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 a rhildren's party,
with plenty of favors and elaborate
tabl" decorations, ice cream. cake and
all sorts of good things. and then have
your little guests arrive and sit
SOleimnly and sedately ON their chairs
in gl,am and self-conscious silence.
Did YOU eyer rack your brains to
him of games for them To play. with
out being a6le to remember anything
but hide and seek ."
Perhaps You asked the most INTEL
liSent child what she would like to
play. to have her wigg!e bashfully on
her chair and mur,nur. Il don't know"
Well, here is a page nj suggestions
Where many children have been in
vited, il hostess or the mother of the
small host Win do we'll t. make a list
of different games. grouping the child
rem according to size or age and let
ting smaller children play at the
simpler games. for they are often most
unhappy If they are not occupied dur-,
Ing the time 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 p"ns. Wrap Il large
honbo1 on sweetnneat in paper: make
u tissue rapc! rose and place, the BON
bon In the centre The outfit for rose
making may be bought for a few crtts
and prizes of this description. seem TO
please children Just as much as do
more expensive gifts. When candy is
distributed as prizes il should not b"
served at thu. table. as children don't
value even cal..iN when they See too
much of il.
Delicious t.tle foreign cakes. Italian.
German or French. pretty Japanese
rice cakes, or Chinese candicd fruit can
b. used for the ,..nters of the flowers.
All these make charming prizes and are
odd enough for even the most blase
yOungster. No prize should be given tn
a child unless i, is done up i'm some
pretty way: fo, children do appreciate
daintiness and mystery. And 3 cents
worth of ribbon with ~ few cents worth
of paper add a great deal to the charm
OF \ chfldren's entertainment.
One more word about prizes. Let
all the av.ors be- equally inexpensive
and then at least YOU will have the
knowledge that The children are All be-
Ing treated alike.
Many game suitable fol, such a
party are what children call sitting
down games" so before the party be-
gins. enough chairs should be provided
to go ronnd
Caterpillar Is one of these games. As
many chairs AS there are PLAYERS are
arranged In Il circle. One player
stands in the middle of the room. The.
others seat themselves. The player
WHO Is StaHOlIlS. UTleH 10 SIT ON the
vacant chair. but he is prevented by
the other players. who slip quickly
from chair to chair. Al one time a
vacant chaii. Is within touch of the odd
player: at the next the can is on
the other side of the circle. At last
he is able To secure a seat. and some
other player who has lost his chair
takes the ntei Of the circle.
Musical fright. which is like Going
I" Jerusalem" calls for one chair few
err than there are players. The chairs
are arranged in u row down the middle
of the room. side by side but facing
alternately in opposite directions. The
players form III line and move around
the chairs In single file. while some one
plays h plano. violin or other musical
Instrument. \ large music box will
do. The players continue marching