Opponents interlace their fingers behind each other's necks and endeavor in this position to pull the other across a center line.
The "warner" takes his position at a space called "home" and the rest of the players stand some distance from him. He then clasps his hands and runs out, trying to tag an opponent...
There is no game like this for promoting warmth and exercising the ingenuity. To play this, a Snow Castle, Tower, and Fort must be constructed, and a Bombardment got up. When the s...
Cut out of red cardboard half as many hearts and mittens as you expect in your company. Out of blue cardboard cut hearts and mittens for the rest of the company. Number them so eve...
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...
_5 to 60 players._ _Indoors; out of doors; schoolroom._ One player is chosen as leader. He repeats or sings the following formula, at the same time going through the motions indica...
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The player who can keep from smiling the longest in spite of the jeers and efforts to make him laugh, on the part of the others, wins.
The two tallest children, one named "Orange," the other "Lemon," join hands and form an arch for the other children to pass under. The children, holding on to each other's dresses,...
At one end of stick 18 inches long fasten an apple; at the other end, a short piece of lighted candle. Suspend stick from ceiling by stout cord fastened in its middle so that stick...
Place four saucers on table in line. Into first put dirt; into second, water; into third, a ring; into fourth, a rag. Guests are blindfolded and led around table twice; then told t...
_10 to 60 players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ _Basket ball._ GROUND A circle is drawn on the ground. For practice play, a temporary marking may most quickly be made by the players f...
_10 to 60 players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ This is a game of leapfrog. The players are divided into two even parties, except for one leader, one party being the ponies and the ot...
For this game a piece of wood must be procured about six inches in length and two inches thick, of the following shape:-- that is, of a double curve. It will be seen by the shape o...
Stretching--Reach up high. Take your coat and hat. Leg movement--Walk quickly (skip) to the woods. (Each two rows walk around one row of desks.) Head exercise--Look up at the brigh...
This game stimulates quick thinking. Some one is selected by the teacher to start the game, and thereupon gives some word to which the first pupil in the aisle must give a rhyming...
_20 to 100 players._ _Playground; gymnasium; seashore._ This first description is for an informal game. This is followed by rules for an athletic contest. This is a form of potato...
The chaffinch has to re-learn his song every spring, and for a fortnight or more you will hear him trying his voice very sweetly and softly, but as soon as he has acquired his song...
A good game for the fireside is "Robin's Alive." There are so few children nowadays who have fireplaces that this can be modified so that it is a good evening game for any quiet gr...
The children sit in two rows facing each other, with a space between. Blindfold two children, one being the "cat" and the other the "mouse." The "cat" stands at one end of the row...
An old flour or salt bag stuffed with straw or cloth may be used for this game. One player is selected to be the target. The others endeavor to hit the target by throwing the bag....
One of the players is sent out of the room. The rest decide upon the name of some animal which he is to guess. When he returns the players question him in turn, imitating the habit...
Hallow-e'en or Hallow-Even is the last night of October, being the eve or vigil of All-Hallow's or All Saint's Day, and no holiday in all the year is so informal or so marked by fu...
Opponents take the same position as in the preceding event, but instead of attempting to pull across the line, each endeavors to make the other move one or both feet. The best two...
All but one of the players, form a ring standing about two feet apart. Then by some "counting out" rhyme some one is made "it." He then takes his place in the centre of the circle,...
A three foot circle is made with a piece of chalk in the front of the room. Each pupil in the room is given a different number. The teacher selects one to be "It," who must stand a...
_10 to 30 or more players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ _Basket ball; volley ball._ GROUND The ground is marked off into a space measuring at least twenty-five by thirty feet. This is...
Provide the players with pencil and paper. The leader then announces that a biography is to be written, and the first thing to write is the name of some person in the room; the pap...
[Illustration] A triangle is drawn upon a board and nails are driven in, as indicated in the accompanying diagram. Six rubber Mason jar rings are used. The triangle is hung on the...
This is a game for young children. Some small article is hidden in the room, while the little one who has to find it is sent outside. This finished, the players call out together:...