08 AUNT SALLY GAME

AUNT SALLY GAME – Old Games for Kids

AUNT SALLY is an amusing game of a very simple character, consisting essentially in throwing at a small object. Aunt ...
Cat and Mouse Game – Old Games for Kids

Cat and Mouse Game – Old Games for Kids

Cat and Mouse Game. This sport, which is of French origin, is for two players only. Both being blindfolded, they ...
CATCH BALL GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

CATCH BALL GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

This is very simple play. The ball is thrown into the air by one player, the others standing round him ...
CROSS QUESTIONS AND CROOKED ANSWERS GAME – Indoor Games for Kids

CROSS QUESTIONS AND CROOKED ANSWERS GAME – Indoor Games for Kids

This game will be best described by a short dialogue. Harry. — I am going to put a question in ...
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Drawing games for kids on paper – HEAD, BODY AND LEGS GAME

HEAD, BODY AND LEGS GAME - Drawing games for kids on paper / One player takes an oblong piece of ...
DROPPING THE HANDKERCHIEF GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

DROPPING THE HANDKERCHIEF GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

A tolerably large ring should be formed by several boys standing in a circle and joining hands; another boy, who ...
DUCK AND DRAKE GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

DUCK AND DRAKE GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

This is a very simple sport, but necessarily restricted to those spots where there is a river, or a pond ...
03 DUCK STONE GAME

DUCK-STONE GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

This game may be played by any number of players. A large stone is selected, and placed on a particular ...
DUMB MOTIONS GAME – Indoor Games for Kids

DUMB MOTIONS GAME – Indoor Games for Kids

The players form sides, and decide who shall be masters and who men. The Drincipal aim of the men is ...
FAMILY COACH GAME – Indoor Games for Kids

FAMILY COACH GAME – Indoor Games for Kids

The chief player in this amusing game must possess the faculty of inventing a long story, as well as a ...
09 FEEDER GAME Outdoor Games for Kids

FEEDER GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

In this game four or five stones or marks must be placed on the ground, as ia the annexed figure, ...
FLY THE GARTER GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

FLY THE GARTER GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

Chalk or make a line, or, as it is usually termed, " a garter," on the ground ; on this ...
05 Flying Kites How to Fly a kite

Flying Kites – How to Fly a kite

Excerpt from the book: EVERY BOY’S BOOK: A COMPLETE ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF SPORTS AND AMUSEMENTS The flying of paper kites is ...
FOLLOW MY LEADER GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

FOLLOW MY LEADER GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

This may be played by any number of boys: one being selected as the Leader, and the others are the ...
05 FOX AND GEESE GAME

FOX AND GEESE GAME – Board Games for Kids

Fifteen ordinary draughtsmen compose the flock of geese. The fox may either be two draughtsmen placed one upon another, or ...
HAND GAME – Indoor Games for Kids

HAND GAME – Indoor Games for Kids

The game of Hand is of great antiquity, and is common to almost every nation, whether savage or civilized. In ...
04 HARE AND HOUNDS GAME

HARE AND HOUNDS GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

HARE AND HOUNDS GAME - This is perhaps the very best game that can be introduced into a school. The ...
01 Hoop Games for Kids

Hoop Games for Kids – Outdoor Games for Kids

Excerpt from the book: EVERY BOY’S BOOK: A COMPLETE ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF SPORTS AND AMUSEMENTS Iron hoops have almost superseded the ...
HOT BOILED BEANS GAME – Indoor Games for Kids

HOT BOILED BEANS GAME – Indoor Games for Kids

In this game, one of the players is sent out of the room, while the others hide a handkerchief or ...
HOT COCKLES GAME – Indoor Games for Kids

HOT COCKLES GAME – Indoor Games for Kids

One player with his eyes bandaged lays his head on a chair, or in another player's lap, while the others ...
HOW? WHERE? AND WHEN? GAME – Indoor Games for Kids

HOW? WHERE? AND WHEN? GAME – Indoor Games for Kids

One of the players is sent out of the room, while the others fix upon a subject, which may be ...
HUNT THE SLIPPER GAME – Indoor Games for Kids

HUNT THE SLIPPER GAME – Indoor Games for Kids

This old-fashioned pastime is so generally known that it is scarcely necessary to describe it; however, as it forms one ...
HUNT THE WHISTLE GAME – Indoor Games for Kids

HUNT THE WHISTLE GAME – Indoor Games for Kids

A boy who has never seen the game placed is elected hunter ; the ' others seat themselves on the ...
I SPY GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

I SPY GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids

This is a capital game for the summer months. The players divide themselves into two parties, one party remaining at ...
Indoor Games for Kids – BLIND MAN’S BUFF GAME

Indoor Games for Kids – BLIND MAN’S BUFF GAME

Consists in one person having a handkerchief bound over his eves, so as to completely blind him, and thus blindfolded ...
Indoor Games for Kids – BUFF GAME

Indoor Games for Kids – BUFF GAME

In this game one of the players enters the room, armed with a poker, with which he taps on the ...
Indoor Games for Kids – CONCERT GAME

Indoor Games for Kids – CONCERT GAME

A noisier game than this could scarcely be desired by the most boisterous of our young friends. The players having ...
Indoor Games for Kids – CONSEQUENCES GAME

Indoor Games for Kids – CONSEQUENCES GAME

The first player writes an adjective on the upper part of a slip of paper, and then folds the slip ...
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Indoor Games for Kids – SCHIMMEL

To play this amusing game, which is of German origin, it is necessary to be furnished with five cards, on ...
GAMES FOR THE PLAYGROUND HOME SCHOOL AND GYMNASIUM BY JESSIE H BANCROFT

JACK BE NIMBLE – Playground Games for Kids

10 to 60 players. Indoors; out of doors; schoolroom. This game is suitable for very little children. Some small object ...
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