A laughable experiment consists in filling mouth with water and walking around house or block without swallowing or spilling a drop. First person of opposite sex you meet is your f...
Each person is given a slip of paper and pencil. The leader then tells the players to write a bit of advice, original if possible, on the paper, fold it, and drop it into a basket...
In addition to the regulation "bobbing for apples," "floating needles," and throwing the apple peel over the head, there are many other amusements of prophecy. In a doorway a porti...
_10 to 60 or more players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ The Chinese wall is marked off by two parallel lines straight across the center of the playground, leaving a space between them...
At the signal to go, the first player on each team runs towards the distance line. Somewhere between the base line and the distance line, he must take a forward roll upon the groun...
_10 to 30 or more players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ Two pens are marked off in distant corners of the playground. One player, called the chaser, stands at one side of one of these...
"I will play at _Bowls_ with the sun and moon."--_Byron._ "He who plays _Bowls_ must expect rubbers."--_Bowles._ This is one of the best of games for hot or cold weather, for it is...
The ladies are lined up on one side of the room. Each is provided with a cracker. The men are lined up on the opposite side. At the signal to go the men rush forward and try to sec...
Boys and girls form separate circles. The players form a circle, facing inward. Every other player steps inside the circle, facing outward. The outside players throw a basket or te...
An inflated paper bag tied on the end of a yard of string is used as the hammer for this event. Each contestant by swinging the bag from the end of the string tries to throw it as...
The players join hands and form a circle. One is chosen bull and wanders about in the inside, testing the circle in an effort to get out. If he breaks through and escapes the keepe...
_10 to 100 players._ _Gymnasium; playground; parlor; schoolroom._ One player is chosen as leader, the rest being divided into two equal parties. Each player in one party should tie...
The children stand in pairs, one behind the other, in the form of a circle, all facing the center. Two of them are out, one who runs away, and the other who tries to catch him. The...
Supply pencils and papers to the guests having the following mixed words written upon them:-- 1. Olinnlc 2. Averlys 3. Sidetenpr 4. Lair-sliptter 5. Stohen-Bea 6. Yawrel 7. Roft-Te...
Pass pencils and paper to each guest with the following written upon it:-- 1 (A Dairy product.) 2 (A Vegetable.) 3 (A Country.) 4 (A Girl's name.) 5 (A structure.) 6 (A name often...
A farmer has six pigs and five pens. He desires to place the pigs in the pens so that there will be an odd number of pigs in each pen. How can he accomplish this? The Trick--He pla...
A sheet of newspaper or any other kind of paper can be used for this game. The accomplice is sent from the room. The one performing the trick then holds the paper in front of the f...
A piece of string about three feet long is tied to the end of a slender stick of about the same length. A slip knot is tied in the end of the string. A loop about two inches in dia...
Another folding-over and passing-on game is "Composite Stories." Paper is passed round, and for five minutes each player writes the opening of a story with a title prefixed. The pa...
A form of coasting very much practised in Switzerland at the winter resorts where the sled used is similar to our American child's sled with open framework instead of a toboggan or...
All of the players in the room are blindfolded, except one, who is given a tin can in which is placed a loose pebble. He is known as the "rattler." The blindfolded players attempt...
_5 to 30 of more players._ _Parlor._ My lady's lapdog. Two plump partridges and my lady's lapdog. Three great elephants, two plump partridges, and my lady's lapdog. Four Persian ch...
It is hardly necessary to describe this game as almost everybody knows how to play it. There may be some who do not know, however, so it is included here. Clear the room as much as...
In a dish of mashed potatoes place a ring, a dime, and a thimble. Each guest is provided with a spoon with which to eat the potatoes; whoever gets the ring is to be married within...
One person is chosen leader, taking his place before the class which is standing at their seats. Whenever the leader says "I say stoop!" both he and the class stoop and quickly ris...
This game is extremely simple and may be played by any number of players, provided that there is space and that the sides are evenly divided. The best dimensions for a volley ball...
Cellar-stairs' test is where girl boldly goes downstairs backward, holding a mirror, and trying to catch in it the features of him who is to be her mate.
_Upright swimming._--This is a new mode of swimming, introduced by Bernardi, a Neapolitan, and consists in adopting the accustomed motion of the limbs in walking. It gives great fr...
This is a revival of the ancient game of tilting as described in "Ivanhoe," except that the tilters use canoes instead of horses and blunt sticks in place of spears and lances. The...
[Illustration: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ] A rectangular board 2 inches broad and 3 inches long has holes bored into it in the d...