29 Classic Hand Clapping Games for Kids (+Videos and Printable Lyrics) (2024)

Tic Tac Toe

Tic tac toe, give me an x give me anO.

Three times around the world

Rock Paper Scissors shoot

Rock beats scissors

Paper beats rock

Scissors beats paper

I win you loose

Now you get a big fat bruise

(and give them a touch with your pinky)

Down Down Baby

Down, down, baby

Down, down the roller coaster

Sweet, sweet, baby I’ll never let you go

Shimmy, Shimmy cocoa pop

Shimmy, Shimmy pow

Shimmy, Shimmy cocoa pop

Shimmy, Shimmy pow!

I like coffee, I like tea,

I like another boyand he likes me

Up and down and side to side

All around and shake it little ride

P-O-P spells POP!

Lemonade, Iced Tea

Lemonade (clap, clap, clap)

Crunchy ice (clap, clap, clap)

Sip it once (clap, clap, clap)

Sip it twice (clap, clap, clap)

Turn around (turn around)

Touch the ground (touch the ground)

Kick your brother out of town! And stomp!

Apple on a Stick

Apple on a stick,

Makes me sick,

Makes my heart beat 2-fourty six

Not because you’re dirty,

Not because you’re clean

Just because you kissed a boy behind the magazine

Girls, girls, wanna have some fun?

Here comes Suzy with her hoop skirt on

She can wibble She can wobble She can do the splits

But I betcha ten dollars She can’t do this;

Close your eyes and count to ten If you miss you start again 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10…

Sally was a Baby

Sally was a baby, a baby, a baby,

Sally was a baby, she went like this: Wah wah!

Sally was a toddler, a toddler, a toddler,

Sally was a toddler, she went like this: Wah Wah! Suck My Thumb!

Sally was a child, a child, a child,

Sally was a child, she went like this: Wah Wah! Suck my Thumb! Give me a piece of chewing gum!

Sally was a teenager, a teenager, a teenager

Sally was a teenager, she went like this: Wah Wah! Suck my Thumb! Give me a piece of chewing gum! Hush UP I’m on the phone!

Sally was a mother, a mother, a mother,

Sally was a mother, she went like this: Wah Wah! Suck my Thumb! Give me a piece of chewing gum! HUSH UP I’m on the phone! Do this, do that!

Sally was a grandmother, a grandmother, a grandmother,

Sally was a grandmother, she went like this: Wah Wah! Suck my Thumb! Give me a piece of chewing gum! Hush up I’m on the phone! Do this, do that! Oh! My aching back!

Miss Mary Mack Mack Mack

All dressed in black, black, black

With silver buttons, buttons, buttons

All down her back, back, back

She asked her mother, mother, mother

For 50 cents, cents, cents

To see the elephants, elephants, elephants

Jump over the fence, fence, fence.

They jumped so high, high, high

They reached the sky, sky, sky

And they didn’t come back, back, back

‘Til the 4th of July, ly, ly!

A Sailor Went to Sea

A sailor went to sea, sea, sea,

To see what he could see, see, see

.But all that he could see, see, see

Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea.

Double Double This This

Double double this this,

Double double that that,

Double this, double that,

Double double this that.

Lemonade, Crunchy ice

Beat it once

Beat it twice

Turn around (Turn around)

Touch the ground (Touch the ground)

Kick your boyfriend out of town!

Freeze! Defrost! Tell your boyfriend to get lost.

Miss Susie had a steamboat

The steamboat had a bell

Miss Susie went to heaven

The steamboat went to

Hello operator please give me number nine

And if you disconnect meI’ll kick you from behind

The refrigerator there was a piece of glass

Miss Susie sat upon it and cut her little

Ask me no more questions

Tell me no more lies

The boys are in the bathroom zipping up their

Flies are in the meadow,the bees are in the park

Miss Susie and her boyfriend are kissing in the

Dark is like a moviea movie’s like a show

A show is like a tv screen and that is allI know

I know my ma, I know my pa,I know my sister with the 80 acre alligator bra

Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold,

Pease porridge in the pot, nine days old;

Some like it hot, some like it cold,

Some like it in the pot, nine days old.

Say, Say, oh playmate,

Come out and play with me

And bring your dollies three

Climb up my apple tree

Slide down my rain barrel

Into my cellar door

And we’ll be jolly friends

Forever more, more, more.

So sorry, playmate

I cannot play with you

My dolly’s got the flu

Boo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo

Ain’t got no rain barrel

Ain’t got no cellar door

But we’ll be jolly friends

Forever more, more, more.

This one is fun and super challenging, even for older kids!

Bim bum bim bum, biddy biddy bum,

Biddy bum, biddy biddy bum, bim bum.

Bim bum, biddy biddy bum,

Biddy bum, biddy biddy bum, bim bum.

Concentration (clap, clap, clap)

Sixty-four (clap, clap, clap)

No repeats (clap, clap, clap)

Or hesitations (clap, clap, clap)

I’ll go first(clap, clap, clap)

You’ll go last (clap, clap, clap)

Category is: Leader States Category ie: Vegetables (clap, clap, clap)

Each player must then say the name of an item that matches the category without messing up the rhythm.

