[Hand Play] Popular with kids! A collection of trendy hand-play songs and nostalgic traditional children’s songs

Hand-play songs that you can sing and play are hugely popular with children, aren’t they?

As times change, lots of new hand-play songs have appeared, and through these songs you can really feel children’s interests and curiosity.

Trendy songs are fun, but we also want to cherish the traditional warabe-uta that have been sung for generations.

Their melodies are warm, the back-and-forth of the words is amusing, and the fact that you can sing them without a piano is also very appealing.

This time, we’ll introduce plenty of hand-play songs that are favorites with kids!

From trending hits popular in childcare settings to traditional warabe-uta, we’ve got a full lineup of hand-play games that will bring smiles to children’s faces.

Be sure to join in and play along!

Playlist

[Hand Play] Popular with kids! A collection of trendy hand-play songs and nostalgic traditional children’s songs
	Title	Playlist	Review
1	the temple’s head monk		A hand play song about a monk growing pumpkins
2	Vegetable Song		A hand-clapping song that repeats the names of vegetables
3	Tengu fanwarabeuta		A fun fingerplay song about a tengu and a fan
4	Denderaryuba		A dialect nursery rhyme originating in Nagasaki
5	fig carrot		Fig Carrot is a counting song about foods with numbers in them
6	Ochara-ka-hoi		Rock-Paper-Scissors play with Ocharaka-hoi
7	Knock knock knock knock, Grandpa with a beard		A hand-play song that represents characters with clenched hands
8	Full Moon Night’s Mochi Pounding		A two-person game in rhythm with mochi pounding
9	Zuizui Zukkorobashi		Zuizuizukkorobashi finger demon (oni) game
10	Are you okay? Whoops.Sakushi sakkyoku: Suzuki Tsubasa		Tsubasa Suzuki’s hand-play songs entertain children
11	Inside-out pots!		Holding-hands play, rotate and end up back-to-back
12	One person, two people		Nursery rhyme games to delight a baby
13	Tokyo-to Nihonbashi		Have fun with parent and child hand games to nursery rhymes
14	Department store with the penguin logo		Enjoying hand-play songs at the department store with the penguin logo
15	peach, apple, pear, pineapple		Learn about the body and fruits with a fruit-themed hand play song
16	Thunder God has arrived.		A scary hand-play song where Thunder Lord takes away body parts
17	kakeru kakeruSakushi: Fukuda Sho / Sakkyoku: Suzuki Tsubasa		Introduction to hand-play songs for children
18	It’s starting.		A fingerplay song for children that makes numbers with fingers
19	Two children got into a fight.warabeuta		Parents and children can have fun playing with nursery rhymes
20	Which child is a good child?warabeuta		Choosing who’s “it” with a children’s song
21	tea kettle lid stand (chatsubo)		A hand game that uses the bottom of a tea jar as a lid
22	Pop the egg		A hand play song using eggs for parents and children to learn happily together
23	Bamboo shoots are sprouting.		A hand game that combines rock-paper-scissors with a song
24	I wonder if the rice crackers are done.		Senbei game, drop out with a change of hands
25	Tea Picking		The tea-picking song is still enjoyed today as a hand-play song.
26	mixed juice		A hand-clapping song about making mixed juice with fruit
27	Tanuki of Fist Mountain		Hand play song of the tanuki on Fist Mountain
28	Ten thousand feet in the Alps		Hand-play song “Ten Thousand Feet Alps”
29	Story FingerSakushi: Kayama Yoshiko / Sakkyoku: Yuyama Akira		A heartwarming nursery rhyme to enjoy with finger puppets
30	Mickey Mouse March		Finger play with the Mickey Mouse March
31	What shall we make with rock, scissors, paper?		Make objects by combining rock, paper, and scissors with both hands
32	Crocodile family		Move your body joyfully with a crocodile family hand-play song
33	Where are you from?		How to play Antagata Dokosa
34	The Bento Box Song		The Bento Box Song is a famous hand play song.
35	chacha jar		Deepen children's communication with the hand-play song 'Cha-cha Tsubo'
36	egg egg		A hand game where you enjoy seeing what comes out when an egg cracks
37	Ipponbashi Nihonbashi		A nursery rhyme, Ipponbashi Nihonbashi, where the shapes of the fingers transform in various ways
