Another little girl whom E. H. knew "once spent a short time in a hotel, and while there divided the other people into camps according to the floor on which they had rooms. The des...
_2 to 60 or more players._ _Parlor; playground; schoolroom._ "I'm the wee Bologna Man. Always do the best you can, To follow the wee Bologna Man." A leader who can be very brisk in...
_5 to 30 players._ _Children's party; house party; playground._ The players are seated in a circle or any convenient group. One of the number decides upon a "thought"; that is, he...
_5 to 60 players._ _Playground; gymnasium; class room._ _Bean bags; balls._ This game may be played with either bean bags or balls, and is one of the simplest and earliest tossing...
At the commencement of the game the children stand in a large ring, and the girl who is to be 'Lame lassie' stands in the centre. The children then say:-- Now Lame lassie give us c...
_10 to 30 or more players._ _Parlor; gymnasium; playground._ One player is chosen to be Charley, and if there be more than twenty players there should be two or more Charlies, to m...
One player has a handkerchief, one is chaser. The players are scattered about the field. The chaser runs after the one who has the handkerchief, who, to save himself from being tag...
A loaf cake is often made, and in it are placed a ring and a key. The former signifies marriage, and the latter a journey, and the person who cuts the slice containing either must...
_10 to 30 or more players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ _Basket ball._ This is an interesting and simple athletic event, as well as a good game. It is especially useful for players dr...
_10 to 60 players._ _Schoolroom._ _Bean bags; gas ball._ The class stands in a circle around the room, each half constituting a team with a leader at one end. On a desk in the cent...
The first thing to do when a plot has been given to you, is to mark it off clearly with a border. There are several ways of doing this. Gardens are sometimes bordered with escallop...
_18 to 60 players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ _Basket ball._ This is one of the comparatively few games that gives a large amount of activity to a large number of players playing at...
_10 to 60 players._ _Schoolroom._ Each player is provided with a bean bag. A waste-paper basket or a box is placed on the floor near the blackboard in front of each aisle. In line...
_2 to 60 players._ _Parlor; schoolroom._ Each player is given a piece of paper on which is written various series or groups of words, each group descriptive of some author, and eac...
Each player sits, pencil in hand, before a blank sheet of paper, his object being to make a picture containing things chosen by the company in turn. The first player then names the...