Outdoor games for kids

Big space, big energy. These are the run-around games for the backyard, the park or the beach, when the kids need to burn it off outside.

Agawan Base

5-10 players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Al Natt (Leapfrog)

4+ players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Aračkinje Baračkinje

8+ players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Askar w Harameya

6-20 players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Bear Race

2+ players · Ages 4-12 · Outdoors

Bentengan

6-20 players · Ages 8-16 · Outdoors

Berek

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Boju Boju

4-12 players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Bou Chhhi

8-20 players · Ages 8-16 · Outdoors

British Bulldog

6+ players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Bull in the Pen

7+ players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Bullrush

6+ players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Captain's Coming

5+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Capture the Flag

8+ players · Ages 7+ · Outdoors

Care Care Gospodare

4+ players · Ages 4-10 · Outdoors

Cat and Mouse

8+ players · Ages 5-11 · Outdoors

Chai-Chai Vyruchai

5+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Chain Tig

6+ players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Chat Perché

3+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Classic Tag

3+ players · Ages 4-14 · Outdoors

Cops and Robbers

6+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Crack the Whip

5+ players · Ages 6-12 · Outdoors

Daria Bandha

8-16 players · Ages 8-16 · Outdoors

Daruma-san ga Koronda

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Dinifri

6-16 players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Dorokei

6+ players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Drop the Handkerchief

6+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Eagle and Pigeons

5+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Eagle Catches Chicks

4+ players · Ages 4-12 · Outdoors

El Pañuelo

6+ players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Esto'omaya

3-15 players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Everybody's It

5+ players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Fire on the Mountain

8-30 players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Flashlight Tag

4+ players · Ages 7-13 · Outdoors

Forty Forty

4+ players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Fox and Flock

6+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Fox and the Chicks

6+ players · Ages 5-10 · Outdoors

Freeze Tag

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Frozen Tag

6+ players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Galah Panjang

6-12 players · Ages 8-15 · Outdoors

Ghost in the Graveyard

4+ players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Gilli Danda

2-10 players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Go Home Stay Home

4+ players · Ages 6-12 · Outdoors

Gobak Sodor

6-12 players · Ages 8-15 · Outdoors

Grandmother's Footsteps

3+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Guay Zhua Ren (Zombie Tag)

6+ players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Ha-Du-Du

6-14 players · Ages 8+ · Outdoors

Hide and Seek (Turkish)

3+ players · Ages 4-12 · Outdoors

Hunia

6-20 players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Hunter in the Dark

4+ players · Ages 6-13 · Outdoors

Kabaddi

10-14 players · Ages 8+ · Outdoors

Kabaddi Kabaddi (Junior / Chant Version)

6-16 players · Ages 5-9 · Anywhere

Kahraba

4-20 players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Kho-Kho

12+ players · Ages 8-16 · Outdoors

Kick the Can

5+ players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Kissa ja Hiiri

7+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Koori Oni (Freeze Tag)

4+ players · Ages 4-12 · Outdoors

Langdi

6-20 players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Leapșa

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Line Tag

6 or more players · Ages 6-12 · Outdoors

Long Donkey

6+ players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Loup y es-tu?

4+ players · Ages 3-8 · Outdoors

Mamba

8-30 players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Manhunt

6+ players · Ages 8-14 · Outdoors

Marco Polo

3+ players · Ages 5+ · Outdoors

Martin the Fisherman

8+ players · Ages 5-11 · Anywhere

Mongolian Chain-Breaking

8+ players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Mugunghwa Flower Has Bloomed

3+ players · Ages 5-14 · Outdoors

Nestle a Person

7+ players · Ages 6-12 · Outdoors

Ochs am Berg

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Octopus Tag

6+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Ojingeo (Squid Game)

6+ players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

One Two Three Pumpkin

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Oni Gokko

3+ players · Ages 4-12 · Outdoors

Pakdam Pakdai

6-20 players · Ages 6-14 · Anywhere

Patintero

6-10 players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Petak Umpet

4-10 players · Ages 5-14 · Outdoors

Pilolo

4-12 players · Ages 6-12 · Outdoors

Please Mr Crocodile

4+ players · Ages 3-8 · Anywhere

Poisoned Tag

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Police and Thief

6-20 players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Polis Sentri

6-16 players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Port and Starboard

5+ players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Prisoner's Base

8 or more players · Ages 8-14 · Outdoors

Rabbit Leave Your Burrow

7+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Räuber und Gendarm

8+ players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Red Light Tag (Hong Lu Deng)

5+ players · Ages 6-12 · Outdoors

Red Light, Green Light

3+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Red Rover

8+ players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Red Rover Kazakh

8+ players · Ages 7-15 · Outdoors

Relievio

6+ players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Ringolevio

8 or more players · Ages 8-14 · Outdoors

Rong Ran Len May

6+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Šarena Jaja

6+ players · Ages 5-11 · Outdoors

Satoliya

6-20 players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Sharks and Minnows

6+ players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Spotlight

4+ players · Ages 7-13 · Outdoors

Steal the Bacon

8+ players · Ages 6-12 · Anywhere

Stiv Heks

5+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Stuck in the Mud

5+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Tag

3+ players · Ages 4-12 · Outdoors

Taguan

4+ players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Te Lulu Te Moa

6-20 players · Ages 4-12 · Anywhere

Team Hide and Seek (Persian)

6+ players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

The Sea Snake

8+ players · Ages 5-11 · Outdoors

The Wolf in the Forest

6+ players · Ages 4-10 · Outdoors

Three-Legged Race

4+ players · Ages 6-16 · Outdoors

Toa Toa (Circle Chase)

6-20 players · Ages 6-16 · Outdoors

Tug of War

6-20 players · Ages 6+ · Outdoors

Un Due Tre Stella

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Un, Deux, Trois, Soleil

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

What's the Time, Mr. Wolf?

3+ players · Ages 4-10 · Outdoors

White Poplar Blue Poplar

8+ players · Ages 7-14 · Outdoors

Who Do You Need From Us

8+ players · Ages 5-10 · Outdoors

Wing Preaw

8+ players · Ages 8-16 · Outdoors

Wolf and Sheep

6+ players · Ages 4-12 · Outdoors