Hand Clapping Games

BINGO Song

BINGO Song

With a song about a dog and lots of clapping, what’s not to like? Perhaps this is the secret of the BINGO Song’s popularity as it’s been around for more than two centuries in one form or another. There is nothing really much to the song, but its fun repetitions and the fact it misses …

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Pat a Cake

Pat a Cake

Pat a Cake is one of the most popular nursery rhymes and clapping games along with Miss Mary Mack and Miss Susie Had a Steamboat.Sometimes, Pat a Cake is known for its variation, Pat it and prick it and mark it with B, And put it in the oven for baby and me.This is a …

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Miss Mary Mack

Miss Mary Mack

Miss Mary Mack is a popular hand-clapping game and nursery rhyme that is believed to have originated in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The rhyme was created by African-American children who would sit or stand opposite to each other and then have fun singing and clapping to the song. It is said to pay tribute to Mary …

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