_5 to 30 or more players._ _Parlor; schoolroom._ Each of the players except one chooses a word, which should be the name of some object, and in answering any questions put to him i...
_10 to 30 or more players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ This is a leapfrog game in which the distance of the back from the jumping line is advanced after each round a "foot and a half...
The young carpenter ought to be fond of work; and to feel a pleasure in it. Should this be the case, there is scarcely an end to his labours. He may make his hen-houses, his rabbit...
Players form in two lines facing each other and about eight yards apart. Each line is numbered so that there are corresponding numbers on each side. The leader then takes a rag, pl...
The hostess begins by saying one word and announces that each word of the sentence must begin with the initial letter of the given word. The player to her right gives the second wo...
Dresses can also be made of crinkly tissue-paper glued to a foundation of plain note-paper. Frills, flounces, and sashes are easily imitated in this material, and if the colors are...
Two parallel lines are drawn on the ground, about 40 feet distant. All of the players except one stand beyond one of these lines. In the middle territory between the lines the one...
Name two wet apple seeds and stick them on forehead. First seed to fall indicates that the person for whom seed is named is not a true lover.
A good-sized donkey without a tail is first of all cut out of brown paper and fastened to the wall. The tail is then cut out separately, and a hat-pin is stuck through the end. The...
The eggs given to the hen to hatch must be perfectly fresh; they should be large in size, the produce of the most beautiful birds, well shaped, and the number put under the hen sho...
_5 to 60 players._ _Parlor; schoolroom._ This game is a test of visual memory. When played in a parlor, all the players are seated except one, who passes around a tray or a plate,...
_10 to 60 or more players._ _Indoors; out of doors._ This game is especially enjoyed by little boys, for whom there is a comparatively small number of appropriate singing games. Th...
Four forms of Potato Race are here given as follows POTATO RACE I. Individual competition; rules of Amateur Athletic Union of the United States. Placing potatoes on marked spots; g...
Each player must choose a trade and pretend to be working at it. For instance, if he is a tailor he must pretend to sew or iron; if a blacksmith, to hammer, and so on. One is the k...
_4 to 100 players._ _Indoors; out of doors; schoolroom._ All of the players but two hook arms in couples. Of the two who are free, one is It or chaser, and the other the runner. Th...
Ask the guests to tell the most foolish thing they ever did and give a suitable prize for the most foolish answer.
All stand in a line except one who is the leader who stands a short distance opposite the line. The leader throws the bean bag to the child at the head of the line who returns it t...
This is a very simple game. Each player places a finger on the table, which he must raise whenever the conductor of the game says: "Birds fly," "Pigeons fly," or any other winged c...
Another amusing blind game to watch is apple-snapping. An apple is hung from a string in the middle of the room about the height of the blind man's head. The blind man's hands are...
The players are scattered within a limited playing area. One player is "it". He can touch anyone who is not in a full squat position. The player touched becomes "it" and chases abo...
One player is selected to be "It" and chases the rest. In order to avoid being tagged, a player may lie upon his back with both feet and hands off the ground.
_2 to 10 players._ _Out of doors; indoors._ This is a game played by snapping buttons against a wall, their landing point determining a score. Each player has a button. One of the...
LESSON VII—THE TIME-TEACHING CLOCK In this clock the movable colored dots indicating the minutes are used to spell out the time in cipher. In the working cards to be provided for...
An odd number of players participate. At a signal (preferably a musical accompaniment), the players, fly or skip promiscuously about the room. When the music stops each player atte...
One of the guests is sent out of the room. The hostess asks the remaining players to say something about him. As each one in turn gives his statement, she writes it down with the p...
Players come up in files not more than eight in a file. Each file forms a circle. In the middle of each circle four Indian clubs are placed. At the signal "go" each circle joins ha...
_10 to 100 players._ _Playground; gymnasium; schoolroom._ _Bean bags; dumb-bells._ The players stand in ranks, and bags are passed from one to another player down each line, starti...
Paint or draw on a sheet the picture of a fireplace. Tack this to the wall and after providing each child with a small stocking and pin, blindfold them in turn, telling them to han...
A novel kind of paper house has been gotten out in book form. It is called The House That Glue Built, and consists of pictures of rooms, without furniture, which is shown on separa...
This is another game in which laughter is forbidden. The players sit close together in a silent circle. Whatever the leader does the others have to do, but without smile or sound....