Games for Everybody
Every one is fond of having a good time when invited out to a party or social. Sometimes a stupid evening has been spent because either the guests were not congenial or the hostess had not planned good games. The purpose of this book is to furnish just what is needed for a pleasant home gathering, church social, or any other indoor occasion.
Very few, if any, of these games require much preparation. Just use what is in the house, follow the directions given, and a good time will be the result. Some of the games for Adults can be played by the younger ones, and vice versa . Other games, by being changed a little by the hostess, can be made to suit the occasion.
Many of the good old games that every one has played are here, while the newer ones, which may be strange at first, will prove most enjoyable when every one has caught on, as the saying is. M.C.H.
An amusing game for children is one in which each child is to make some sort of animal out of vegetables or fruit, and toothpicks.
When all the children have arrived, pass around slips of paper containing a number and the name of some animal. Each one must keep secret what his animal is to be.
Let the hostess prepare a basket of vegetables, potatoes, beets, carrots, and fruits, lemons, bananas, etc., suitable for the occasion, from which the children can take their choice to make their animals. Plenty of toothpicks must be provided for the legs, ears and tails.
Allow five minutes for constructing the creatures.
Then collect the specimens, pinning a number corresponding to the one on the slip, to its back, and arrange the show on a table. Many queer sights will be seen.
The children, having received pencil and paper, should be told to write down the number of each animal, and opposite it what the animal is intended to represent.
A prize can be given to the one who has guessed the greatest number correctly.
Mary Christiana Hofmann
Games for Everybody
May C. Hofmann
Foreword
Contents
I. GAMES FOR CHILDREN
II. GAMES FOR ADULTS
III. GAMES FOR SPECIAL DAYS
Part I.
Games for Children.
ANIMAL SHOW.
CHASE THE RABBIT.
SOAP-BUBBLE CONTEST.
ROSE GUESS.
NEW BLIND MAN'S BUFF.
FINDING FLOWERS.
BEAN-BAG CONTEST.
BLOWING THE FEATHERS.
SCHOOL.
HIDE THE THIMBLE.
FAN BALL.
SPOOL FLOWER HUNT.
MARBLE CONTEST.
PASSING BY.
THE SERPENT'S TAIL.
LITTLE BO-PEEP.
SPOOL ARMIES.
SPINNING FOR 20.
SHOE HUNT.
HOP-OVER.
BOUQUET.
MAKING SQUARES.
SIMPLE SIMON'S SILLY SMILE.
TEA-POT.
BLIND MAN'S BUFF.
CAT AND MOUSE.
MUSICAL CHAIRS.
BUTTON, BUTTON.
STATUES.
OUR COOK DOESN'T LIKE PEAS.
HOLD FAST, LET GO.
SIMON SAYS.
OLD SOLDIER.
HIDE AND SEEK.
HANG-MAN.
BIRD, BEAST, OR FISH.
PETER PIPER.
LOOK OUT FOR THE BEAR!
HOOP RACE.
BUTTON FUN.
STEPS.
HE CAN DO LITTLE.
WINK.
DOUBLE TAG.
PUSS IN THE CORNER.
I HAVE A BASKET.
STILL POND, NO MORE MOVING.
RING ON A STRING.
HUNT THE SLIPPER.
WHAT IS MY THOUGHT LIKE?
ORANGES AND LEMONS.
RED-HOT POTATO.
JUDGE AND JURY.
REUBEN AND RACHEL.
FROG IN THE MIDDLE.
HORSEMEN.
MY HOUSE, YOUR HOUSE.
MALAGA GRAPES.
Part II.
Games for Adults.
SPOON PICTURES.
BOOTS, WITHOUT SHOES.
PROVERBS.
ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, OR MINERAL.
WHAT TIME IS IT?
IT.
HOW, WHEN, WHERE.
BUZ.
JENKINS UP!
STATE OUTLINES.
PREFIXES.
MY FATHER HAD A ROOSTER!
CROSS QUESTIONS AND CROOKED ANSWERS.
