as i mentioned put balls into the toes of stockings and knotted the other end around an ankle. then they would spin the ball around that foot and jump the spinning ball as it came around and around and around. girls tended to be the ones more often with the orange rubber balls where as boys more often had the blue, white, and red ones. girls would also take strings of rubber-bands to use for some odd games with either single or double string games with the bands around their ankles.
marbles were the spring playground toy that reminded me of this all though. it was always simple to put a 