Indoor Childhood Games In India From The 90s That Can Be Played At Home

Nowadays, time is changing so fast. Technology and modernity have completely changed the daily routine of our life or rather it has ruined it in a way. Earlier we used to play many indoor and outdoor games, but today we know them only by the name of Childhood Games.

Working or studying all day and then being on mobile after that is having a very bad effect on our physical and mental health. That’s why the games we used to play earlier, which we know today by the name of childhood games or rather by the name of old-fashioned games, should be brought into our daily routine.

So, we will talk about the disappearing Childhood Indoor Games. Today, when the world has again realized the importance of the old times and the high lifestyle of old-time, then we will tell you about the selected childhood games.

10 Childhood Indoor Games In India

#1. Aankh Micholi Game (Blind Eye Game)

This is a game that you can play with all your family members whether it is a child or an elderly. In this game, one does not need to run or hide, just blindfold a member and disturb him. Let’s know the rules of playing the Aankh Micholi game.

To play it, all the members of the house choose a place such as the roof of the house or the hall or any large room. Whatever place you choose, close the door leading out of that place. Now take a black-colored cloth which will be used to make a person blindfolded.

Now choose any one member who has to give a turn. Tie this bandage on his eyes. After tying, release it by twisting it in a circular motion. Now all the members should spread around him. All of you don’t have to keep quiet but keep making some noise around him or keep talking to each other. If you want, you can also disturb him by suddenly touching him from behind.

The member who is giving the turn has to try to catch or touch you, noticing your voice or movement. As soon as he touches any of you with his hands, then his turn will end and the one he touched will have to give his turn. In this way, this winking game will continue like this.

Benefit: By playing this game, the person’s listening and concentrating ability develops. The turner responds by noticing your voice and movement and tries to catch you by moving in the same direction. This helps him to stay alert and take precautions.

Keep in mind: In this game, you should take care that the person who is blindfolded does not get injured because he can’t see anything. He can get hurt by hitting something or falling. So play this game only in a designated place like if you are playing in the courtyard then play only in the courtyard.

#2. Langdi Tang Game (Lame Leg Game)

This game is very similar to Kabaddi but not as aggressive as it. Two things are different from kabaddi in Langdi Tang, one is to go to the other court not on both legs but on one leg and second, in this, instead of catching the player of the frontcourt, one has to avoid it. Let’s know the rules of the Langdi game.

To play this game, divide all of you into two teams in half numbers. Have both teams face each other and draw a line in the middle. Your team will not be able to go outside this line, nor can any person from the other team come there without their turn.

Now one player of each team will go to the other’s court on one leg in turn and try to touch the members there. The players of the other team have to avoid him. Thus anyone he touches will be out of the game whether it is one or more.

During this, if he puts his other leg on the ground after going to the other’s court, then he himself will be out of the game. So he can stay in the second court until he gets tired. Similarly, a player from the other team will also come to your court. The game continues in turn until all the players on one team are out.

Benefits: Through this game, you learn to balance one leg. Along with this, trying to avoid the player who is giving his turn brings energy inside you. By playing it, your physical exercise is also full.

Keep in mind: You can’t touch that person who has come to your court from behind or anything, because if you touch him in any way, you will be out of the game. You just have to run away from him and avoid him until he gets tired and goes back to his side.

#3. Dancing Step Pass Game

This is a very fun game that can be played by all the members of the household. In this, all of your family members have to stand in a row. Keep in mind that everyone’s back should be one behind the other and no one will look back until his turn comes.

Now the last person standing in the row has to show 4-5 dance steps to the person standing in front of him by turning back. After seeing this, that person has to show the person standing in front of him by turning back and doing those steps. In this way, those steps keep on passing one by one.

The biggest fun of this game is that there are no outs in it, but it is a unique game of laughter and jokes. Also, in this, you will get to see the steps of the person behind you only once and you can’t ask him to do those steps back. After this, whatever steps you understand, you have to show them to the person ahead of you.

You will find for yourself what those previous steps become by the time you reach the end. After this, the person who has given those steps finally shows everyone the real steps and everyone else will laugh and laugh after seeing the steps done by them. In this way, the person standing at the front of the line will now go behind and he will give new steps to everyone. So, the game will go on for as long as you want.

Benefits: While playing this game, you will be under pressure to remember the steps of the person standing behind you and do the same in front of the person in front of you. By playing this game, our ability to remember develops and at the same time opens shame in front of others.

Keep in mind: The joy of this game is that you only have to pay attention to the steps of the person standing behind you and not anything else.

#4. Hide And Seek Game

Who would not have heard about this game or just say who would not have played it!! Especially children play this game a lot because it is very easy and fun for them too. One, they have a small body which hides anywhere and it is only children who find them. As much as it is fun for children, it gives pleasure to adults too.

You can play this game in your entire house and that too with everyone. In this, a person has to close his eyes and count the numbers out loud to 10 or 20. As long as he is counting the numbers, all the other members of the house can hide anywhere in the house. After counting the number that person will find you all one by one.

As soon as he sees someone, he will say “Ice-Pice” by saying the name of that person, then that person will be caught. Actually, the meaning of Ice-Pice is from English “I spy” which means “I am a spy”. The fun in this game is that if anyone who is hiding, slaps the catcher from behind without being caught, then the catcher has to take his turn again. If the catcher caught everyone one by one without getting slapped, then the person caught first would have to take a turn.

Benefits: This game pressures you to play smart and take quick decisions otherwise you will get caught. So in addition to hiding in your place without making any noise, you are also under pressure to slap the player who is doing his turn.

