One of the players goes out of the room and the players decide upon an object. Let us suppose that the word chosen is chest. The word being agreed upon, the other player is called...
If you hold your hands across your chest in a straight line with the tips of the forefingers pressed together, it will be impossible for any one else, however strong, to hold by yo...
_10 to 30 or more players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ Twelve players make the best-sized group for this game; where there are more players, they should be divided into small groups....
_10 to 60 or more players._ _Playground; gymnasium; schoolroom._ A considerable number of the players stand in groups of three, with their hands on each other's shoulders, each gro...
_10 to 100 players._ _Gymnasium; playground._ This game is an adaptation of the Potato Race. See also the related game _All Up Relay_. The players are lined up in two or more singl...
This is a capital game for a large party, for it is both instructive and amusing. One player is selected who has to guess what word or sentence the remainder of the company has cho...
"French and English," another game for two, belongs to the family of "Noughts and Crosses," and can be played anywhere and on any scrap of paper. You first decide which will be Eng...
The players sit about on the floor or on chairs, each holding out on his knee his clenched fist with the thumb sticking straight up. One player calls out "Simon says thumbs down."...
_; _Center Club Bowls_; _Circle Club Bowls_.) _2 to 60 or more players._ _Playground; gymnasium; schoolroom._ _Hand ball; bean bag; Indian clubs._ This game is like Single Club Bow...
Pictures for the walls can be made very easily. The picture itself will be a scrap or tiny photograph. This is pasted on a piece of cardboard larger than itself, and round the edge...
All dogs need plenty of exercise; indeed it is scarcely possible to give them too much when once they are over six months of age. After twelve months they can follow a horse, but a...
The players seat themselves in a circle on the floor, having chosen one of their number to remain outside the circle. The children seated on the floor are supposed to be cobblers,...
Preliminary.--One of her Majesty's inspectors remarked on one occasion that he could judge of the intelligence and manners of a school by the way in which its scholars playing in t...
A tall hat is placed in the middle of the room and a pack of cards is dealt out to the players seated round it. The game is to throw the cards one by one into the hat.
_10 to 100 players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ One player is It, or chaser, and changes places with any other player whom he can touch (tag). In this form of the game, however, any...
E. H. recommends for girls the "Imaginary Family" game. This is her description of it:--"First you have to settle the names, ages, and characters of your family, and then you can c...
Paper dolls are not as good to play with as proper dolls. One can do much less with them because they cannot be washed, have no hair to be brushed, and should not sit down. But the...
The players sit in a circle, and the game is begun by one of them throwing a rolled-up handkerchief to another and at the same time calling out the name of one of the four elements...
"Battledore and Shuttlecock" is equally good for one player or for two. The only game to be played is to see how long the shuttlecock can be kept in the air. If you are alone the b...
Of all spaniels the Clumber is the most intelligent and beautiful; he is also, although not a very demonstrative dog, very sincere in his devotion to his master. The Cocker is a sm...
_10 to 30 or more players._ _Gymnasium; playground; schoolroom._ An objective line, fence, or wall is chosen, and from ten to twenty feet from it and parallel with it a starting li...
Provide each player with pencil and paper. The first thing to write on the paper is an adjective which applies to a man. The paper is then folded over and passed to the right. This...
One player stands in the middle. The others join hands and surround her, their aim being to prevent her from getting out of the ring. She then passes round the ring touching the ha...
The children sit round the room, or stand in a semi-circle. The teacher should start the game, standing at the left extremity of the semi-circle, with the stick in her right hand,...
Cricket is the king of games. Every boy in England should learn it. The young prince of Wales is learning it, and will some day be the prince of cricket-players, as I trust he will...
Introductory Note.--Games of the "subjective" class, designated as guessing games by Dr. Culin, were generally accompanied by singing. There is a great variety in the games of this...
All the children except the one who passes the button sit in a circle with hands placed palm to palm in their laps. The child passing the button holds it between her palms and goes...
_5 to 20 or more players._ _Indoors; out of doors._ This is one of the traditional dramatic games. One player is chosen to be market man and another buyer; the rest of the players...
To play this game it is best to sit in a circle, and until the end of the game no one must speak above a whisper. The first player whispers a question to his neighbor, such as: "Do...
A good game of soldiers is to see how many shots are required from a cannon to kill the whole regiment. The cannon can either be a spring cannon or a pop-gun, or a pea-shooter. Jus...