In the 1950s we played outdoor games such as any type of game with a ball, jump rope, hide and seek and ringaleevio, hopscotch, bike riding, roller skating (steel wheels clamped to the shoes, hopefully someone had a key), tree climbing, some had swing sets or just tied ropes to trees to swing from,
When the opportunity was available we could go swimming
Before television
During winter
In the winter we went sledding, tobogganing, ice skating or we built snowmen or snowforts, had snowball fights.
In the 1950s we spent most of our time out of doors, but when that wasn't possible, we played board games, card games, puzzles, and dominos. We also had toys of course, which type might depend on the age group. All the same kinds of toys kids today are familiar with like blocks, cars and trucks, stuffed animals, dolls, doll houses and associated things. We also had misc. things like coloring books, jacks, clay, marbles (I loved my marble collection), Slinkys (the metal ones), gyroscopes, kaleidoscopes, View Masters, Lincoln Logs, and Erector Sets. Our family was also big on arts and crafts like sewing, drawing or painting, playing records, wood working, and tinkering with things like old clocks and radios. "