Kids Activities

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AGame Within AGame While the children are waiting on Christmas for their presents, or dinner, or wh...	Animal Show AN amusing game for children is one in which each child is to make some sort of ...	April First For an April Fool's Day gathering, ask each guest to come prepared to do some sl...
Bean Bag Contest Prepare an even number of bean bags of moderate size, half of one color and half...	Bird Beast Or Fish A simple little game for amusing two children is the following. Write on the top...	Blind Mans Buff It is hardly necessary to describe this game as almost everybody knows how to pl...
Blowing The Feathers The children are seated on the floor, around a sheet or tablecloth. This is held...	Bouquet This is played similarly to "Stage-coach." Any number of children can play it. O...	Bunnys Egg On a sheet draw a rough sketch of a good-sized rabbit, the regular Easter bunny,...
Button Button All the children sit in a circle with hands placed palm to palm in their laps. O...	Button Fun An amusement for small children, is to gather together as many buttons of all sh...	Cakes On the sixth of January, Twelfth Night was celebrated in the olden times. Then a...
Cake With Candles A large cake with as many different colored candles on it as there are guests, i...	Cat And Mouse The children sit in two rows facing each other, with a space between. Blindfold ...	Chase The Rabbit All the children kneel on the floor in a ring with hands on each other's shoulde...
Christmas Candles A small tree is placed on a table. The candles are lighted. Blindfold the player...	Christmas Guesses Suspend a large bunch of mistletoe from one of the chandeliers. The children, on...	Christmas Tree A novel amusement for children at Christmas time is to trim a Christmas tree whe...
Christmas Wreath Suspend a large Christmas wreath in a doorway at a convenient height from the fl...	Decking Santa Claus Santa, who has been invited to the party, after being introduced to all the chil...	Double Tag The children stand in pairs, one behind the other, in the form of a circle, all ...
Fan Ball Make two balls, one red and one blue, out of paper thus-- Slip No.1 in No. 2,...	Finding Flowers A very simple game for children is one played like the old-fashioned "London Bri...	Flags Of All Nations Flags of all nations are collected and displayed around the room. Each one is nu...
Frog In The Middle The children form a ring. One, the frog, is chosen out, and he stands in the mid...	Halloween A Hallowe'en party is probably the only gathering where the stiffness and formal...	Halloween Fates For obtaining partners, fill a pumpkin rind with nuts, which have been opened, h...
Halloween Stories There are several ways of telling ghastly stories on Hallowe'en. Have a large ba...	Hang Man Two children may derive a great deal of amusement from this simple pastime. At t...	Heart Hunt Cut out of red, white, blue, yellow and green paper hearts of all shapes and siz...
Heart Pricks A large heart made of some red material, (flannel or cheesecloth) is pinned secu...	Hearts And Mittens Cut out of red cardboard half as many hearts and mittens as you expect in your c...	He Can Do Little All the players sit in a circle. One, knowing the catch, begins by saying: "Ahem...
Hide And Seek One child is chosen out. This one stands by a post or in a corner which is calle...	Hide The Thimble All the players but one, leave the room. This one hides a thimble in a place not...	Hold Fast Let Go A simple game for small children is the following. Each child takes hold of a sm...
Hoop Race All children love to roll hoops. For a little folks party, plan to have as many ...	Hop Over Fun for the children is in store when they play this game. All stand in a circle...	Horsemen This is a rough-and-tumble game for the boys, and must be played either outside,...
Hunt The Slipper All the children except one sit on the floor in a circle, with their knees raise...	Hunt The Squirrel To amuse the children after the Thanksgiving dinner, ask them all to join hands ...	IHave ABasket One child begins by saying: "I have a basket." The one to his left says: "What i...
Initial Compliments Each gentleman is handed a slip of paper with the name of a lady guest on it. Th...	Jack Frost AROUND Christmas and New Year's the children will enjoy playing this. All form a...	Judge And Jury Arrange the children in two rows, facing each other. The judge sits at one end i...
