Comments on: Children and consciousness

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:12:16 +0000

what about sock wrestling? Where each player has on one sock, and the goal is to NOT get your sock pulled off. The winner is the one who can put on both socks.

Also growing up, we had 4 cushioned lawn chairs, and my sister and I would take two each and put them back to back and sit on them like horses. We would play Indians, or Cowgirls/Pioneers. I was obsessed with Laura Ingalls, so this game was endless.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:37:22 +0000

I remember my dad “breaking an egg on my head” by gently rapping his knuckles on my head then slowly running his fingers into my hair. Always succeeded in making me shriek.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:02:40 +0000

We kids liked the ‘tank’ game: Cut the ends out of a large cardboard box, lay it on its side and crawl in. Crawling forward makes the box move over obstacles like a tank tread – lots of fun in the weedy fields behind our house.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:47:26 +0000

#10, you have me cracking up! That is hilarious.
#21, yes the merry go round thing was fun, especially if you got it spinning fast enough where you were hanging on by your hands like superman off of the end of it.

I played the “lava” one, and the arms-against-the-doorframe one… we also played games such as “Get from Point A to Point B without touching the ground” which basically consisted of climbing over all sorts of items and/or stepping on things to get to the desired location. Especially fun on a playground or similar area.

I also played ’slide down the steps on your belly’ which involved sliding down the steps on your belly with your head facing up towards the top. You slithered down like a snake. Which was fun until you got rug burn.

Good times! Lets all get together for a game of “lava” or merry go round! Being 60 lbs heavier might make for an interesting experience.

By: Kristi

Kristi — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:36:07 +0000

Blind Man’s Bluff….
We’d blind fold someone, spin them around and then hide in a room from them. Of course we had to play in a room with a door that could be closed; too many close calls with the stairs. I don’t know which was more fun; being blind folded or trying not laugh when the “foldee” was directly in front of you.

By: Janel

Janel — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:59:00 +0000

Oh my goodness, I’ve played so many of these! What good memories.

My mom’s family had a cabin in the mountains that we would usually go up to once or twice a year. And in the cabin was a really steep flight of stairs. We would grab our slippery sleeping bags and go sliding down those stairs. Oh it was the best!

I loved, and still love, swinging too. We would play with our neighbors and if you were next to a member of the opposite sex and you both went up and down at the same time, you were married. So then you usually had to get out of sync again so you could be divorced because who wants to be married at five?

By: Telemath

Telemath — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:23:24 +0000

As a kid, I would lie on my back with my feet up in the air. One of my siblings would sit on my feet, as if on a chair. Then, I would use my legs to launch them as far up and forward as possible, usually while they’re jumping to add as much momentum as possible. Then it would be my turn. It was always a little freaky to be jumping higher than you could on your own. Landing was problematic.

One that my children love is “Taco.” They get out of the bath with a towel wrapped around them. I grab the open ends of the towel (like folding a taco), and the child hangs inside. Then I swing twist and spin them all around. I wonder why they’re incapable of sitting still?

By: Aemi

Aemi — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:50:16 +0000

#21 – Yes! Oh god, that game (and its cousin – get the merry-go-round goin’ round as fast as you can and then jump, grabbing the rails, so that you’re flying around in a wonderful, passerby-killing, no-feet circle!) took up much of my life.
Dizziness was my joy.
Still is, actually, I just have much less frequent access to merry-go-rounds and tire swings.

By: Westbanger

Westbanger — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:06:34 +0000

I would turn my pant pockets inside out and then hold on as if I was a motor cycle. Used to do it all the time when shopping with my mom…I would run around all the clothing racks humming motor sounds and twisting my right pocket for more speed.

By: Leisa

Leisa — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:00:10 +0000

Fun with mirrored walls! My grandparents lived in a condo built in the 70s. There was a mirrored wall, with a handy place to grab on one side. My sister and I entertained ourselves and all our relatives with feats of symmetry and levitation.