Keep in mind: In this game, you have to make sure that while trying to hide, you don’t hide in any such place in the house where you get into trouble and it is difficult for you to get out of there. Also, take care of the children in this game.

#5. Maram Pitti Game

In this, you have to make two teams and all have to be divided in half the number. Now everyone has to stand in a room or courtyard in both the corners away from each other. To play this game, there comes a sponge ball which one team has to hit on the other team. You can also play this sponge ball by soaking it in water, but it will hit the players of the other team more strongly.

Now you have to throw this ball hard on the players of the other team so that it hits any of them. Then the team in front will pick up the same ball and hit it on your team. Whenever the ball touches any member of the team then that member will be eliminated. Thus the team whose all members are eliminated first will lose.

Benefits: Playing this game will give you physical exercise as you will have to move quickly to avoid the ball. Along with this, you will also have the practice handling your body. When it’s your turn, you have to hit the ball in such a way that it hits a player on the other team and he is out. This will also give you practice in aiming.

Keep in mind: Anything in the house can break in this game, so keep that in mind. Also, do not use any such thing to throw at each other, which will hurt the other. You will easily get the sponge ball from the market to play it.

#6. Stapu Game/ Hopscotch Game

You can play this game on the roof of your house or on the road. In this, you have to make eight boxes as given above, which will be one on top of the other and there will be only two pairs of boxes. Put the pairs 4, 5 and 7, 8 in it i.e. 1, 2, 3, 4 5, 6, 7 8. Else, you can also modify it according to your own needs.

Now it’s everyone’s turn one by one. In this, you will need a stone or a piece of wood that is flat, this is called a Stapu. Now you have to throw this stapu at number one. Then jump on one leg and go to that number and bring that stapu back. In this way, you have to throw the stapu forward one by one and bring it on one leg. You can keep both your feet on only pairs.

If your stapu falls on the wrong number or you touch the other leg even a little bit on the ground, you will be out. Also, if you touch any line of the box with your hand or foot, you will still be out.

Benefits: By bouncing on one leg and following all the rules of the game, you learn to balance your body. Along with this, your legs also become strong with this game.

Keep in mind: Do not take any round or sharp stapu. Also, do not take a stapu of clay or broken stone.

#7. Rope Pulling Game

To play this game, you take a strong rope and all the householders are divided into half-team. Divide the team not only on the basis of numbers but also on the basis of strength because this game is about the strength of hands.

Now both the teams should stand holding each side of that rope. Now count the number from 1 to 3 and put your whole strength on pulling the rope towards you. The team that pulls the rope completely towards itself with more force will win.

Benefits: To play this game, you have to hold the rope firmly with your hands. Along with this, with all the emphasis of the body, the rope has to be pulled towards itself, due to which the hands get strong and the joints get stretched.

Keep in mind: Play this game outdoors as it may result in one team dropping the rope or putting less pressure on your team in a jiffy. If there are any objects or sharp objects behind it, you can get hurt.

#8. Pittu Game

These games are also very fun. In this too, all of you are divided into two teams. In this game, you will need 7-8 stones and a ball. Decorate all the stones one by one as shown in the above picture. Now draw a line at a certain distance from the stones, from where the player will aim the ball at it.

Now a player from the first team will come up to that line and try to hit those stones by hitting the ball. As soon as the ball hits the target and the stones fall, the real game begins. Now the players of the first team have to decorate these stones as soon as they were before and that too while avoiding being hit by the ball. The players of the second team have to try to hit any player of the first team with that ball.

If the first team avoids the ball and puts the stones as before, then it will get two more turns or two points, but if a player of that team gets hit by the ball before the stones are decorated, then the turn of the second team will come. In this way, whichever team gets more than 10 points, that team will win.

Benefits: By playing this game you will learn to adjust to other players as you have to pass the ball to the right player so that he can hit the player of the opposite team as soon as possible. Along with this, there will be energy in the body and decision-making ability will develop.

Keep in mind: In this game, you don’t have to hit the ball hard at the person who is decorating the stone. You just have to aim at him. Even if the ball touches him, he is still considered out.

#9. Flying Saucer Game

You can play this game either on the roof of the house or outside on the road. If you want, you can also play it in the park. For this, you bring a saucer from the market. It can be played by two people or more. In this you have to stand away from each other, then grab the saucer and throw it strongly towards the other. Now the other person will grab the saucer and throw it towards you. The one whose saucer falls first 3 or 5 times will be the loser.

Benefits: By playing this game you will exercise your hands and feet too. The hand exercise will be when you have to throw the saucer and the leg exercise will be when you have to catch it.

Keep in mind: You don’t have to throw the saucer so hard that it goes in another direction or hits someone. In this, you should play by making a balance between yourself and the saucer.

#10. Vish Amrit Game

In this, you don’t have to make a team, but choose one person who will catch everyone. Now all you have to do is run away from him. The person who is catching you all will speak Vish by touching any of you. If he utters Vish by touching anyone, then that person has to stand root like the same idol and not run away.

Now that person will catch everyone else in the same way, but the fun in this is that one who is not Vish can go to the person who has become Vish and speak Amrit by touching him back. As soon as he speaks Amrit by touching it, the person who becomes Vish can run away again. Thus this game will continue till that person Vish everyone.

Benefits: It is a complete body exercise. In this, you have to run continuously to escape or catch, or keep doing something.

Keep in mind: You don’t necessarily have to choose only one person to catch. You can also keep 2 people in it. At the same time, you can also add this rule that the person who is taking turns can ask the person who has become Vish to stand somewhere else, that is, he can bring many Vish people to one place.

So these were some childhood games that you can play at your home or in the park. By playing these games, your physical and mental health will improve and you don’t have to do exercise separately.