The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-18

doesn't like C's. What are you going
to give him instead?" The first child
replies with a word that does not con-
tain a &C." For instance: Meat"
would be correct answer, but rice"
would not do. If correct answer Is
not given by the time the leader
counts "ten," a forfeit must be paid.
And we all know the fun of redeeming
the forfeits.
A Peanut Race.
At one end Of the room place two
bowls of peanuts, and at the opposite
end two empty bowls. Two children
are each provided with knife and at
a signal they place as many peanuts
as they can on the blade of the knife,
and carry it to the empty bowl with
one hand. Depositing the peanuts,
they return for more. Each child is
allowed three minutes. A score is
kept and the one who has the larg-
est number of peanuts credited to his
name wins the prize.
Puzzle Pictures.
Pretty pictures taken from maya
zines, advertisements and discarded
picture books are cut up into several
pieces and placed into envelopes. A
good idea is to write the same num-
Der on the back of the envelope and
all pieces belonging to one puzzle, so
that II a piece gets mixed with the
others 1t can be readily returned to its
own set.
Each child Is handed a puzzle, and
as soon as he succeeds in placing the
pieces in their proper position he is
given credit for it by the score
keeper, and receives another puzzle
to work with. The one who succeeds
in putting together the most pictures
in a stated time receives we'll
earned prize.
SnowbaNs.
This is an amusing game. Snow
balls made of cotton batting and COW
cred with white tissue paper and a
small basket are required. The play
ers stand about eight feet from the
basket The one who losses the most
balls into the basket is the prize win
ner. Each child might be given
three snowballs to start with.
A Christmas Spider Web.
Take as many balls of twine as
there are children expected at the
party. To one end of each ball attach
a card bearing the child's name and
to the other end an inexpensive gift.
Twist the Irvine around the different
objects in the room. Give each child
the Irvine and card bearing his name.
At signal all begin to unwind the
entangled web. Great is the fun and
loud the EXPLANATIONS when the
young people arrive at the end OF
their string and find a gift awaiting
them.
A Pop Corn Party.
If you don't mind the "muss," and
of course you won't have pop corn
party. Have the children sit in a
circle on the floor and provide each
with bowl Of popcorn, needle and
some coarse white thread. Tell them
that the one who strings the longest
popcorn chain before the time is up
will win the prize. Each youngster
takes home his own string of corn.
An Impromptu Entertainment.
When the children are tired Of romp.
ing, let them sit on the floor in a
circle and tell them you are going
to have an entertainment, and that
each child must do something to help
make it success. The youngsters
will provide variety Of numbers for
your impromptu program, from nurs-
cry rhymes to fancy dancing.
Artists.
Bring in good sized blackboard
and have the children see who can
draw the best Santa Claus. This will
afford much pleasure for the little folks.
Copyright. 1912. by W. G. Chapman.)
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