play in the yard, those that are familiar to more than one generation of children. Dear adults, take the initiative! Remember what you played as a child and tell your children about it. Games are like fairy tales, they need to be passed down from generation to generation.

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In the yard, at the camp, on a hike, at the dacha - wherever a group of children gathers, you can organize team or collective games: calm or very active, on the grass or in a gazebo, with or without attributes. We are sharing a LARGE list of outdoor games for kids to play in the summer. We have chosen the MOST POPULAR ones, which have been tested by more than one generation of children and still have not lost their relevance. We are sure you can continue this list - and your children will have enough entertainment for the whole summer!

1. Ring ring

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A leader is chosen, and everyone else sits opposite him. As a “ring” you need to find a small object: a button, a pebble, a ring, etc. Players fold their palms into a boat shape. The “ring” is hidden in the leader’s “boat” and he runs his hands over the slightly open “boats” of the players, imperceptibly tossing the ring to one of them. The main thing is to do everything very professionally, like an actor, so that none of those sitting would guess at what exact moment the “ring” from the hands of the presenter migrated to the palms of the lucky player. The one who has the ring must also maintain intrigue... After all the players go through the procedure, the presenter says: “Ring, ring, go out onto the porch.” At this moment, the one who actually has the “ring” must quickly get up and run forward so that the others do not have time to catch him. If he succeeds, he becomes the new presenter.

Warm childhood memories of this popular game take us back to a time when rings on girls’ fingers were very rare; holding someone else’s ring in your hands is already cool in itself! This simple game can be played with both toddlers and school-aged children, and is almost universal for both boys and girls. A small machine can also be used as a “ring”, for that matter.

2. Kalim-bam-ba

All players are divided into two teams. The players of each team join hands and stand in a chain facing their opponents at a distance of 10-12 meters. The teams begin to shout out the following words in turn:
- Kalim-bam-ba!
- What is a servant for?
- Sew the sleeves!
— To what numbers?
- For fifths and tenths, we bring Masha (Olya, Tanya, Sveta, Sasha, Andryukha...) here!

The one whose name was called runs towards the opposing team and tries to unclasp the opponents’ hands. If he succeeds, he can take into his team any of the two guys who unclasped their hands, usually the one who is stronger. If it is not possible to break the chain, then he goes to the opposing team. They play until one or two people remain in one of the teams (as agreed).

An analogue of this game is “Chains”. The dialogue could be like this:
- The chains are forged, break us!
-Which of us?

Perhaps remember how “Ali Baba, sew on the sleeves”:
- Ali Baba!
- Why a servant?
- Sew on the sleeves!
- Which sides?
… etc.

Be sure to teach your children to play this game. She teaches us to stand for each other and act united.

3. Returners

To play you will need a whistle. At the request of the leader, the children line up. At a signal, players scatter in different directions within the specified territory, run around the clearing, dance, and take various poses. When the whistle blows, the players must return to their original place and line up again. You can, for example, count to three: those who do not have time are eliminated. The game is repeated 3 times.

The idea is good for camp teachers when they need to quickly organize children and bring them all together.

4. Frog

Players stand opposite the wall (usually the end wall of a house where there are no windows or doors) one after another (in a column). A mark is drawn on the wall with chalk. Usually they start from 1-1.5 meters.

You need to throw the ball above this line and while it is flying back from the rebound, have time to jump over it. The ball must hit the ground and pass between the player's legs. If successful, the player goes to the end of the queue. If during a jump the ball is touched with their feet or they are unable to jump over it, the player goes to the end of the line, receiving one letter from the word “frog”. When everyone jumps once, the mark is set higher and the jumping starts again. The game continues until one of the players collects the entire word “l-i-g-u-sh-k-a”.

To be honest, in our childhood we called everything by its proper name - “goat”. Perhaps it is under this code word that this game and the hysteria of your neighbor’s grandmother will emerge in your memory, as the restless children from the yard kept hitting the ball against the wall for days on end.

Another version of this game (simplified) is suitable for younger children. The principle is the same, with the only difference that the one who could not jump over the ball stands against the wall. Over time, there will be a lot of such “fines”. Their task is to try to catch the ball before it hits the wall. If it works, the penalty box gets into line and continues the game, and the one who was throwing the ball at that moment takes his place at the wall. The game ends when everyone except one (the winner) is at the wall.

