A novel way of awarding prizes is to auction them. Each guest on arrival is given a small bag instead of a tally card. These bags are used to hold beans, five of which are given to...
One of these is the old fashioned game of bean-bag. One rainy morning can be spent in making the outfit. The girls can be occupied in making the cloth bags, from six to ten inches...
_10 to 30 or more players._ _Parlor; gymnasium; playground._ One player is chosen to be blindfolded and stands in the center. The other players join hands and circle around him unt...
A list follows of suitable plants to be grown indoors. Green plants are mentioned first. Aspidistra.--Of all green plants the aspidistra is the best to grow indoors. (This plant in...
_10 to 60 players._ _Schoolroom._ The class is divided into two equal divisions or teams. The teams stand in opposite outside aisles and face the center of the room. The game consi...
Hyacinths and daffodils can also be grown in glasses filled with water, either glasses sold for the purpose, or any kind into the necks of which the bulbs will fit. The bulb should...
This is one of the most popular gymnasium or playground games. It is here described first for an informal game; then in three forms for an athletic contest, the latter as developed...
The back Any player who bends over to make a back for others to leap over is called the "back." He must rest his hands on his knees or near them to make a firm back. It is against...
_5 to 30 or more players._ _Gymnasium; playground; out of doors._ One player, who is the leader, holds a small pebble between the palms of his hands, while the others stand grouped...
_10 to 60 players._ _Schoolroom._ _Gas ball; bean bags._ This game may be played with balls or bean bags. If with balls, a light gas ball is preferable, as for all schoolroom games...
I _20 to 100 players._ _Playground; gymnasium; schoolroom._ _Any ball; bean bag._ The players are divided into two or more groups which compete against each other. Each group is di...
The following list of annuals, perennials, and bulbs which grow well in the heart of towns, though it is not complete, contains enough plants to fill a garden:-- ANNUALS. PERENNIAL...
In running, as the swiftness of the motion steadies the body in its course, without the aid of the oscillations of the arms, they are naturally drawn up towards the sides, and, ben...
Into bits of muslin should be tied samples of groceries--tea, coffee, starch, rice, beans, spices, etc. The players are allowed one guess for each sample, depending entirely upon t...
1 cocoanut, grated. 1 lb. granulated sugar. 1/2 a cup of cocoanut-milk. 1 oz. butter. Put the sugar, cocoanut-milk, and butter into a saucepan. When they boil, add the cocoanut gra...
_10 to 100 players._ _Playground; gymnasium; schoolroom._ _Balls; bean bags; substitutes._ This game is a combination of Arch Ball and Stride Ball. The players stand in two or more...
One or two players go out. The others sit in line and choose a proverb having as many words as there are players. Thus, if there were eight players, "They love too much who die for...
_10 to 100 players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ _Basket ball; Indian clubs._ This game resembles Battle Ball in that it consists in trying to overturn Indian clubs or tenpins set up...
Bowling is the best of sports but this usually needs too much apparatus for the average boy to have. Nine pins, however, can be arranged in a rough sort of a way, by setting up sti...
Fasten a large white handkerchief on the wall or door. Paste or sew a small red paper heart in the center of it. Let each person in turn be blindfolded and try to pin a heart of co...
Two games with nuts and cherries may as well go at the end of this section as anywhere else. Almonds sometimes contain double kernels. These are called Philopenas, and you must nev...
Line up players in twos. Partners face and march backwards four steps. Leaders draw for first chance. One side named Blues, other Reds. If "Blues" have first chance, they try for t...
This is a game in which only two players take part, but it is exciting to watch. Both "Deer" and "Stalker" are blindfolded. They are then placed at opposite ends of a large table,...
_5 to 30 or more players._ _House party._ For this game it will be necessary to prepare slips of paper, one for each player. At the head of the paper are written the initials of so...
So far we have been considering larger dolls' houses. But there are also smaller ones, which naturally require much smaller furniture. These dolls' houses can be made of cardboard...
The cobbler sits in the middle on a stool or hassock, and the others join hands and dance round him. "Now then, customers," says the cobbler, "let me try on your shoes," and at the...
The drawback to all charades and dressing up at a party is that they make away with so much valuable time of the players who are out of the room, and unsettle those who are left in...
Do not overdo your mastership. Remember that a dog needs much liberty and independence to develop his individuality, and an enterprising puppy learns more by observation and experi...
_10 to 30 or more players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ _Hand ball._ The players are numbered and scatter promiscuously over the playground or gymnasium. One tosses a ball, at the sam...
_2 to 10 players._ _Out of doors._ This is a pretty game for little children, recorded by Mr. Culin, as played by the children of Japan, China, and Korea. Each child gathers a hand...