“Magic Music,” or “Rabbit Hunt,” is the next game. Choose some one to leave the room. Then hide the candy rabbit, and mother will begin to play softly. The “hunter” must be guided by the music, which is soft as he is far from the hiding place, but grows loud when he is near. If there is time before supper, the children can “settle down,” while mother reads aloud a “B’rer Rabbit” story.
“B’rer Rabbit” is king of the supper table, too, for he sits proudly in the center, holding pink ribbons like reins in his hands. These ribbons run to each place and are fastened to whatever souvenirs you have chosen to give your friends. “Baby Bunting” dolls would be nice for them.
For refreshments, serve sandwiches, rabbit cookies, candy, salted nuts and ice cream in rabbit forms.
MAY DAY PARTY (Outdoors)
It does seem as if May Day ought to be spent in the woods and fields, under bright blue skies. So if the weather man will be so very obliging as to prophesy a mild May Day, why then let’s off to the woods for a May Day party. Ask your guests to bring baskets for gathering flowers, and it would be a good plan to have a trowel with you to dig up ferns and plants.
If you can have your May party near a brook, a boat race would be a great deal of fun, and you can provide boats for your guests. “Still Pond” is a good game for a May party, and so is “Puss in the Corner.”
Mother will pack up a picnic luncheon for you, and the “first picnic” of the season will surely be a success.