MAGIC WRITING.
FAMOUS NUMBERS.
MAGIC ANSWERS.
MODELLING.
SCISSORS CROSSED OR UNCROSSED.
CAPPING VERSES.
RABBIT.
GHOST.
WHAT AM I?
NEEDLE THREADING.
CONFUSIONS.
VERBAL AUTHORS.
PIN DOLL BABIES.
BUILDING SENTENCES.
GEOGRAPHY.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF--?
WATCH TRICK.
FIND YOUR BETTER-HALF.
WORDS
LETTERS.
SEEING AND REMEMBERING.
LIVE TIT-TAT-TO.
BITS OF ADVICE.
PICTURES.
HOUSEHOLD GOSSIP.
TABLE FOOTBALL.
MUSICAL MEDLEY.
ANOTHER MUSICAL MEDLEY.
PASSING CLOTHESPINS.
PANTOMIME.
BIRDS FLY.
TRIPS AROUND THE WORLD.
JACK'S ALIVE.
GOING A-FISHING.
CONSEQUENCES.
PERSONAL CONUNDRUMS.
HUNTING THE WHISTLE.
THE FIVE SENSES.
WIGGLES.
TELEGRAM.
SPELLING MATCH.
POOR PUSSY.
GUESSES.
NUT RACE.
TORN FLOWERS.
SPEARING PEANUTS.
PEANUT HUNT AND SCRAMBLE.
MUSICAL ILLUSTRATIONS.
AN APPLE HUNT.
SHOUTING PROVERBS.
BAKER'S DOZEN.
PEANUT CONTEST.
DEFINITIONS.
ALPHABETICAL ANSWERS.
PITCH BASKET.
WHO AM I?
PROGRESSIVE PUZZLES.
TIT FOR TAT.
EYE-GUESSING.
THE PRINCE OF WALES.
COMMERCE.
LAUGH A LITTLE.
LOCATION.
FASHION NOTES.
STRAY SYLLABLES.
QUAKER MEETING.
MAGIC MUSIC.
PATCHWORK ILLUSTRATIONS.
BIOGRAPHY.
ORCHESTRA.
WHO IS MY NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR?
FIRE.
THE MONTHS.
BELL BUFF.
POSTMAN.
SPOONEY FUN.
CITIES.
GOING TO CHINA.
A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS.
MISQUOTED QUOTATIONS.
LITERARY SALAD.
BROKEN QUOTATIONS.
PARCEL DELIVERY.
WHO ARE THEY?
SWAPS.
TALKING SHOP.
SIGHT UNSEEN.
A STUDY IN ZOOLOGY.
AUCTION SALE
THE GENTEEL LADY.
RHYMES.
ART GALLERY.
HUNTING FOR BOOK-TITLES.
Part III.
Games for Special Days.
JACK FROST.
MAGIC CANDLES.
THE LUCKY OR UNLUCKY SLIPPER.
CAKES.
VALENTINES.
INITIAL COMPLIMENTS.
HEART HUNT.
HEART PRICKS.
VALENTINE PUZZLE.
HEARTS AND MITTENS.
RIVEN HEARTS.
PROPOSALS.
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY.
APRIL FIRST.
EASTER EGG RACE.
SUSPENDED EGGS.
EGG RACE.
ROLLING EGGS.
BUNNY'S EGG.
JULY FOURTH.
FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS.
OUR FLAG.
HALLOWE'EN.
HALLOWE'EN STORIES.
HALLOWE'EN FATES.
SOME MORE FATES.
WATER CHARM.
OVER THE CIDER MUGS.
SHIPS OF FATE.
CAKE WITH CANDLES.
HUNT THE SQUIRREL.
CHRISTMAS TREE.
CHRISTMAS GUESSES.
CHRISTMAS WREATH.
CHRISTMAS CANDLES.
A GAME WITHIN A GAME.
TOSS THE GOODIES.
SNOWBALLS.
DECKING SANTA CLAUS.