_10 to 60 players._ _Schoolroom._ This game, besides offering much sport, may be made to serve a useful purpose in familiarizing children with the points of the compass. The class...
Where several children have gardens in the same big garden, or the same neighborhood, a flower-show is very interesting to hold now and then. To do this it is needful first to find...
_10 to 30 or more players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ The ground is marked off with two goals at opposite ends by parallel lines drawn entirely across it. The space between the line...
INTRODUCTORY NOTE.--The objects which are thrown or tossed in games of hazard Dr. Culin for convenience has designated as "dice" and he calls the games "dice games." (Ibid., pp. 44...
All the players are sent out of the room. The leader remains inside and calls one player in. They both sit down together and the leader says: "Say just what I say. Say boots, witho...
_2 players._ _Indoors; out of doors._ A diagram is drawn on a slate, paper, or the ground, and consists of two vertical lines, crossed by two horizontal lines. One player chooses t...
The setter is a wise and affectionate animal. He is full of spirit and needs careful training, but train him well as a puppy and you will be able to take him everywhere with you, f...
(Light the Candle; Beetle-goes-Round) _10 to 30 or more players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ This game may be played with a knotted towel, though it is perhaps more skillful and inte...
Old Soldier is a game for young children, and though it seems very simple, yet there is a good deal of fun in it. One of the children pretends to be an old soldier, and goes round...
Players stand in a circle. An extra player stands in the center, holding in his hands as many pieces of tape as there are players in the circle. The tape (or ribbons) are of two co...
There is no better running game than this. You first pick sides and then mark off the two camps and take up your station there. The field is arranged thus:-- Place for Place for A'...
This game can be played by any number, either with a home-made pack or with ordinary playing cards from which three of the queens have been taken away; the remaining queen being th...
_6 to 30 or more players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ This is a game of leapfrog. The players are divided into equal parties, with a chief for each. One of the chiefs stands with his...
The Great Dane, or boarhound, is a powerful and active dog. His appearance is suggestive almost of a wild beast, and he is particularly well fitted to act as guard. He is gentle an...
As to dolls, the more the merrier. They are so cheap and can be dressed so easily that it seems a great pity not to have a large family and a larger circle of friends who will occa...
Sometimes it happens that you get very tired of one of the pictures in your scrapbook. A good way to make it fresh and interesting again is to introduce new people or things. You w...
Fireplaces, which can be bought or made at home, should be put in next. To make one yourself, take a strong cardboard-box lid about four inches long and two wide (though the size m...
In "Grab," a very rowdy variety of "Snap," a cork is placed in the middle of the table. The rules are the same as in "Snap," except that, instead of saying "Snap," you snatch for t...
Guests take part, seated in a circle. Three Fates are chosen, one of whom whispers to each person in turn name of his (her) future sweetheart. Second Fate follows, whispering to ea...
Hare and Hounds can be played either in the country or the city and is fine fun, although it should be begun with a short run. In the excitement of the chase boys are apt to forget...
One cannot grow very many things in a window box, but it is most interesting to grow a few. In a town it is often all the garden that many people possess. The length of a window-bo...
A bowl is filled tightly with flour. During the process of filling, a wedding ring is inserted vertically in some part of it. The bowl, when full, is inverted upon a dish and withd...
A good game (writes E. R.) while out for a walk is "when you see a horse coming, guess what color his tail is before he can reach you, and then, whoever guesses right, the horse be...
Dogs should not be washed very often, nor will this be necessary if they are well brushed every day. A stable dandy-brush is best for short-coated dogs, and a hard hair-brush, or o...
Suspend horizontally from ceiling a stick three feet long. On one end stick an apple, upon other tie small bag of flour. Set stick whirling. Each guest takes turn in trying to bite...
_5 to 30 players._ _House party._ Each player is provided with a bright new penny (of design prior to 1909), a piece of paper, and a pencil. On the paper are written beforehand, or...
If the farmer's wife makes her own butter there will be an opportunity to help her. Perhaps she will let you use the skimmer. Turning the churn is not much fun except just when the...
1 lb. brown sugar. 1 small cup of water. 1/2 lb. of butter. Boil the water and sugar together very gently until the sugar is melted. Then add the butter and boil all together for h...
_10 to 30 or more players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ One player, chosen to be the farmer, is seated. The remaining players, standing at a distance, select a leader who taps some of...
In Mrs. Meynell's book, The Children, one little girl on her walks collected Jones's--that is, shops with the name of Jones over them. If any one else cared for this amusement ther...