For this game the ground must be divided by a path or line into two territories--French and English. At the further side of each territory a number of flags--handkerchiefs will do-...
Make barrel-hoop into necklace of bread, candies, red peppers and candle-ends, and hang horizontally from ceiling. Set hoop whirling and try to grasp its freight with your teeth. A...
This is boisterous and rather messy, but it has many supporters. Two players are blindfolded and seated on the floor opposite one another. They are each given a dessert-spoonful of...
To give a patriotic air to the surroundings should be the aim of the hostess in giving a party or entertaining on Washington's Birthday. Use the American flag, various sizes, for d...
Here the blind man has a stick, one end of which is grasped by the other players in turn. The blind man puts three questions to each player, and his aim is to recognize by the voic...
In a wood or in any place where there are old leaves, as in a dry ditch, you will usually get through the ear the first tidings of any moving thing. For instance, you will hear a f...
Pictures can also be pricked with a pin, but in this case some one must draw it first. You follow the outline with little pin pricks close together, holding the paper on a cushion...
Take two roses with long stems. Name one for yourself and one for your lover. Go to your room without speaking to any one; kneel beside bed; twine stems of roses together, and repe...
One player who is "it" blinds his eyes and counts ten while all the other players run for hiding places. As soon as the one who is "it" says "ten," the players must stand motionles...
One third of the company agree to say "Hish" all together at a given signal, another third agree to say "Hash," and the rest agree to say "Hosh." The word of command is then given,...
Drape the red, white and blue bunting from tree to tree and nail to the trees flags of sixteen different countries; the flags to be numbered. Provide each guest with a card contain...
With these thought-reading tricks may be put one or two arithmetical puzzles. Here is a way to find out the number that a person has thought of. Tell him to think of any number, od...
This game is played like the game of 'Spring Flowers' (see instructions on p. 56). The girl chosen to represent 'Summer' may repeat the verse given in Guessing Rhyme No. 75, p. 95,...
If a maid wishes to know whom she is to marry, if a man of wealth, tradesman, or traveler, let her, on All-Hallow-e'en, take a walnut, hazelnut, and nutmeg; grate and mix them with...
Into one tub half filled with water are placed apples to the stems of which are tied bits of paper containing the names of the boys present at the party, while across the room is a...
This is partly a trick. The leader takes a cane in his left hand, thumps on the floor several times, and passes it to a player saying, "He can do little who can't do this." The pla...
One player goes out. The others then say in turn something personal about him--such as, "He has a pleasant voice"; "His eye is piercing"; "He would look better if he wore a lower c...
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...
_10 to 30 or more players._ _Parlor; gymnasium; playground._ One player is chosen for the frog, and sits in the center on the floor with his feet crossed in tailor fashion. Where t...
_10 to 60 players._ _Gas ball._ The players are divided into two teams, and the players in each team number consecutively. A net or string is placed across the schoolroom, dividing...
It is a good thing for a gardener to keep a diary. At the beginning of the book he would make a plan of the garden, to scale: that is to say, allowing one inch, or more, in the pla...
_10 to 60 players._ _Schoolroom._ A circle about three feet in diameter is drawn on the floor in the front of the room and serves as a goal. One player is chosen to be It, and stan...
For this game, half the players go outside the door, whilst those who stay in the room choose a word of one syllable, which should not be too difficult. For instance, suppose the w...
1. SPREAD the cloth--this is the way, Cups and saucers, where are they? 2. Put them at one end in rows, See, a spoon with each one goes. 3. One plate for each person bring, And a n...
_10 to 30 players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ A bear pit is formed by the players joining hands in a circle with one in the center as the bear. The bear tries to get out by breaking...
_5 to 60 or more players._ _Playground; gymnasium; parlor; schoolroom._ One player, who is especially resourceful or skillful, is chosen as a leader. The others all form in single...
For this game the company must divide themselves into parties with four in each group, and one odd player who must issue commands and lead the game. Each party of four must hold a...
_10 to 100 players._ _Schoolroom; playground; gymnasium._ This game is very like Hound and Rabbit, but is a little less exciting, and under some circumstances better adapted to ver...
Hoop games are few in number, and, with the exception of "Posting," not very exciting. With a large hoop and a small hoop two players can learn to time the pace of a hoop very exac...
All children love to roll hoops. For a little folks party, plan to have as many hoops as children, so each can have one. Bind these around with tape or ribbon. The children contest...