When I was growing up we had to find our own intertainment, as we did not have all that the kids today have. I think we were happier to.
We used to pour salt on slugs and watch them diisapear thought of that because curly ben was asking how to get ride of them. It started me thinking back to all the stuff we did as kids, like pulling the lights off lighting bugs and making diamond rings. LOL anyone else do that?
We used to play kick the can, goast in the graveyard and we made up games like 3 trees.
Please share the fun things that you did as kids,
I think I will print them out and show the youngsters in the family.

We would go to the golf course, after the course was closed and look for golf balls. We would play softball and change rules once in awhile, such as the bases run the opposite or the strikes were increased or automatic out if the ball went further than the last person in the outfield. Make up number games. Fun and cheap things.

We lived in the snow most of the year, we would have fights, or compete for the best snow hut or base. I had 1 sister and 3 brothers so my time was spent with them or my friends just walking the neighborhood, meeting at the baseball field playing with the whole neighborhood. We would walk to and from school no matter what the weather so we played I spy often. I have to admit once Atari came out our lives changed a bit. HE he. Oh, kick the can, we would do the whole truth or dare. I hope to God my kids get the feeling I did as a kid. I remember feeling good, guilty, and right and wrong just came natural. This was fun. Thanks

It's a wonder my brother and I have eyes or fingers because we found an old fan in our garage that had metal blades and we would stick anything and everything in there for it to chew up - pine needles, pine cones, sticks, etc.

We also would swing from an old burlap sack filled with cotton hung by a big rope on our tree in the back yard.

Plain ol' country fun.

Oh yes, I remember the snow banks as high as the house and we would go outside and be "miners" digging tunnels. Could walk on top of the banks. Our garden became a skating rink and a central spot for the neighborhood. No such thing as being allowed to watch television when we were supposed to be outside, blowing off steam and energy.

No such thing as TV unless the chores and homework were done. Remember jumping off the roof to your death? And if you were to sissy to do it, better watch out some one will push you. Jumping my bike into the lake with a life jacket strapped to it? At least the bike would survive the jump right? My kids got it all, they have guts, 2 of them have eaten worms and ants, 2 have the smarts not to. LOL, I wish I was able to say I had the smarts not too. I know gross but well worth the buck my dad gave me to do it!

Now, I know almost everyone here has played some variation of "The floor is made of lava" when they were young. Or perhaps recently...

That is right - chores, then homework, then have the chance to get outside. I thought I was big stuff when we moved into town from the farm - I had less chores. Until my Mom found new ones. Lol

I enjoyed all of these, they are so cute and bring back memories, We played the lava one to

I can remember the house we grew up in had a large Magnolia tree and my brother and I would hide in the limbs and lie in wait for an unsuspecting friend to come by and we would attack them with the seed pods that resemble grenades.

Thanks for the thread - I haven't thought about those days in a long time.

What is the lava one? Like the pillows on the ground are the alligators? What is it? It is killing me!

I like to imitate others(famous people, or ordinary people, like my friends) in front of my friends. I like to talk in different accents too.:D

It is very rewarding to make others laugh.:)

Ha that reminded me of something we did, we for no apparent reason we ran to hide in the ditchwhen someone was coming, we called it dichem.
Me and my sister pretended to be horses once and got in trouble for eating too much grass
We were grazzing. He he..

The lava game/ oh we would play that if you touched the floor you were in hot lava, you had to walk on only the pillows or paper that was scattered around the floor.

As a children, my sister and I would pretend to be different animals and play ALL day. We would go to the creek and make ourselves a "din" or whatever that certain animal lived in. We would play the "ultimate Tomgirl game" , as we would call it, were I would lead her and some others around doing crazy dirty things like rolling in the mud, eating bugs, dipping in the extremely cold water, putting a crawfish on your head... it was great. One of the best times I can remember is when we would pretend to be fairies... one day we decided to climb our favorite tree and place candles all over it; that night we lit all of the candles and climbed down to look at it. It was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen... even used the idea at my wedding. We would also make clubs and secret hideouts. A lot of the times, my daddy would bring home MRI's(army meals) for us and we thought they we SO cool. We would pack up a whole bunch of stuff including the MRI's and go into the woods for hours pretending to be secret armed forces. One of our favorite games at night was german spotlight and of course, ding dong ditch! Oh there are just so many fun things we did... wish I could go back!

