Hand game

For the Native American gambling game, see Handgame.

Mushi-ken, a Japanese hand game (1809)

Hand games are games played using only the hands of the players:

Chopsticks (sticks)
Clapping games
Mercy
Odds and evens
Pat-a-cake
Red hands (or Hand-slap game)
Rock-paper-scissors
Thumb war (or Thumb wrestling)
"Where are your keys?" (language acquisition game)

Less strictly, the following may be considered hand games:

See also

Hand jive

Children's games

Guessing games Hand games Clapping games Party games Singing games Street games

Ball games	Butts Up Catch Dodgeball Funnel ball Half-rubber Keep away Kickball Paper football Patball Punchball Stickball Stoop ball

Other	Children's culture and street culture Video games

Hand games

Chopsticks Hand-slap game Johnny Whoop Mercy Morra Odds and evens Rock-paper-scissors Thumb war

Clapping games	"Down Down Baby" "Mary Mack" "Miss Lucy" "Miss Susie" "Pat-a-cake" "Pease Porridge Hot"

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