School, Church, and Home Games

by George Orrin Draper

INDEX

GAMES FOR SCHOOLS

Schoolroom Games

For Primary Pupils

• Aisle Hunt [3]
• Aviation Meet [1]
• Birds Fly [4]
• Bee [2]
• Bowing Race [6]
• Button, Button [1]
• Cat and Mouse [1]
• Change Seat Relay [5]
• Charlie Over the Water [5]
• Colors [2]
• Hide in Sight [2]
• Hide the Clock [3]
• I See Red [3]
• Music Rush [5]
• New Orleans [4]
• Poison Seat [3]
• Rat-a-tat Race [6]
• Spin Around Race [7]
• Tap Relay [6]

For Intermediate Pupils

• Compass [11]
• Corner Spry [9]
• Change Seats [14]
• Clapping Song [12]
• Flag Race [10]
• Frogs in Sea [9]
• Geography [11]
• History Race [13]
• Hunt the Rattler [8]
• Indian Trail [12]
• Initial Tag [8]
• Jerusalem, Jericho, Jemima [10]
• Last Man [14]
• Magic Music [8]
• Multiplication Race [13]
• Name Race [9]
• Number Relay [13]
• Poem Race [14]
• Relay Run Around [15]
• Rhymes [12]
• Seat Vaulting Tag [10]
• Spelling Words [11]
• Sticker [8]

For Advanced and High School Pupils

• Art Gallery [19]
• Bowknot Relay [20]
• Cooking Race [21]
• Definitions [16]
• Descriptive Adjectives [17]
• Directions [23]
• Distinguishing by Smell [19]
• Distinguishing Sounds [18]
• Drawing Animals [20]
• Geography [16]
• Grammar Race [22]
• Guessing Dimensions [19]
• Historical Pictures [20]
• Jumbled Words [17]
• Laugh [19]
• Mysterious Articles [19]
• Schoolroom Tag [22]
• Seeing and Remembering [16]
• Spelling Game [21]
• Store [18]
• Train of Thoughts [20]

Schoolyard Games

For Primary Pupils

• Back to Back [26]
• Chase the Rabbit [24]
• Handkerchief Tag [25]
• Peggy in Ring [26]
• Progression [25]
• Puss in Corner [26]
• Shadow Tag [25]
• Squirrel in Trees [25]
• Statues [24]
• Steps [24]

For Intermediate Pupils

• Antony Over [29]
• Ball Tag [36]
• Channel Tag [35]
• Chicken Market [31]
• Chickidy Hand [31]
• Circle Chase [34]
• Couple Tag [36]
• Fox and Rabbit [31]
• Fox Trail [33]
• In and Out [30]
• Link Race [27]
• Maze Tag [27]
• Oriental Tag [36]
• Pass Ball [32]
• Poison [32]
• Reuben and Rachel [35]
• Roly Poly [29]
• Snake and Bird [30]
• Soak 'Em [35]
• The Dummy [36]
• Turtle Tag [29]
• Weavers Race [34]

For Advanced and High School Pupils

• Dresden Tag [37]
• Fox and Geese [37]
• Freight Train Tag [39]
• Hand Baseball [41]
• Kick Ball [41]
• Last Couple Out [41]
• Partner Swat Tag [38]
• Pin Ball [40]
• Plug the Hole [38]
• Red, White and Blue [39]
• Roll Ball [39]
• Spanish Fly [42]
• Take Away [39]
• Tony Says [43]

SOCIABLE GAMES FOR THE HOME, CHURCH, ETC.

For the Home:

• Board and Nail Puzzle [49]
• Captain Kidd's Gold [53]
• Catechism of States [47]
• Chic-a-dee [53]
• Come-She-Come [45]
• Floor Baseball [51]
• Hide the Thimble [45]
• Last Match [46]
• Red Triangle Ring Toss [50]
• Spinning for 20 [49]
• Spin the Platter [48]
• Step by Step [48]
• Tit Tat Too [45]
• Twenty Questions [44]
• You Know Me [45]
• Your House, My House [46]

Ice Breakers for Sociables

• Bean Penalty [57]
• Bird Hunt [55]
• Matching Advertisements [56]
• Matching Proverbs [56]
• Mixing March [56]
• Musical Medley [57]
• My Month [55]
• Poison Circle [55]
• Puzzled Words [57]
• Shoe Hunt [56]
• Trip Around the World [57]

Social Games for Grown-Ups

• Analogues [63]
• Biographic Cartoons [59]
• Charades [64]
• Ghost [64]
• Gossiping [63]
• Illustrated Songs [59]
• Knight of the Cracker [65]
• Match Boxing [66]
• Muddled Words [60]
• Poor Pussy [62]
• Rooster [62]
• Smiles [59]
• Tea Pot [60]
• Trades [61]
• Who Are They? [61]
• Who Is It? [61]

Sociable Games for Young People

• Barnyard Chorus [68]
• Birds [70]
• Donkey Solo [68]
• Exchange [68]
• Feather Tag [70]
• Fruit Basket [67]
• Going to Jerusalem [72]
• Guess the Sound [69]
• Hush [71]
• Jack's Alive [71]
• Rapid Transit [69]
• Rhyming Verbs [67]
• Shifting Seats [69]
• Simple Simon's Silly Smile [71]
• What Animal? [67]
• Wink [71]