Your daddy reminds me of mine, a little different though Rank, he would get off the plane from working on the oil pipe line in Alaska and bring back so many treats in his brief case for all of us kids to pick which ones we wanted. We would fight over the best and being the youngest, I just took what I could get! LOL. That is a good memory!

Daddy's are great aren't they! I was the oldest so I ruled the castle, haha. I feel for my little sis though, she was in your position.

Ya, youngest of four and add a step brother and there is five, then at the dinner table you hurry and eat for seconds, if you lose you lose, no mercy...
Another thing I was thinking about is tug of war, that was a good one. Oh thank goodness I have a lot of fun in me still, my kids are doing great. LOL I can kick their butt any day and the day I can't I will use AMHD to help me through it! HAHAHA

I can't wait until I'm a mom, we are going to have so much fun! Haha, I'm sure you've got a while before they will be able to whoop up on mom... hopefully, lol. If not, yes, AMHD will surly still be here to comfort you in your time of need, hehe.

My oldest is 13 and he is almost there, we will see if I can entertain him a bit longer, I will keep you posted. LOL

Good luck, lol! I'm sure you will be able to!

One of the best things I remember is swimming in the sea when it rains... the water is warm and it was so much fun to look from below the water as each raindrop looks like a pearl when it hits the water.

I remember collecting butterfly caterpillars and keep them between two coconut shells, after a while it would change into a cocoon and soon enough into a butterfly.

Tag and Hide-and-seek were favourites...

Fishing was fun... and I am not too bad at it,but had to compete though with my bro who's a pro :)

I remember playing with marbles and empty cartridges/shells (which we had collected from an abandoned shooting range used by the military).Each would have his soldiers aligned in rows and we have to gun them down with the marble.

Collecting ants or flies was a fun thing then,
Bro keeps score while us cousins collect them and feed them to lizards around the house.

Digging holes in the ground and putting candles in them to light the way for ants He he..

Playing water polo...
Wrestling in the sea, two climb on the shoulders of two other team members and we wrestle to see who topples over first.

There was a silly game we used to play, we find a seed that floats and one goes under the water and lets it go and all others will splash until it comes up then whoever catches it gets to dive under and release it.Lot of screaming and chasing of a marble sized seed by about 5-6 kids and adults,imagine the fun;)

I am imagining the fun right now firmbeliever. You are not only a sweet gal, you are fun too! I knew that already but let the world know...
If I had enough guts to get into the ocean (my favorite place by the way) I would wrestle any day! LOL

Rank you sounds like a great childhood! My father was mostly absent but I had a wonderful Grandpa, you guys reminded me of him bringing home his lunch box after work and if he knew we were going to be there he always had something in it for us.
Another thing that he always did was let us put our hands in his big jar full of pennys and we got to keep as many as our little hands could grab. It was a big deal to us.
Then we would get all the bottles that we could find plus our pennys and walk to the little store and buy a bunch of penny candy.
Remember the dots, and the little wax bottles that had juice in it?

The little wax juices are a good memory. I found some that looked like baby bottles a while ago and they were not the same at all. I remember getting 2 quarters for a lost tooth not 2 dollars or more! Spoiled rotten kids. LOL

You got 2 quarters? Ha I was ripped! Firmbeliever you grew up by the sea lucky duck!
Sounds fun!

More like fish...

One thing we use to do is, my dad brought home a boxful of alkaseltzers one dayfrom work. WHY he brought them home, I have no idea as he never did let any of us use them for medicinal purposes.
Anyway, my dad played the guitar as did his brother and several of his friends. On Friday and Saturdat nights, they would all gather at our house and "make music".
His friends had kids, so there would be about 7 or 8 of us outside playing. We would each get a bottle of alkaseltzer, take all the tablets out except 1, add a little water, snap the plastic cap back on (this was before childproof bottles), shaaaaaake 'em up to make them fizz, aim it each other, and FIRE!! It's a thousand wonders we didn't put someone's eye out! LOL!
We also had a high bank below the house with a terrace at the top. Perfect for small children to hide in. We would gather a large supply of pine cones, then lie in wait. When a car came by, we would hurl our "grenades at them, then quickly duck back down LOL!