Marbles, hopscotch & skipping games

A DigitalNZ Story by Zokoroa

Childhood memories of playing games - marbles, hopscotch and skipping - at home and school!

Skipping, Hopscotch, Marbles, Games, Recreation, Play

Playground and street corner corner fun with marbles, hopscotch and skipping!

Image: Parkvale School Unknown Year Boys Playing Marbles

Marbles

Parkvale School Unknown Year Boys Playing Marbles

Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank

Image: Girls playing hopscotch, around 1970

Hopscotch

Girls playing hopscotch, around 1970

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: 'MP skips with students', Papatoetoe, 1992

Skipping

'MP skips with students', Papatoetoe, 1992

Auckland Libraries

Image: Marbles

Marbles

Puke Ariki

Image: Hopscotch, Linda McGrath

Hopscotch, Linda McGrath

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Maori children rope skipping

Maori children rope skipping

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Rotorua's Māori children photographed in happy mood

Rotorua's Māori children photographed in happy mood

Auckland Libraries

Image: Hop scotch world record attempt

Hop scotch world record attempt

Christchurch City Libraries

Image: Roping people in for a childhood pastime

Roping people in for a childhood pastime

TV3

Image: Scenes at Waiwhetu Marae, Lower Hutt

Scenes at Waiwhetu Marae, Lower Hutt

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Multi-coloured Hopscotch 3

Multi-coloured Hopscotch 3

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Skipping display, national Jump Rope for Heart extravaganza to celebrate World Health Day.

Skipping display, national Jump Rope for Heart extravaganza to celebrate World Health Day.

Upper Hutt City Library

Image: Marbles played by boys in the form of a cricket, Wellington

Marbles played by boys in the form of a cricket, Wellington

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Māori and pākehā relaxing outside their homes

Māori and pākehā relaxing outside their homes

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Children in playground with principal. Skipping and balls

Children in playground with principal. Skipping and balls

NZEI Te Riu Roa (New Zealand Educational Institute)

Image: Six boys playing marbles outside

Six boys playing marbles outside

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Lockdown hopscotch, Salisbury Road, Birkdale, 2020

Lockdown hopscotch, Salisbury Road, Birkdale, 2020

Auckland Libraries

Image: Children playing Jump Rope; circa 1920s

Children playing Jump Rope; circa 1920s

Upper Hutt City Library

Image: Strong

Strong

Nelson Provincial Museum

Image: Pavement hopscotch lockdown image, Silverstream

Pavement hopscotch lockdown image, Silverstream

Upper Hutt City Library

Image: Eveline APW back to school night

Eveline APW back to school night

Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand

Image: Scenes from Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia

Scenes from Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Pavement hopscotch lockdown image (with calendar months), Pinehaven

Pavement hopscotch lockdown image (with calendar months), Pinehaven

Upper Hutt City Library

Image: Eveline APW back to school night

Eveline APW back to school night

Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand

Image: Children playing inside the Tamatekapua meeting house at Ohinemutu

Children playing inside the Tamatekapua meeting house at Ohinemutu

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Playing hopscotch

Playing hopscotch

Tauranga City Libraries

Image: Marbles

Marbles

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: An empty shoe-polish tin is good for practising hop-scotch. From the series: Washday at the pa

An empty shoe-polish tin is good for practising hop-scotch. From the series: Washday at the pa

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: rope, skipping

rope, skipping

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Museum of Childhood

Museum of Childhood

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage