This game is played by two boys, each of whom takes a smooth round pebble.
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Indoor Games for Kids – CONCERT GAME
A noisier game than this could scarcely be desired by the most boisterous of our young friends.
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SHADOW BUFF GAME – Indoor Games for Kids
Shadow Buff differs very materially from Blind Man’s Buff, but it is equally amusing. A large piece of white linen should be fastened neatly up at one end of room, so that it hangs quite smooth;
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Throwing Sticks Game – Old Games for Kids
Throwing Sticks – This very popular game among the Greeks was by them called Kyndalismos.
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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 of some magnitude.
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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 so that the written word cannot be seen by the next player,
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SLATE GAMES – Indoor Games for Kids
Birds, Beasts, and Fishes.—“Now, Tom,” said Harry, “get your slate and pencil, and I’ll show you such a jolly game.
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Cat and Mouse Game – Old Games for Kids
Cat and Mouse Game. This sport, which is of French origin, is for two players only.
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PRISONER’S BASE OR PRISON BARS GAME – Outdoor Games for Kids
This is a most delightful game, and is a very great favourite among boys of all classes. It is commenced by choosing Captains, which is either done by lot or by the “sweet voices” of the youths.
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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 a whisper to Tom, who is seated on my right hand, to which he will reply in the same tone.
TRADES GAME – Indoor Games for Kids
Every player, except one who holds the office of reader, selects a trade or profession, which he must retain throughout the game.
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Drawing games for kids on paper – HEAD, BODY AND LEGS GAME
One player takes an oblong piece of paper, and having divided it into three equal parts by folding, he sketches a comic head, either with pen or pencil, in the upper space;
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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 line one of the players must place himself and bend down as in leap-frog, while the other players in rotation leap over him, the last one as he flies over calling out “Foot it.”
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DUMB MOTIONS GAME – Indoor Games for Kids
The players form sides, and decide who shall be masters and who men. The principal aim of the men is to keep working as long as possible, and to prevent the masters taking their places.
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TRUSSED FOWLS GAME – Indoor Games for Kids
Two boys having seated themselves on the floor, are trussed by their playmates; that is to say, each boy has his wrists tied together with a handkerchief, and his legs secured just above the ancles with another;
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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 which are painted the figures of a white horse, an inn, a bell, a hammer, and a bell and hammer;
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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 Followers.
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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 tolerably good memory.
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THE TWO HATS GAME – Indoor Games for Kids
This game, although only two persons are engaged in it at a time, furnishes much amusement, from the contradictory nature of its words and actions.
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JACK BE NIMBLE – Playground Games for Kids
10 to 60 players.
Indoors; out of doors; schoolroom.