GamesTo Guess Any Number Thought OfWith these thought-reading tricks may be put one or two arith... Schoolroom Tag _10 to 60 players._ _Schoolroom._ A circle about thre... The Whistle This is partly a trick. A player who does not know the game i... Magic Writing In this game a confederate is necessary. The player states to... Two In Hoop Games Hoop games are few in number, and, with the exception of "Pos... Parcel Delivery. Packages of all shapes and sizes and securely wrapped up ar... Ducking For Apples Into one tub half filled with water are placed apples to the ... Circle Stride Ball _10 to 30 or more players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ ... |
AT THE SEASIDEChina AnimalsDolls are, of course, perfectly at home in bed when you are ill, but there is even more interest in a menagerie. On this subject it would be difficult to do better than quote from a letter from E. M. R., who has 59... Low Tide The first thing to do on reaching the seaside is to find out when it is low tide. In each twelve hours low tide comes twenty minutes later, and knowing this you can arrange your days accordingly. Nothing is so sadd... Paddling To boys who wear knickerbockers the preparations for paddling are very simple; but girls are not so fortunate. Lewis Carroll (who wrote Alice in Wonderland) took their difficulties so seriously that whenever he wen... A Cork Ship Sailing a good boat in the sea is not the best fun, but there is a kind of boat which is very easily made as you sit on the beach, and which is useful to play with when wading, and afterward to throw stones at. You... Wet Clothes When wading it is just as well not to get your clothes wet if you can help it. Clothes that are made wet with seawater, which probably has a little sand in it, are as uncomfortable as crumbs in bed. There is no rea... Rocks Seaside places where there are rocks and a great stretch of sand are the best. Rocks make paddling twice as exciting, because of the interesting things in the little pools--the anemones, and seaweeds, and shells, a... Sand Castles And Other Sand Games To make full use of the sands a spade is necessary and a pail important. The favorite thing to make is a castle and a moat, and although the water rarely is willing to stay in the moat it is well to pour some in. T... Seaweed Seaweed and shells make good collections, but there is no use in carrying live fish home in pails. The fun is in catching the fish, not is keeping it; and some landladies dislike having the bath-room used as an aqu... Shell Work A good use for little shells is to cover small boxes with them. The shells are arranged in a simple pattern and fastened on with glue. If the shells are not empty and clean, boil them, and scrub them with an old to... |
