Share your stories of youthful springtime games to win Peter Rabbit goodies

We used to play 'the big ship sailed on the alley alley o' where we sang the rhyme and tangled ourselves up by leading everyone under the arch made the front couple and then the next and so on - if we did it sensibly we then unentangled ourselves too

What's the Time Mr Wolf was always my favourite, as well as the ever popular "tag" which my daughter still plays with her friends today :)

Stuck in the mud; sardines; endless hide-and-seek variants.

But best of all was a fantastic multi-generational game of rounders/baseball after a boozy Sunday barbecue in a park near our house. We had small children and an 82-year-old great aunt take part, plus a growing number of random curious park-goers who just fancied joining in. It went on for hours and was absolutely brilliant.

Oh yes- the dusty bluebells! (Or was it fairy bluebells?!). Also, kicking the ball against the side of a house, in turn. We also used to do a kind of treasure hunt - we just walked round the block looking for anything interesting that could be "treasure" and we stored it all in a sock we found and kept behind a neighbour's wall! We kept visiting the sock for months if not years!

Sardines! The one game where being the smallest was an advantage...

When we were very young making mud pies and selling them in the mud bakery was one of our favourite games. Slightly later it was French skipping, later still was British Bulldog which was everyone's favourite lunchtime game. Otherwise we were out exploring on our bikes, climbing trees or making dens.

We used to play a big game with a load of friends, of tracker, which was like a big game of hide and seek and you would be on teams

Rounders,Tennis,Football,British Bulldog,Curbie,Whats the time mr wolf,skipping,kick the can.

Making outlines of houses and castles to play in, using freshly mown grass to mark out where walls would be, with my sister and brothers. Was so much fun deciding what each room was and what we would have in it and then acting out our stories.

Off Ground Touch - like tig/tag but if you leaped onto something higher than the ground you were 'safe' and couldn't be got. Loved that one.

We used to pretend we were having ballet classes outside and leap across the front garden.
Other times, we would build forts in the woods or clear the leaves and branches from the creeks to make the water flow faster and pretend we were making white water rapids and waterfalls for Barbie and GI Joe dolls.
Other days, we played cowboys and Indians- galloping around the garden shouting and chasing each other. Sometimes, we would play TV tag where you had to run from whoever was "it" and say the name of a TV show if you were about to get tagged.
The best fun was Flashlight tag which we could play at night in the neighbourhood before our parents called us in.

Not a game as such, but I used to love going to the top of a hill, laying down and rolling, rolling, rolling all the way to the bottom. Even better if the grass had just been cut, as by the time you reached the bottom, you'd be covered head to toe in cut grass!

We played at Funerals! Our older cousin had us searching the garden for shrivelled-up earthworms or dead bees and we would solemnly bury them and stick twigs in a cross shape into the mound while she said " You are dead, little worm (or bee or beetle).....Now Rest In Peace!" in sepulchral tones. Then we would clap reverently!

We played hopscoth scotch it was so much fun and if we didn't have chalk we played what's the time mr wolf that was brillant too x

We played 'kingy' draw a chalk line and bounce a tennis ball on the floor once on your side then bounce once on your opponents side, like tennis but on the floor. We played french skipping a huge loop of elastic bands with two people either end inside the loop stretching it and another skipping around on and in the band. I loved my space hopper too, it was called tiger lilly!

We would set up a tent in the garden and sleep there.
At school, skipping games got exciting when Neneh Cherry etc sang about Double Dutch, and we'd try to copy the Americans. Stringing elastic bands into a rope, each end held by someone (first at their knees, then hips, waist, underarm, head) and we'd have to jump over each height.
Outside school , there was a bit of swampy overgrown waste ground nearby. We'd go on expeditions and find tadpoles etc there, building dens etc.

In Wallingford there was a common called the crinny hills and I would run along the top, up and down with the wind flowing through my hair, racing my grandads dog, I loved it!

I remember one game in particular and it was a family favourite. We used to have a beach set of boules which we mostly kept to use in the back garden! Dad used to toss the jack as we used to all have a go and get so pedantic as we got older that we even started measuring distance of each ball to the jack to decide out winner!

Me and my sister would play this with my parents from about age 7 upwards and it was a perfect game to enjoy which my elderly grandparents could also join in with - nothing too intensive and brilliant for improving children's aims and judging distance.

Needless to say, this same boules set is in my shed just waiting for my 6 and 2 and a half year old to grow into! I think me and the girls grandparents are more excited about this than they are!

Springtime games? Oh, fond memories of so many. As well as the usual marbles, hopscotch, and traditional sports like football and cricket, my Top 3 'non-equipment' games would be ...

1. 'STUCK IN THE MUD' - The person who is 'It' has to tag everyone else - if you're tagged, you are 'Stuck-In-The-Mud' - you have to stay rooted to the spot with your arms outstretched. If another player is able to run under your arms, you are free. If everyone gets 'Stuck-In-The-Mud', without anybody remaining free, the person who is 'It' wins. Game can be varied by having 2 people 'It'.
2. 'CROCODILE' - One person in the middle of the garden, the rest along one wall (walls either side is 'Home' and safety). The person in the middle shouts, "Crocodile", at which point everyone has to run across to the opposite side. Anybody tagged has to join the person in the middle (has become a 'crocodile' too). Last person remaining, or last person to be tagged, wins.
3. 'CAPTAIN'S DECK' - One person nominated 'Captain' - he/she issues orders which the others have to follow --> e.g. "Scrub The Deck" means everyone has to crouch down and pretend they're scrubbing the floor, "Island" means everyone has to run and touch the wall, "Peg-Leg" means everyone has to stand still on one leg, "Shark" means everyone has to run to the designated 'safe zone' (could be under a tree), "Attention On Deck" means everyone has to stand still, while saluting - can only move if the Captain states "At Ease!", etc., etc. The person who is last, or who fails to follow orders correctly, is out. Game keeps going until there is only one survivor.

My friend and I both had ponds in our gardens, and used to enjoy catching things that lived in the ponds in buckets (and putting them back, obviously). We'd spend hours doing that!

Oh my goodness - so many to choose from! 'Doublers' - where we threw balls against the wall and caught them. I can't remember any of the songs or rhymes we sang whilst doing this. Skipping, marbles, 'kerby' which is throwing the ball to the opposite pavement and catching it on the rebound! I've loved seeing my children discover leapfrog recently, as this was a favourite of mine back in the day! Possibly though, marbles was my ultimate favourite. Each marble belonged to a different category - 'chinas' 'chalkies' 'cats eyes'...ah the memories!

My friends and I always started off by having tea parties at eachothers houses, go on an adventure on our bikes, our fave spot was a den we created in the local woods we would all make believe and create some amazing stories knights and princesses, pirates etc I have to admit I still love playing those games with my kiddies now. Old games we use to play was curbie, clapping games, skip rope but we still always went back to our den for make believe

We used to play 'In and out the Dusty Bluebells'. 'Oranges and Lemons'. 'British Bulldog' 'Kiss Chase' & probably many more besides that I have forgotten.

My Dad got me and the neighbour kids a lorry inner tube which we used to invent a whole load of games to play in the garden. They were loosely based on the 'We Are The Champions' TV show (showing my age!) and involved a great deal of shouting.

We used to make up showjumping and obstacle races in the garden with whatever we could find lying around. Broomstick and 2 chairs, washing line, old sheets, flowerpots, slabs/bricks etc etc
And then race obvs

I had a swing in the garden I'd swing on for hours. I'd also play French cricket and croquet with my family of which I have lovely memories.