Games

"yankee Doodle Tag"
The group is divided into two equal teams. Two lines are mark...

Barnyard Chorus
Each player in the group is given some barnyard noise to repr...

Going Errands
The children join hands and stand round to form a 'house' and...

Hearts And Mittens.
Cut out of red cardboard half as many hearts and mittens as...

Round And Round Went The Gallant Ship
Players form a circle, hands joined. Stepping lightly around ...

Guilty Or Innocent?
One of the company gets himself up to represent the old man o...

Zigzag Overhead Toss
_20 to 100 players._ _Playground; gymnasium; schoolroom....

Hill Dill
_10 to 30 or more players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ ...

EASTER

The Museum
The guests are invited to inspect your collection of curios and souvenirs which are displayed in numerous paste board boxes, collectively on a large table, or distributed in convenient places about the room on mant...

Easter
Easter Day should be a peaceful, happy day of rejoicing, thanksgiving and praise to the Giver of all good. Easter is symbolic of a new life, and a brighter one. It is springtime, the sun shines brightly, and Natu...

A Luncheon In White And Yellow
Use a large plateau or mirror for the centerpiece, in the center of which lay an irregular piece of real (or artificial) moss about one-half the diameter of the plateau (to represent an island.) Stick a few sprays ...

An Easter Bonnet Party
A very pleasant entertainment to be given about Eastertide is one at which the all-engrossing head covering of the season is to be manufactured. The materials required are simple--two sheets of tissue paper for e...

Matching Eggs
Give each person a certain number of hard boiled eggs. The one who succeeds in cracking the shells of his opponent's by hitting the ends together is the winner. ...

Egg Race
Place six hard boiled Easter eggs on each side of the room about one foot apart. A large basket is placed at the far end of the room. The players are divided in two sides, each side being chosen one at a time by th...

Hen And Chickens
A leader is chosen for the "hen" and the remainder of the children are "chickens," except one who is supposed to be a chicken hawk. They stand in a row behind one another and grasp the skirts or coat-tails of the...

An Egg Hunt
Hide colored Easter eggs or small candy eggs in various places, in corners, behind curtains, bric a brac, etc., etc. Provide each child with a small basket or paper bag and at a signal they start to hunt for the hi...