Play is vital for a child’s sensory, motor and cognitive development. Play is a diversional activity which reduces stress in children. Hospitalized children will regress with the skills that they had previously mastered. This concept helps to minimize the emotional trauma to the children and their parents for better adjustment during hospital stay. The study was quantitative research with an evaluative approach. The study was conducted in Pediatric ward of Sree Mookambika Medical College Hospital. Data collection period was one month. Population was hospitalized children. Samples were, children admitted in Pediatric ward, aged between 6-12 years. Purposive sampling technique was used to allocate children into experimental and control group. Sample size was 40 (20 children in each experimental and Control group). The tools used for data collection were demographic variables and Hospitalized Anxiety Assessment Checklist. The findings shows that, 18 (90%) children in the experimental group and 17 (85%) children in the control group had mild level of anxiety during post-test as when compared with the Pre-test. There is statistically significant difference between the pre-test and post-test level of hospitalized anxiety among experimental group and control group (p<0.05 level). There is statistically significant association between hospitalized anxiety and the selected demographic variables such as age and care taker of the child in experimental group and care taker of the child in control group.