5. The sea is agitated once...

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The presenter turns his back to the players and says: “The sea worries once, the sea worries two, the sea worries three, the sea figure freezes in place!” The rest at this time move chaotically and depict the movement of waves with their hands. On the word “Freeze!” all the children freeze in their planned positions. The presenter turns around, approaches any of the players and touches him with the words “Otomi!” The selected player must show the intended figure in motion so that it can be guessed. If the leader guesses the piece, he goes to the next player and continues to guess. The one whose figure is not solved becomes the new leader.

By the way, the figures do not have to be nautical; choose and voice any theme before the start of the game.

6. Predators and Herbivores

A predator is chosen from among the players: at will or by lot. The rest are herbivores. The predator draws a large circle (about 2-2.5 m in diameter). During the game, he needs to catch as many herbivores as possible and put them in his lair - in a circle. Captives can leave the circle only in one case - if one of the herbivores walking in the wild touches the outstretched hand of the captured one. The task of a predator is not easy: it needs not only to catch new herbivores, but also not to allow the “free” to release those already captured. The game ends when all the herbivores are in the circle, or all are free.

7. Cossacks-Robbers

Participants are divided into 2 teams and determine the territory for the game. The robbers, secretly from the Cossacks, come up with a password word. During the game, the Cossacks must try to find out this secret word.

The game begins with the Cossacks turning away and closing their eyes. At this time, the Robbers must run away and hide somewhere in a secluded place. When fleeing, Robbers draw arrows on the road, curbs or trees, indicating the exact direction of their movement, sometimes placing arrows in different directions to confuse their tracks.

While the Robbers run away and hide, the Cossacks outline a small area with chalk - the prison. After 10-15 minutes, the Cossacks set off in search of the Robbers. The Cossack, who caught the Robber, takes him to prison and tries to find out the password using comic methods in the form of tickling. Rogues who are not caught can attack the prison to free the captured crew member. The Cossacks will win if they find out the Robbers' secret word or catch them all.

Eh, Childhood! With this game, we knew all the “nooks and crannies” in the vicinity and within the radius that mom could use. One of my favorite games, and I never get tired of it!

8. Hide and seek

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A presenter is appointed, and a place is agreed upon where the players can “get caught.” The driver turns away, closes his eyes and counts to... (as agreed). The rest are hiding at this time. Having counted, the water goes in search. If he finds someone, he runs to the appointed place and “knocks” him: “Knock, knock for...” (say a name). The one who is found may try to outrun the water and get caught by himself. In this case, he is not considered caught. The game ends when everyone is caught. The new presenter becomes the one who was “caught” the very first.

The good thing about the game is that even kids can participate. If desired, you can play indoors.

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A more complicated version is “Twelve Sticks”. You need a board and 12 sticks. The board is placed on a stone to form a swing. 12 sticks are laid out on one end, and one of the players kicks the other end so that the sticks fly apart. While the water collects sticks, everyone hides. Next - according to the rules of ordinary hide and seek, only you need to “knock” with a stick in your hands on a board.

9. Pioneerball

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A ball, a field with a net or a high crossbar in the middle and 2 teams with an equal number of players (optimally 6-7 people). Players take positions on the playing field on both sides of the net. The game begins with the ball being served. The serve is made from the corner of the field. The main thing is to throw hard enough so that the ball flies over the net to the opponent's side. He didn’t get stuck in the net, didn’t fall in his own half, didn’t fly over the line, but ended up on the field on the opponent’s side. Next - depending on your luck. If your opponents do not return, the point and the right to the next serve are yours again. If the ball catches on the net, the serving team receives a losing point. If the ball is touched or dropped in your own half of the field, then a loss point is counted.

The participant or members of the other team must catch the ball and throw it back over the net. You are allowed to take no more than 3 steps across the field with the ball in your hands. A ball that flies out of the opponent's field and is not touched in flight allows the opponent to serve. The game lasts up to 15 goals.

Unlike volleyball, this is a simpler option and can be done by those who are younger and weaker.

