How many times did you hear that when you were a kid?

I am not talking to your kids though, I am talking to you.

Have you forgotten how? Possibly, but doubtful, all you have to do is go to your local school yard and you’d figure it out pretty quickly. But when was the last time you did? And I am not talking about your weekly softball team or your pick up game of basketball either - I mean unstructured fun - imaginative fun - just plain fun fun. If you are like most of us soooo serious adults, it has most likely been awhile. But you can change all of that and you can choose to act now. Grab some friends and pick one or a few from below, and go crazy, have fun, stop thinking so intensely and move with it! It’s good for your heart, good for your head, and good for your soul. And when you come back in - tell us how it went - better yet - add to the list!

1. Throw water balloons.
2. Run under a sprinkler, or get out the hose!
3. Thumb wrestle, arm wrestle, or plain old wrestle wrestle.
4. Jump on a trampoline.
5. Blow bubbles.
6. Play hopscotch.
7. Play jacks.
8. Play Chinese jump rope.
9. Play cats cradle.
10. Play in the mud.
11. Climb a tree.
12. Play hide and seek or kick the can.
13. Build sand castles.
14. Jump in the waves.
15. Ride bikes.
16. Roller skate.
17. Skate board.
18. Blindfold a friend and have them taste, smell, or touch things to see what they are.
19. Dress up and make up to plan for the upcoming Halloween, start making notes on events and displays for a neighborhood Haunted House.
20. Dance.
21. Play charades.
22. Get out the board games. (Although they are a bit structured.)
23. Build with Legos.
24. Make balloon animals.
25. Check out the rides at an amusement park.
26. Ice skate.
27. Bowl.
28. Play laser tag or paint ball.
29. Play pool.
30. Play Marco Polo in a pool.
31. While your in a pool, do a few canon balls.
32. Play with your food - make concoctions.
33. Get out the clay.
34. Cook without a recipe.
35. Play your instrument with out any sheet music.
36. Plan a mystery party or progressive dinner with a theme.
37. Jump rope, or double dutch.
38. Play catch or frisbee.
39. Sing and dance out in the next rain.
40. Roll down a really steep hill.
41. Hang upside down on the monkey bars, or slide down a slide.
42. Create a scavenger hunt.
43. After you have played for awhile, make ice cream sundaes.
44. Tell scary stories.
45. Play word games, like the one where you whisper a long sentence, and then it goes around the room and then you see what the last person heard - don’t know the name of that one.
46. Have a running race.
47. In honor of Pageant of the Masters, get some body paint and paint a friend, or even yourself.
48. Henna tattoo a friend.
49. Play egg toss, pass the orange under the chin, 3 legged race, sack race, and any other old time fair games.
50. Musical chairs.
51. Hot potato.
52. Duck duck goose.
53. Darts.
54. Make funny faces in front of the mirror.
55. Go to a photo booth and take funny pictures.
56. Pretend.
57. Practice tongue twisters.
58. Play Twister.
59. Play marbles or dominoes.
60. Keep the balloon off the ground.
61. Have a pillow fight.
62. Enjoy a pie eating contest.
63. Have a see how far you can spit the watermelon seed contest.
64. Try to tie a cherry stem with your tongue.
65. Play tag.
66. Hula hoop.
67. Practice juggling.
68. Yo-yo.
69. Make a movie.
70. Camp out in your backyard.
71. Then roast marshmallows on sticks and make S’mores
72. Tug of war.
73. Play with your pets.
74. Monkey in the middle.
75. Water pistols.
76. Build a fortress out of pillows.
77. Have a tickle fight
    
78. Join a fun group class at your local gym.
79. Hike, traverse, hop, jump or skip somewhere inspiring.
80. Mimic how animals move, like crawling like a lion, taking off for flight like an eagle - did this in a great movement class one time with a room full of people - quite fun.
81. Pole Dancing.
82. Have a staring contest.
83. Color.
84. Play in the sand dunes.
85. Fly a kite.
86. Eat apricots, save the seeds, throw them from a distance towards an exterior wall…The closest one wins…That’s a poor man’s great game
87. Ping Pong
88. Build a house of cards or toothpicks.
89. Tell jokes or stories.
90. Doing picture puzzles.
91. Suduko and crosswords.
92. Playing in the tide pools.
93. Getting the camera out and shooting some pictures.
94. The license plate game while your driving.
    

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