Trick Games for Sociables

• Aeroplane Ride [80]
• Blind Blow [77]
• Boots Without Shoes [76]
• Clairvoyant [75]
• Coin and Card Snap [77]
• Divesting [82]
• Egg Smash [81]
• Hay Stack [76]
• Hindoo Blind Reading [73]
• Knights of the Sacred Whistle [75]
• Magic Answers [74]
• Mental Telepathy [73]
• Musical Notes [81]
• Newspaper Touch [76]
• Number Trick [78]
• Penny Wise [78]
• Pigs in Pen [78]
• Reading Temples [80]
• Scissors Crossed [75]
• Siam Club [82]
• The Paper Artist [74]
• Tricks with Matches [77]

Stunt Athletic Meet

• Bawl Game [83]
• Chair Tilting [85]
• Discus Throw [85]
• Duel Tug of War [84]
• Elimination Race [87]
• Hammer Throw [86]
• Head Toss [84]
• Javelin Throw [86]
• Light Weight Race [86]
• Long Glum [86]
• Lucky [84]
• One Mile Run [86]
• Peanut Relay [83]
• Peanut Throw [84]
• Ring the Bell [85]
• Running Broad Grin [86]
• Shot Put [84]
• Standing Broad Jump [83]
• Standing High Jump [83]
• Turtle Race [86]
• Twenty Yard Dash [86]

Competitive Stunts

• Aviation Meet [89]
• Balloon Race [90]
• Blindfold Obstacles [91]
• Boat Race [92]
• Brick Relay [88]
• Candle Roll Over [91]
• Chair Stubbing [89]
• Chair-i-ot Race [89]
• Cracker Relay [91]
• Feather Blowing Relay [90]
• Lobster Race [90]
• Necktie Race [92]
• Prune Tag of War [90]
• Whistle Race [91]

OUTDOOR GAMES

For Older Boys and Young Men

• Chariot Race [100]
• Clock Games [99]
• Flathead Race [101]
• Forcing the City Gates [95]
• Fortress [94]
• Game of Goose [98]
• Hare and Hound [96]
• Human Targets [96]
• Leap Frog Race [102]
• Push Cross Line [94]
• Riding the Snail [102]
• Sling the Sack [97]
• Spin Around Race [101]
• Walking Race [100]

For Boys

• Body Guard [106]
• Bombardment [108]
• Bombardment No. 2 [109]
• Fence Tag [105]
• Fox in Hole [105]
• Hang Tag [105]
• Hide and Seek [103]
• Look Out for the Bear [104]
• One Step Off and All the Way Across [108]
• Sardines [106]
• Shinny [107]
• Still-a-Feet [104]
• Treasure Hunt [103]
• Wheel Away [108]

Games of Strength

• Cane Wrestling [112]
• Cumberland Wrestling [111]
• Finger Wrestling [110]
• Greco-Roman Wrestling [111]
• Hand Tug of War [112]
• Hog Tie [111]
• Neck Tug of War [112]
• One Leg Tug of War [111]
• Referee's Hold [110]
• Shoulder and Arm Push [111]
• Squatting Tug [112]
• Taking the Heights [110]
• Wrestle Tug of War [110]

GAMES FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS

At the Dining Table

• Around the Chair [115]
• Candle and Plate Race [117]
• Earth, Air, Fire and Water [114]
• Jenkins Up [115]
• Malaga Grapes [115]
• Name Writing Race [117]
• Oysterette Race [113]
• Passing the Drink [113]
• Rat-a-tat-tat [114]
• Spearing Peanuts [116]
• String Winding Race [116]
• Table Football [116]

A County Fair Play Festival

• The Games for All [120]
• The Grand March [119]

Games for a Story Play Hour

• Paul Revere Race [125]
• The Midnight Ride [125]
• The Red Coats [123]
• Yankee Doodle Tag [124]

An Indoor Sports Fair

• A Racket Around the Candy Booth [130]
• Seeing the Old Home Town [128]

Racing Games for Picnics

• Apple Race [135]
• Apple Race No. 2 [136]
• Apple Race No. 3 [136]
• Apple Race No. 4 [137]
• Apple Toss [137]
• Blind Chariot Race [142]
• Button Sewing [133]
• Caterpillar Race [134]
• Centipede Race [142]
• Chair Passing Race [139]
• Chair Relay [139]
• Chair Sitting Race [140]
• Club Change [141]
• Dizzy Izzy [134]
• Egg and Spoon Race [132]
• Fan and Bag Race [142]
• Hoop Race [143]
• Needle Threading Race [133]
• Pea Shelling Race [132]
• Poison Club [141]
• Potato Race [135]
• Quadruped Race [142]
• Rainy Day Race [143]
• Roll Over Relay [138]
• Rope Skipping Contest [134]
• Rope Skipping Relay [133]
• Spin Around Relay [138]
• Squash Race [140]

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