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