15 ball games for kids
One ball, any number of children. From easiest to hardest.
Two or three players
- Catch Step back after every catch.
- Piggy in the middle
- Wall ball Throw, bounce, catch.
- Kerby Bounce the ball off the opposite kerb.
- Donkey Drop a catch, gain a letter.
- Keepy-uppy Count the touches.
A group
- Four square Four squares chalked on the ground; bounce the ball into another player’s square.
- Dodgeball With a soft ball.
- Rounders
- Kickball Rounders with your feet.
- Sixty seconds One in goal, the rest attack.
- Queenie Who has the ball?
- Hot potato
- Spud Throw it up, call a name, run.
- French cricket Protect your legs with the bat.
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Common questions
What ball games can kids play with two players?
Catch, wall ball, kerby, donkey and keepy-uppy all work with two.
What is four square?
A playground game on four chalked squares. Players bounce a ball into each other’s squares; miss it and you move down.
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