The Children’s Games Project uses drawing to create a contemporary archive of the play in Pieter Bruegel's painting Children’s Games (1560).
Hanging from a rail
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Barrel riding
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Broom balancing
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Leapfrog
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Baptismal procession
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Blindman's bluff
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Pot smashing
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Brick grinding (playing apothecary)
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Bridal procession
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Carrying an angel
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Covering with a blue cloth
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Fence riding
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Gauntlet running
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Headstand
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Hobbyhorse riding
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How many horns does the goat have
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Inflating a bladder
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Jousting
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King of the castle
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Knucklebones
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Looking out of windows
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Making butter
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Making sandcastles
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Mock altar
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Mumblety-peg
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Odds and evens
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Playing with dolls
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Pulling hair (Orator)
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Rolling hoops
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Running up an incline
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Shouting into a barrel
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Skirt twirling
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Spreading arms wide
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Stilt walking (tall stilts)
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Stirring dung
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Swatting flies
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Swimming (with a bladder)
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Swinging
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Top spinning
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Tossing hats
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Tree climbing
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Tug-o-war
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Tying oneself in a knot
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Urinating
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Wearing a mask
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