20 Great Outdoor Childhood Games to Play with Your Child

#14. TV Times

We may be showing our age with this one, but sometimes these childhood games are the best!

#15. Who Stole the Cookies

“We play it where members of the group are eliminated by failing to keep up with the prescribed beat, or eliminated as a result of being chosen as one of the accused.” – Annette

How to Play:

This is a sing-along song/game. It is usually performed as a fun game, with the children sitting or standing in a circle. Each child gets a number starting at 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.

The song usually begins with the group leader asking who stole the cookie from the cookie jar, followed by the number of one of the children in the circle. A clapping beat accompanies the song – a hand clap followed by a clap on the knees.

The song’s lyrics are:

• Accuser: Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?
• Number …….  stole the cookie from the cookie jar.
• Accused: Who, me?
• Accuser/Group: Yes, you!
• Accused: Couldn’t be!
• Accuser/Group: Then who?

This is followed by the “accused” saying the number of another child in the circle and the subsequent back-and-forth lines are repeated.