What was also interesting about pioneer ball was the teams’ movements around the court - that is, after each point the team earned, the team players certainly changed places, the movement proceeded clockwise, and thus the server also changed. The whole team cared about the main thing - that everyone in it could serve, and, of course, catch.

A game of pioneer ball, as a rule, goes up to 25 points, and points are awarded to a team if the ball, after the opponent’s serve, fell outside the playing area without hitting the players of the receiving team. If this happened, the opponent received a point.

10. Edible-inedible

A ball and a sense of humor are what you need for this game. The host throws the ball to the player and names something edible or inedible. The player’s task is to catch the ball only on edible items and throw away inedible items. If a player catches something inedible, he himself takes the place of the leader. Sometimes it turns out very funny.

11. Classics

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On the asphalt, cells with numbers or a snail are drawn with chalk. The player must throw a pebble (bat) on the number 1, jump with one foot on the square with the pebble, bend down, pick up the stone and then continue jumping over all the numbers to the end. It is important not to lose your balance or step on the line. The other one does the same. Next, the first player throws the pebble again, this time on the number 2. Now the player needs to immediately jump from the start to the cell with this number. This continues with all the written numbers. If a thrown pebble or the jumper’s foot hits the line, then you must skip the move and try again after the opponent from the place where you made a mistake. The first one to complete all the numbers in this way wins.

The traditional hopscotch field consists of 10 numbered rectangles arranged in a column, pairs 3-4 and 6-7 are drawn side by side so that you can become two feet, a semicircle with 9-10 is at the exit for turning in the opposite direction. This is perhaps the most famous option, but there are others.

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A type of classics that is not known to everyone is “Name Classics”.

A field is drawn. The first player jumps back and forth on one leg, stepping into each rectangle. If he does this without errors, he can write his name on any rectangle. If he makes a mistake, it is the other player's turn. The idea is that you need to jump over rectangles named after other players, but you can stand on your own (where your name is written) with both feet. The game continues when all the rectangles are occupied, but now if someone makes a mistake, he leaves the game. The game ends when one player remains - the winner.

12. I know five...

The game teaches you to perform several tasks at the same time and concentrate your attention. You need to hit the ball on the ground with the words: “I know five...”. After this, name five names of boys, girls, names of cities, colors, countries, planets. If a player cannot think of a word, he gives the ball to the next player.

13. If you drive more quietly, you will go further

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Draw start and finish lines. All participants stand at the start, the driver has his back to them at the finish line. The driver says: “You drive more slowly, you will continue, stop!”, You can do it at any pace. While he speaks, the participants try to run to him. After the word “stop”, everyone freezes and does not move. If you move, you're out. The participants’ task is to run up to the driver and touch him before he says “stop.”

14. Kitty-kiss-meow

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Two people come forward and stand with their backs to each other, the rest of the players sit in one line. The one who faces everyone (the driver) points to one of the participants and asks: “Kiss?” If the player with his back turned answers “Race!”, the driver continues to choose. When the player says “Meow!”, the one who was chosen awaits the “verdict” - what task to complete. The driver asks the one who has his back to him: “What color?” The player names a color and turns to face the others to complete the task with the participant he chose.

Each color involves performing certain actions (which ones are agreed upon in advance). For example, white - two people must go into the entrance together and stay there for 5 minutes. What they do there - history is always silent. Green - three questions that can only be answered “yes”. Usually the questions are tricky, like: “Do you love him?” Red - kiss on the lips, pink - the same thing, but on the cheek, blue - kiss the hand. Yellow - three questions in private. Orange - walk hand in hand, preferably past adults. Purple - step on a foot, etc.

In fact, the game is very good, popular in adolescence, when it is important to learn how to establish relationships with the opposite sex.

15. I was born a gardener

Players choose the name of the flower and say it out loud. The driver, who is also the “gardener,” says a little rhyme: “I was born a gardener, and I’m seriously angry. I’m tired of all the flowers, except…” And he names the name of the flower of one of the players. The participant whose flower was named must respond. If someone hesitates and does not react, or mixes up the name of the colors, he must give away a forfeit (any of his things).