There are many different versions, but here is a common rendition:

Down by the banks of the Hanky Panky,

Where the bull frogs jump from bank to banky,

With a hip, hop, hippity, hop,

Leap off a lily pad and go KERPLOP!

Down by the banks of the Hanky Panky,

Where the bull frogs jump from bank to banky,

With a flip, flop, flippity, flop,Leap off a lily pad and go KERPLOP!

Down by the banks of the hanky panky

Where the bullfrogs jump from bank to banky

With an eep, ipe, ope, op,Eek-ock-a-diddly and go KERPLOP!

This one is an absolute blast! See if your group can keep the rhythm for the entire song!

He rocks in the tree tops all day longHoppin’ and a-boppin’ and singing his song. All the little birdies on Jaybird StreetLove to hear the robin go tweet tweet tweet

Rockin’ robin, rock rockRockin’ robin’Blow rockin’ robin 'cause we’re really gonna rock tonight

Every little swallow, every chick-a-dee Every little bird in the tall oak tree The wise old owl, the big black crowFlappin’ their wings singing go bird go

Rockin’ robin, rock rockRockin’ robin’Blow rockin’ robin’ Cause we’re really gonna rock tonight.

Pretty little raven at the bird-band standTold them how to do the bob and it was grandThey started going steady and bless my soulHe out-bopped the buzzard and the oriole

He rocks in the tree tops all day longHoppin’ and a-boppin’ and singing his…

Bobo ski waten taten

Eh, eh, eh eh boom boom boom

Bobo ski waten taten

Eh, eh, eh eh boom boom boom

Itty bitty waten taten

Bobo ski waten taten

Bobo ski waten taten

Freeze, freeze, American cheese

Please don’t show your______ to me

Four white horses on a river.

Hey, hey, hey, up tomorrow.

Up tomorrow is a rainy day.

Come on, join in our shadow play.

Shadow play is a ripe banana.

Hey, hey, hey, up tomorrow.

Up tomorrow is a rainy day.

Quack diddlee oh so, quack quack, quack

Senorita, rita, rita, rita

Delore, delore, delora-lora lore

One, two, three, four

Quack diddlee oh so, quack quack, quack

Senorita, rita, rita, rita

Delore, delore, delora-lora lore

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine…!

I heard, I heard the old man say,

John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!

Today, today is a holiday,

John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay

Too-rye-ay, oooh, too-rye-ay

John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!

We’ll work tomorrow but no work today.

John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!

We’ll work tomorrow and we’ll earn our pay,

John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay

Too-rye-ay, oooh, too-rye-ay

John Kanaka-naka too-rye-ay!

‘I drink Dr. Pepper don’t you see

It’s the perfect taste for me

The original taste you know.

It’s raining Peppers everywhere I go…..

I’m a Pepper, he’s a Pepper, she’s a Pepper, we’re a Pepper!

Wouldn’t you like to be a Pepper too?

Dr. Pepper…’

I went to a Chinese restaurant,

To buy a loaf of bread.

They asked me what my name was,

And this is what I said:

My name is

E.I., E.I.,

Nickelye, Nickelye,

Pom pom poodle,

Willy Willy Whiskers.

My name is:

FREEZE!

Have you ever, ever, ever,

In your long-legged life,

Seen a long-legged sailor,

And his long-legged wife?

No, I’ve never, never, never,

In my long-legged life,

Seen a long-legged sailor,

And his long-legged wife.

ABC,

As easy as 1, 2, 3.

My momma watches MTV.

My dada takes care of me.

Oh ah I wanna piece of pie.

Pie too sweet, I wanna piece of meat.

Meat too tough, I wanna ride a bus.

Bus too full, I wanna ride a bull.

Bull too black, I want my money back.

Money too green, I want a jelly bean.

Jelly bean not cooked, I wanna read a book.

Book not read, I wanna go to bed.

Bed not made, I want some lemonade.

Lemonade too sour, I wanna take a shower.

Shower too cool, I wanna go to school.

School too dumb, I wanna suck my thumb.

Thumb too dirty, I wanna ride a birdie.

Birdie to slow, and that’s all I know.

So close your eyes and count to ten.

Whoever messes up is a big fat hen!

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Choco, choco, la, la

Choco, choco, te, te

Choco, la, choco, te

Cho-co-la-te

Three six nine,
the goose drank wine
The monkey chew tobacco on the streetcar line
The line broke, the monkey got choked
(And) they all went to heaven in a little rowboat

Clap pat
Clap pat
Clap pat
Clap slap
Clap pat

Clap your hand,
pat it on your partner's hand
Right hand
Clap pat
Clap pat
clap your hand,
cross it with your left arm
Pat you partner's left palm
Clap pat
Clap your hand,
pat your partner's right palm
With your right palm again
Clap slap
Clap your hand,
slap your thighs
And sing a little song, go

My mother told me
If I was goody
That she would buy me
A rubber dolly
My aunty told her
I kissed a soldier
Now she won't buy me
A rubber dolly