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The Plainest Toffee
3 oz. butter. 1 lb. brown sugar. Stir until done. ...

Your House, My House
A piece of string about three feet long is tied to the end of...

Weighing
Scales and weights are required for this game. Before comm...

Introductory
The human body a perfect machine--How to keep well--Outdoor ...

Hallowe'en.
A Hallowe'en party is probably the only gathering where the...

Sentence Relay
Have the same number of children in each row. Supply the fi...

Puss In A Corner
_5 to 30 or more players._ _Schoolroom; playground; gymn...

Jolly Miller
Place the boys on the left and the girls on the right. The cl...

Dumb Performances

Source: What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games And Pastimes
Category: THINKING, GUESSING, AND ACTING GAMES





Very good fun can be had also from impromptu pantomimes, where the
performers enact some story which every one knows, such as "Aladdin"
or "Red Riding Hood" or "Cinderella"; or a scene from history proper,
or from village or family history. The contrast between the splendor
of Cinderella's carriage in the story and the old perambulator which
has to serve in the charade only adds to the fun. Every one, being
dumb, acts to the utmost. It is sometimes more amusing if all the
parts are turned upside down and a boy plays the heroine and a girl
the hero. Where the scene is too tremendous for any representation to
be given, it is best to meet the case frankly and use, as they did in
Shakespeare's day, written labels, such as "This is Aladdin's Palace."




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