Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-22
A Novel Party.

A splendid plan for an Easter party,
especially one for young folks, is to have
Humpty Dumpty himself tender recep
ton and amuse his guests with all kinds
Of jolly games played with eggs.
For such a function egg shapes can be
cut from bristol board, using the first one
as a pattern in order to have all uniform,
and fitting these into envelopes to be sent
by mail.
On every oval outline write an invita-
| ton, for which the one given below is a
simple but good suggestion.
MR.. HIrMPTY DJMPTY,
667 Portland road.
At Home April Is, at 800 pm
If the grown-ups OF the household can
spare the time for it the rooms for
Humpty's reception may be prettiy trim
med with various egg devices. A charm
ing one consists of colored eggs about
eight inches long. cut from various
shapes of crepe paper or cardboard and
pasted or strung together by cords These
festoons are swung diagonally across the
ceiling, each two crossing in the center.
The effect is' bright and festive and many
other little devices may be employed to
carry out the same eggy idea.
For instance, by the door as the chill
dren come in stands or sits a dummy
figure Of the host himself. The founda-
| ton of this dummy is bag which has
been cut double in egg shape, sewed
strongly on the machine and then tightly
filled with sawdust Eyes, nose and mouth
are painted on 1t. When hat Is sewed
| on the head and funny wired arms and
| legs terminating in gloves and shoes
are added You have something which will
/ help to make the shyest child laugh and
to amuse those who come rather early
while waiting for the inevitable late ar
| rivals Of the party.
However, while such preliminaries add
l to-, -
casion they are not really essential to the
| enjoyment OF the affair, which comes
later on in number of jolly games.
most of them involving prizes and all
played with eggs.
| There is probably nothing that young
children love better than a search, and
for 'Humpty Dumpty's at Home moth
] ing but an egg hunt with colored eggs
could be considered. The eggs are hidden
| in specially made nests around the room.
| For these nests have wooden boxes as
small as the grocer can find for you, filled
with straw. and let the eggs they contain
be Of candy, sugar or chocolate, so that
| the finding of each nest means a prize to
the children finding it. The little people
are sent to hunt in pairs. Each nest con-
tains two eggs, which belong to the pair
discovering it. After finding nest the
| little partners cease to search, Of course,
and retire to enjoy the treasure trove.
| For the blindfold game. without which
| few Juvenile functions are complete, have
drawn on a white curtain like that used
for the familiar donkey party q large
| nest, presided over by a mother hen.
Each child, after being bandaged, receives
| a colored egg shape. which he or she
! must endeavor to place in the nest by
pinning it; that is, on the proper space
on the custain. Few of the company will
reach the nest. most going wide of the
mark. The two or three who succeed in
SO doing should receive dainty green or
white chip baskets trimmed with white
nd r.ih Wi
daffodils and filled with small cOlored
candy eggs.
Next let the children gather around a
large table two smaller ones can be
thrown together if necessary for a STIR
ring game of Egg Jenkins This is
played precisely like the good old favor
lite up Jenkins" save that instead Of a
coin tiny egg, well wrapped In silver
foil so that it does not melt in the hand,
is used.
The side having most points to their
credit at the end OF half an hour draw
for the prize, which might be one of the
ever fascinating peep show eggs, into
which one looks upon an enchanted scene.
This prize might be rather too juvenile
for the older boys and girls. In the case
of the latter silk or satin egg painted
with water color design and filled with
bonbons would be better.
A big tissue egg to be cracked open
could take the place OF the familiar grab
bag at Humpty's special jollfication. This
panels of tissue paper doubled and glued
neatly together lengthwise along the
seams. From the top fall ribbons or
streamers. which when pulled. break the
egg. scattering the contents
OF course, whatever the egg incloses
will have to be appropriate to the ages of
the children being entertained. For very
little people have Easter cards cut in
half, irregularly. after the manner of a
jigsaw puzzle. which must be put to-
gether Those having matching halves
become partners for the march into sup
per.
For older children have familiar quota
tons cut in half, or verses from songs. |
or have riddles on one set OF cards and
the answers on the other set Whatever
the subject chosen, the matching up al
ways causes merry scramble and much |
fun and will prepare the way for the |
supper or refreshments which bring the |
merry-making to a happy close.
Hats are. as always. OF exaggerated |
size. except some bonnets, which are very |
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