At the end of the game, forfeits are played out. The “gardener” turns away, they take out the thing and ask: “What should this player do?” The “gardener” assigns a task: jump on one leg, sing, squat, recite a poem, etc. The player picks up his item only after completing the “gardener” task.

16. Traffic light

The “traffic light” - the driver - is selected using a counting machine. Two lines are drawn on the road at a distance of approximately 30 m from one another. The players stand in a row behind one line, and the “traffic light” is in the middle of the road, with their backs to the others. “Traffic Light” names any color and turns to face the others. Children must find the named color on themselves (on clothes, shoes, hats). If you find it, then, holding it with your hand, you can safely cross the road. If you don’t have such a color on yourself, you will have to quickly run to another one so that the “traffic light” does not touch the “violator”. You cannot run outside the boundaries of the road. The one who was caught became a “traffic light” himself.

Another variation of this game is “Song Traffic Light”. The difference is that “traffic light” does not name a color, but any letter. Players must remember and sing lines from the song that begin with the named letter.

17. Pavement sign, stop!

Perhaps some adults will remember this game as “Let's go, let's go,” “Camel.”

The rules are simple. The players stand in a line, and the leader stands with his back to them and slightly in front. At the signal, everyone runs away. The presenter shouts: “Pavement sign, stop!”, everyone freezes. The driver shouts to one player, but does not turn around, i.e. he does not see how far this player is from him. Then he announces how many steps of a certain type are needed so that he can reach this player.

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The driver turns and tries to get to the named player using the announced combination of steps. You can only move in a straight line. After taking all the steps, he tries to touch the player. If it works out, the driver and the player change roles. If not, then the whole procedure is repeated from the beginning.

18. Rubber bands

Favorite game of girls of all times. Eh, there were times when every girl carried a couple of meters of elastic in her pocket, and it didn’t matter that it was pulled out of her dad’s family panties).

About 2-2.5 meters of linen elastic were tied into a ring with a knot. Two stretched the elastic band, putting it on their legs, the third jumped, performing various combinations. If I made a mistake, they swapped places. If you did it, the level became more complicated and the whole combination was repeated. And so on until the most difficult level, which was called “up to the neck” - the elastic band was held on the necks. There was also a level “on the ears”, but few people reached it.)

There were different combinations of jumps: “wide” - when two legs are held in an elastic band; “narrow” - rubber band for those holding it on only one leg; three-two-one jump.

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Yard games are something that should be passed down through generations. We should not deprive our children of the Court, tying them to ourselves for the sake of safety and isolation from the bad influence of their peers. To prevent this very “bad influence” from happening, you need to teach children to communicate in real life, and not in the chat of their favorite “shooter”. The past generation can remember so many good fun games, so let our children learn about them too! Have a great summer, our Fidgets!

Dear readers! Tell us in the comments what yard games your children play, what you yourself played as a child. Let's replenish the gaming collection on the site so that our children's leisure time will be useful, educational and varied. We look forward to your comments and will be happy to share the nostalgia for the games of our childhood.

Summer is a wonderful time of year for all children. The school holidays are starting, there is no need to do homework, there is plenty of free time. But every child knows that idleness gets boring very quickly; they want entertainment. What could be more interesting than various outdoor competitions for children in the summer?

You can play such fun games in the yard with other children, with children from a school camp or with friends from a recreation center. Wherever you are during the holidays, it will be more fun everywhere with the games presented in this article.

To organize interesting competitions in nature for children in the summer, it is enough to have a minimum of materials that are always at hand. These are hoops, inflatable rings, fins, balls, sticks, plastic bottles and other waste material.

It’s very fun not only to play, but also to prepare manuals for games, while showing your imagination, you can add something of your own, come up with similar games. All in your hands.

Balloon games

1. "Knights". For these outdoor competitions for children in the summer, you need to have several balloons (according to the number of children), thin rope, plastic plates and paper clips. Inflated balloons are tied to a belt. A shield is made from a plastic plate for a hand using a rope, and there is a paper clip in the other hand. You need to get close to your opponent without pushing and try to burst his balloon. And the “knight” protects him, offering his hand with a shield. Whoever has the ball on his belt wins.

