Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-12-20
GAMES TO MAKE
the CHILDREN HAPPY
Some Suggestions to Grownups
for the Entertainment of
the Little Ones.

Did you ever give II childrcn's party.
with plenty of favors and elaborate
table decorations, ice cream. cake and
all sorts of good things. and then have
youl little guests arrive and sit
Solemnly and sedately on their chairs
i'm glum and Sel~f-conscious silence:
Did you ever rack your brains to
think of cannes for them to play. with
out being able to- remember anything
but hide and seek >"
Perhaps you asked the most intel
ligent child what she would like to
play, to have her wisgle b%ashfully on
her chair and murmur. II don't know.
Well. here is a page of suggestions
Where many children rave been i'm
vited, the hostess or the mother of the
small host Will do Well t. make Il list
of different games, grouping the child
ron according to- Siz. or age and let
ting the smaller children play at the
simpler games. for they are often most
unhappy If they are not occupied dur
ing the tim. that the games OF the
older children are going on
some Very pretty and effective prizes
can be made With the help of crinkled
paper and bon Dons. Wrap a large
h"nbol or swr"tmeat i'm paper: make
Il tissue paper ros,. and place thu. bon
bon i'm the centre The outfit for rose
making may be bought for IL few cents
and prizes OF this description seem To
please children Just as much as do
more expensive gifts. When candy is
distributed as prizes ii ho,lld not be
served at the table. as children don't
value even yal6.lv when they see too
muchrof il.
Delicious little foreign cakes. Italian,
German 81 'rench. pretty japanese
rice cakes. or Chinese candicd fruit can
be used for tn. ,rnters of the flowers.
All these make charming prizes and are
odd enough for even the most blase
y~oungster. No prize should br given to
a child miles i; is done up in some
pretty way: fo, children do appreciate
daintfness and mystery. And 3 cents
worth of ribbon With Il few cents worth
of paper Il u great deal to the charm
oil a childrer's entertainment.
I,ne more word about prizes. Let
and then at least YOU will have the
knowledge that the children are all be-
Ing treated alike.
Many games suitable for such a
party are what children call sitting
down games" so before the party be-
gins. enough chairs should he provided
tn go round.
Caterpillar is one of these games. As
many chairs AS there are players are
arranged In II circle. One player
stands in the middle Of the room. The
others seat themselves. The player
VIII" is standing. tries to sit ON the
vacant chair. but he is prevented by
the other players. who slip quickly
from chair to chair. At one time a
vacant chair is within touch OF the odd
player: at tn" next the vacancy is on
the other side of the circle. At last
he is able tn secure n seat. and some
other player who has lost his chair
takes the center OF the circle.
Musical fright. which is like Going
tn Jerusalem" calls for one chair few
or than there are players. The chairs
are arranged in a row down the middle
of the room side by side but facing
alternately in opposite directions. The
players form III iine and move around
the chairs I'm singh file. while some. one
plays h plano. violin or other musical
instrument. A large ,musi box will
do. The players continue marching