July Fourth Aside from the enjoyment of firecrackers, etc., there are a few games to amuse t...	Little Bo Peep Dress the little girl in whose honor the party is given as little Bo-peep, with ...	Magic Candles Arrange twelve candles, one for each month, in a row about two feet apart. Have ...
Making Squares Make a square or rectangle of dots, as shown [below]: Provide the children wi...	Malaga Grapes All the players sit in a circle and one who knows the trick takes a small cane i...	Marble Contest Cut five holes of different sizes in the lid of a pasteboard box. Number the lar...
Musical Chairs Musical Chairs, or Going to Jerusalem, is a favorite game of the children. Someo...	My House Your House Attach a string to the end of a small stick. At the end of the string make a loo...	New Blind Mans Buff The one who is chosen for the "blind man" does not have his eyes bandaged as in ...
Old Soldier One child, who represents the old soldier, goes around to each child in turn and...	Oranges And Lemons The two tallest children, one named "Orange,'' the other "Lemon," join hands and...	Our Cook Doesnt Like Peas All the players except one sit in a row. This one sits in front of them and says...
Our Flag Other games for the Fourth are as follows: Each child is given a piece of white ...	Over The Cider Mugs By each place at the table place a mug of sweet cider, a small bunch of matches,...	Passing By An amusement for children on a train, or at home when it is raining, is the foll...
Peter Piper This is an amusing game for children. A blackboard is needed upon which the vers...	Proposals As the guests assemble for the Valentine party, give each gentleman a slip of pa...	Puss In The Corner All the children except one stand in comers, or in any fixed stations if there a...
Red Hot Potato The "potato" in this game is a knotted handkerchief. One player is chosen for th...	Reuben And Rachel Blindfold one of the players. All the rest form a ring and dance around him unti...	Ring On AString Slip a ring on a long piece of string having the ends knotted together. The play...
Riven Hearts Another way of securing partners for the evening is as follows: Suspend two larg...	Rolling Eggs Mark on the table, or on the floor, if preferred, with chalk, four parallel line...	Rose Guess Any child can play this simple game. Take a full blown rose and hold it up where...
School The players sit in a circle, and each takes the name of some article found in th...	Ships Of Fate Prepare as many half shells of walnuts as there are guests. In each fasten a sma...	Shoe Hunt Shoes, four inches long, are cut out of cardboard, from patterns found in catalo...
Simon Says One child is selected to be Simon. The rest of the children sit around in a circ...	Simple Simons Silly Smile All the players sit in a circle and one who is bright and witty is chosen as lea...	Snowballs A pretty idea for concealing Christmas presents for the children is to make a lo...
Soap Bubble Contest Provide each child with a clay pipe and prepare two basins of soap suds for the ...	Some More Fates In addition to the regulation "bobbing for apples," "floating needles," and thro...	Spinning For20 On a board or piece of cardboard, mark with pencil or ink, the design illustrate...
Spool Armies Children may derive a lot of fun from a large supply of empty spools of all shap...	Spool Flower Hunt Gather together as many spools as possible, marking each with a separate letter,...	Statues Arrange all the children except one on chairs or a bench. This one is the leader...
Steps One child is chosen out. This one stands by a post or door with his back to the ...	Still Pond No More Moving All the children form a circle, joining hands. One is blindfolded, given a cane,...	Tea Pot One player leaves the room, and while he is gone the rest decide upon some word ...
The Lucky Or Unlucky Slipper A slipper is waved three times over the head and then thrown on the floor. If...	The Serpents Tail This is a Japanese game, and is played this way. All the children form a line, e...	Toss The Goodies The children form a square, each one holding the sides of an old tablecloth or p...
Valentine Puzzle Select five good paper valentines. Paste each on a piece of cardboard and cut in...	Valentines When inviting the guests for a valentine party, request each one to bring an ori...	Washingtons Birthday For a party on this day, the room should be decorated with flags, hatchets, etc....
Water Charm Place three bowls on a table, one containing clear water, another soapy or muddy...	What Is My Thought Like All the children except one sit in a circle. This one thinks of something and, s...	Wink All the girls sit in a circle, and the boys stand outside, one boy behind each g...

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