The players are lined up in files. The leader of each file has an Indian Club. At the word "Go" all jump in half stride position and the club is passed between the legs, each playe...
_10 to 60 players._ _Indoors; out of doors._ This is a favorite game with very little children. For large numbers each verse may be repeated as needed to complete the winding or un...
In this game of leap frog various tricks are attempted by the leader, as in the game of "stump master." Each of the boys following is expected to do as the leader or to drop out an...
Place a small object eight to ten inches high upright on the floor to represent a candlestick. The players run in single file and jump with both feet at once over the candlestick,...
Just as people live not only in houses but in flats, so may there be dolls' flats as well as dolls' houses. A dolls' flat consists of a board on which the outline of the rooms is m...
Select five good paper valentines. Paste each on a piece of cardboard and cut into small pieces. Have five small tables in the room and place a puzzle on each. If the company is sm...
_15 to 100 players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ _Basket ball._ GROUND The ground is divided into three equal courts, each 30 x 30 feet. The end courts may be shorter if full space be...
The players are distributed about the playing area, and given goals, such as trees, fence and building corners, etc. One player is selected to be "It". The other players endeavor t...
In climbing the rope, the hands are to be moved one above the other alternately; the feet should be crossed, and the rope held firmly by their pressure: sometimes the rope may be m...
The farmer's wife usually has charge of the chickens and ducks, but very often it is her daughter or a servant. No matter who it is, as soon as she is convinced that you will be ca...
The players are scattered in a limited playing area, about fifty feet square. One player is "it". He chases players about and may tag anyone who is in "safe" position (on both knee...
_10 to 60 or more players._ _Indoors._ This game may be one of the funniest possible for a house party. The players sit around the room or in a circle. One player who has ready wit...
"Snap" cards may just as well be home-made as bought. They either can be painted, in which case you must be careful that the sets of four articles are just alike, or you can cut ou...
_5 to 30 or more players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ _Football._ Each of the players has three points at the beginning of the game. The players are scattered promiscuously over the...
This is one of the old traditional dramatic games and is found in many countries. One player represents a mother, and the rest are her children, and stand in front of her in a line...
In this game the seeker for a prize is guided from place to place by doggerels as the following, and is started on his hunt with this rhyme: "Perhaps you'll find it in the air; If...
The player who is first going to be Tom Tiddler stands or sits inside the part of the garden (or room) marked off for him, pretending to be asleep. The others venture on his ground...
A game of ball played on a level piece of ground, called a court, by two, three, or four persons. When two play the game is called "singles," and when four play it is called "doubl...
The story of this is originally a love story. The young lady dies from a blighted affection and the prohibition of cruel parents. A mother, seated, Miss Jones stands behind her cha...
Twelve placards with the name of a month of the year on each are posted about the room, and the players are instructed to gather around that placard bearing the name of the month i...
The cut-water is best made of tin or lead, but stout cardboard or wood will serve the purpose. First cut the material into a round, and then make teeth in it like a saw. Thus:--The...
Several children are chosen as slaves and stand in the center of the room. The other children stand in a circle about them, forming a chain by linking each arm into the arm of a ch...
Slips of paper are given to all of the guests and they are instructed to write thereupon a brief sentence of three or four words and to carefully fold the paper. These messages are...
_5 to 30 or more players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ A place is marked out at one side or end of the ground called the den. In this stands one player who is called Red Lion. The oth...
Cut from colored cloth or paper a number of petals for forming wild roses, using pink material; marguerite daisies of white material and pansies of purple. Five petals for each ros...
_10 to 60 or more players._ _Parlor; schoolroom; gymnasium._ A leader is chosen who has a faculty for telling a story. This leader gives to each of the players the name of some par...
_50 to 60 or more players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ This is a leapfrog game. One player is chosen to be "back," and he chooses a leader, generally the poorest jumper, and a "foote...
This game is the same in principle as Jackstraws except that fagots or sticks of wood two feet long are used in place of jackstraws. They are removed from a pile with a crooked sti...
With water colors or crayons sketch the American flag on white cards omitting the stars. Give each guest a card and forty-six tiny mucilaged stars. Wave a flag as a signal to begin...
Basketball and basket goal are necessary equipment. The players (8 to 10 on a team) are divided into seven groups and line up in a single file in two or more lines, facing a basket...