When the weather allowed, children of the 1950s played games like tag, hide and seek, leap frog, marbles and hopscotch. Leap frog involved kids lining up, bending down, and jumping over each other in a row. Hopscotch required sidewalk chalk, but other than that cost nothing. Since many of these games involved competition, they often kept children occupied for hours at a time.
For indoor fun, children played games like jacks and pick up sticks. They also made games out of simple toys like tops and yo-yos. For instance, children might compete to see who could keep the most tops spinning at once. They also taught each other yo-yo tricks and tried to best each other in contests. All these games and toys could be purchased at the local five and dime store.
Before video games, children got their action adventure fix playing games like Cowboys and Indians. This game stemmed from Westerns, which constituted a popular movie genre in the 1950s. Today, Cowboys and Indians is considered politically incorrect since the cowboys were always the good guys and the Indians were the bad guys. Children would take on a role and battle each other with plastic weapons.
For indoor fun, children played games like jacks and pick up sticks. They also made games out of simple toys like tops and yo-yos. For instance, children might compete to see who could keep the most tops spinning at once. They also taught each other yo-yo tricks and tried to best each other in contests. All these games and toys could be purchased at the local five and dime store.
Before video games, children got their action adventure fix playing games like Cowboys and Indians. This game stemmed from Westerns, which constituted a popular movie genre in the 1950s. Today, Cowboys and Indians is considered politically incorrect since the cowboys were always the good guys and the Indians were the bad guys. Children would take on a role and battle each other with plastic weapons.