38	One-bridge tickle-tickle		A hand-play song that imagines the arms as a bridge, involving a tickling game with gentle wiggling.
39	Piglet-raccoon dog-fox-catSakushi: Yamamoto Naosumi / Sakkyoku: Yamamoto Naosumi		A wordplay song where you have fun imitating animals
40	The Spinning Song		A play song for making shoes with a spool
41	five melon breads		Nurturing numbers and imagination with the Melon Pan fingerplay
42	Denden parent-and-child thumb		Finger exercise coordinated with the snail
43	Hand game ‘The Hill Where Mandarin Blossoms’		Hand play of the Hill Where Mandarin Blossoms Bloom
44	Let’s clap our hands		A song that enjoys expressions while clapping hands
45	It fell, it fell.		A hand game where you gesture to match the item that has fallen
46	horse (childish/affectionate term)Sakushi: Hayashi Ryūha / Sakkyoku: Matsushima Tsune		A song story depicting the affection between a foal and its mother horse
47	Gramps and Grannywarabeuta		Nursery rhymes to enjoy with your baby
48	Head, Shoulders, Knees—pon!		Hand play song touching parts of the body
49	If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands		A folk song that expresses happiness through the body
50	Nigiri Patchiri		A handkerchief fingerplay song that makes animals appear
51	men-men suu-suu		Promoting growth through skin-to-skin contact with your baby
52	Yakiimo goo-choki-pa		A fingerplay song with a roasted sweet potato theme
53	From inside the bamboo grove		A rhythmic play song that nurtures children's imagination
54	Panda, rabbit, koala		A children's song that represents a panda, a rabbit, and a koala using hand shapes.
55	butterflied sardine(s)		Play with a fingerplay song where the fish increase
56	Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star		Introduction to the hand play for “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”
57	Vegetable SongYamano Satoko		Music that joyfully sings the names of vegetables
58	one bamboo shootwarabe uta		A spring children’s song: playing the roles of the demon and the bamboo shoot.
59	Opened, openedwarabe uta		A spring children's song, singing of nature and tradition
60	Shopping at the bakery		A hand play for enjoying shopping at the bakery
61	Gonbe-san’s Baby		Gonbe-san's baby hand play song
62	Horsetail shoots are poking up.		A wordplay masterpiece that lets you feel the breath of spring
63	Churippu sharippuwarabe uta		Connecting children's hearts through nursery rhymes
64	Close It, Open It		Clap Your Hands, Open and Close Hand Play Song
65	New Year’s mochi pounding		A fun hand game song in the style of mochi pounding
66	oteshi tebushi		A children's game where you guess which hand is hiding a doll
67	Let’s clap our handssakushi: kobayashi jun’ichi/genkyoku: cheko minyō		A song that expresses joy with handclaps, loved by a wide range of generations.
68	One, two, three, four, two, five		A traditional counting nursery rhyme enjoyed with finger play
69	Snack Song		Make snack time fun with fingerplay songs
70	The fish jumps.		Check for forgotten items with the fingerplay where the fish jumps
71	all over each other; stuck together; clingy		Keropons' children's exercise song Hittsuki Mottsuki
72	Pretty good.warabeuta		Songs to enjoy with children through rhythm play
73	lazyboneswarabe uta		Celebrate the arrival of spring with a horsetail (tsukushi) children's song
74	Spring came pop-pop-popsakushi: kozue hikari / sakkyoku: sako shinichirō		Brighten and energize children's hearts with songs of spring
75	Horn, horn, hoooorn!Suzuki Tsubasa・Fukuda Sho		A singing game that nurtures children's curiosity: 'Tsuno Tsuno Tsū-no'
76	Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Clap		A hand-play song for touching body parts
77	Let’s brush our teeth.		Make brushing teeth and gargling a fun habit with hand-play songs
78	Ehomaki, yum!gaagaaS		You can develop a sense of direction with a Setsubun hand-play song.
79	yomogi-jōbu nowarabeuta		An old-fashioned hand-play song using iris leaves
80	Piglet-raccoon dog-fox-cat		A children's song that sings animal names in shiritori
81	Ton-ton Tunnel		A hand-play song that transforms as the fingers increase
82	Ogre’s Pants		The Ogre’s Underpants Song and Dance
83	kata-don, hiji-don		A rhythmic traditional children’s song that you sing while touching from the shoulder to the fingertips in order.