GamesTabeINTRODUCTORY NOTE.--This ball game was known to a number of... Button, Button. All the children sit in a circle with hands placed palm to ... Laying The early period of spring, and after a cessation at the end ... Bean Bag All stand in a line except one who is the leader who stands a... The Whistle This is partly a trick. A player who does not know the game i... Ring-the-nail A variation of this can be played with common large nails and... Squirrel In Trees Players stand in groups of three--two facing one another with... Cat Party _5 to 30 or more players._ _House party._ Each player... |
TRICK GAMES FOR SOCIABLESGoing to JerusalemThe chairs are arranged in a circle in the center of the room, with the seats away from the center. There should be one less chair than there are participants in the game. The participants form a line around the ou... Hindoo Blind Reading Slips of paper are given to all of the guests and they are instructed to write thereupon a brief sentence of three or four words and to carefully fold the paper. These messages are then collected, and the Hindoo My... Mental Telepathy The group is told that if enough people think hard enough about one object they can communicate the thought to a person who knows nothing about it. One or two "unwise" persons are asked to leave the room and nothin... The Paper Artist A sheet of newspaper or any other kind of paper can be used for this game. The accomplice is sent from the room. The one performing the trick then holds the paper in front of the face of one of the individuals in t... Magic Answers An accomplice is sent from the room. Those remaining in the room determine upon some object, this object to be recognized by the accomplice. When the object has been selected, the accomplice is called back. The one... Clairvoyant The one who plays this trick must have an accomplice. The accomplice is sent from the room. It is announced that the accomplice will name the person pointed to. The demonstrator points at an individual and the acco... Scissors Crossed A simple catch game. The group is seated in a circle. It is best to have two of the company know how to play the game. One of these hands a closed pair of scissors to the other, who takes it and says, "I received t... Knights of the Sacred Whistle One or two of the group are informed that they are to be initiated into the Order of the Knights of the Sacred Whistle. They are shown a whistle and told that to become a member they must find this whistle. It is t... Hay Stack Chairs are piled to a considerable height in the centre of the room and the person to be initiated is instructed to take off his shoes and jump over them. The leader insists that this is possible, but the uninitiat... Boots Without Shoes The leader asks one of the players to say as he directs and then asks him to say, "Boots without shoes." The player immediately says, "Boots without shoes." The leader says, "That is not correct," and goes to the n... Newspaper Touch Two individuals are instructed to stand upon a sheet of newspaper, so as not to be able to touch each other. This seems impossible and the individuals taking their places upon the paper endeavor to maneuver in impo... Coin and Card Snap A card is balanced upon the end of the middle finger of the left hand, flat side down. A quarter or some small coin is placed upon the card, directly over the end of the finger. The trick is to snap the card from u... Blind Blow A lighted candle is placed upon a table. The players are blindfolded in turn, spun around, and instructed to blow out the candle. The time of each player is recorded and the one succeeding in blowing out the candle... Tricks with Matches Six matches are given to an individual and he is requested to make with them four equilateral triangles. The Trick--Three matches are laid upon the table, forming an equilateral triangle. The other three are held... Pigs in Pen A farmer has six pigs and five pens. He desires to place the pigs in the pens so that there will be an odd number of pigs in each pen. How can he accomplish this? The Trick--He places a pen within a pen. Then he ... Number Trick How can four be made out of three 3's? 3-3/3 ... Penny Wise The players are provided with a bright new penny, a piece of paper and a pencil. On the paper have been written the following requirements, each player being expected to write the answers, the one having the larges... Reading Temples The group is told that thoughts can be transmitted through the temples. The demonstrator of the game has to have an accomplice knowing the trick, who leaves the room. The others decide upon a number, not greater th... Aeroplane Ride The player selected to take the ride is sent from the room and blindfolded. A strong board is held a few inches from the floor by several of the players. The blindfolded player is then called back into the room and... Egg Smash Several players of the group are blindfolded and take a kneeling position upon the floor. Each is given a fake egg and is told to knock it upon the floor to summon the good spirit. They do this very carefully the f... Musical Notes This trick is easily played where a group is sitting around a bare wooden table. The player knowing the trick, pricks the prongs of a fork with his finger nails, causing it to vibrate as a tuning fork. He then make... Siam Club Players are invited to join the Siam Club, for which certain rites and ceremonies are necessary. Those to be initiated into the club then kneel in a circle in the centre of the room and after bowing forward so that... |