2. “Hold the ball” relay race. To play you need to have tennis or badminton rackets and inflatable balls. You need to carry the ball to the selected distance on the racket, while trying not to drop it. Whoever drops the ball receives a penalty point. The team that gets all the balls to the opposite side the fastest and scores fewer penalty points will win.

3. "Battle". This is one of the most fun outdoor competitions for children in the summer. A balloon is tied to a short string (30 cm long) on ​​one side. The other end is tied around the leg below, at ankle level. Hands should be held behind your back in a “lock”. In a limited area of ​​the playing field, children catch up with their opponent and step on the ball so that it bursts. The last one left with the ball on his leg wins the battle.

Ball games

1. “Gather the harvest.” Small multi-colored balls are scattered on a limited small area of ​​the playing field. These are vegetables in the garden. A blindfolded player must collect all the “vegetables” in a basket in a short time. Whoever collects it faster wins. You can field two players at the same time and find out which of them collects the most.

2. "Basketball on your stomach." Two children are playing. They tie a bucket to their belt. There is a ball in his hands. You need to hit the basket with the ball, like in basketball. The one who hits the most times is the winner.

3. “Hit the target.” The ball is placed in a net (string bag) and tied on a meter-long rope to a tree branch or horizontal bar if outdoor competitions for children are held on a sports ground in the summer. Objects are placed in front of the ball to be knocked down. These can be plastic water bottles, toys, etc. The player must swing the ball and push it towards the object with enough force to knock it down. This requires a good eye.

Games with hoops

1. “Stretch the hoop.” For such outdoor competitions for children in the summer, you will need two hoops. Children are divided into two teams and form two circles, holding hands. A hoop is put on one player. The task is as follows: you need to pass the hoop through all the children without unclenching your hands, that is, climb into it one by one until the object goes around the circle and returns to the initial level, to the child who first started the movement.

2. "Stream". Here you need some hoops. Children line up in pairs. Each couple has a hoop in their hands. Only the last pair does not have an item. The last two players climb into the resulting tunnel one by one. They take the hoop from the first couple and run with it to the end of the column. The remaining couple without the item runs back and crawls into the tunnel. You need to move like this until all the children have passed the line. Whose team completed the task faster is the winner.

Games with inflatable rings

1. "Ring throw". Such competitions in nature in the summer are fun for children. You can play on the water or on land. The game is reminiscent of ring toss, only the role of the stick on which the rings are thrown is played by a child who raises his hands up. Whoever is the most accurate and does not drop the circle into the water or onto the ground is the winner.

2. "Obstacle course." To play, you need large inflatable rings, 6 or 7 of them. Children stand in pairs and hold the circle with the hole parallel to the ground. The first team in turn begins to pass the strip as follows. You need to climb into the first circle from below, and into the second from above. And so on until the end. Whichever team completes the passage first wins. The guys then change places.

Water games

The best outdoor competitions for children in the summer are games with water. Children love water fun - both on land and at sea. You can come up with an unusually large number of games with water. This includes shooting for accuracy at plastic disposable cups with water straws, relay races with buckets filled to the brim, knocking down objects with water from a water pistol or machine gun.

"Firemen." For such a game you need one large bowl of water, an equally empty one and many small buckets. Firefighters stand in a line and pass water to each other, pouring it from bucket to bucket. The latter pours water into an empty bowl. This happens until time runs out. Whoever collected the most water won.

Walkers

1. “Skis.” Two wide and short skis are made from thick corrugated cardboard, and two arches for the feet are attached to them. Children insert their legs into arches (photo below). Then you need to go the distance in such “skis” at speed. The players whose team reached the finish line first won the competition.

2. "Train". For this game you need to take several large 120 liter garbage bags and sew them together. The players stand in the resulting circle and slowly move from start to finish inside such a device. You can help yourself with your hands. Whose “train” gets to the final station first wins.

3. All children's favorite activity is the relay race with eggs on a spoon. You can hold the spoons in your hand, or you can hold them in your mouth, as in the photo. Whoever brings the egg to the basket faster without dropping it wins.

All these games not only entertain and amuse children, but also teach endurance, accuracy, dexterity, develop motor skills, a sense of teamwork, and the desire to win, which will be very useful in adult life.