Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-12-21
CHRISTMAS GAMES
FOR THE CHILDREN
Guessing Holly Berries.

rev minutes. I0Sn tell lu0Iu 10 WF1L0
their estimate of the number of
holly berries on the branch. You
might take a chrysafthemum also
and ask them to guess how many
petals in the flower. Great interest is
shown when the petals are counted.
A Christmas Doll.
The idea of this game is to see who
can make the prettiest doll out of a
long smooth potato, two pieces of
pretty colored tissue paper, some
small sticks for legs and arms, and
some pins. Or if you would rather
pass clothes pins and let the children
fashion dolls out of them, that will
also answer the purpose.
Place all the dolls in a row when
completed, and have the children vote
for their favorite one. You will be
surprised to see what ingenious re-
suits the clever little fingers produce.
A Noisy Game.
Yes, it is noisy, but the children
have an idea that "the more noise,
the more fun" and what mother cares
if "the roof comes down" at a Christ
mas party?
After child leaves the room, a
proverb is chosen. One word of it
is given to each child. If there are
more children than words contained
in the proverb, then two or more chill
dren are given the same word. When
the child outside the room returns, a
leader counts 'One, two, three" At
the Three" all the children shout
their given word. The child must
guess the proverb.
Santa Claus Grab Bag.
On the invitation state that each
child is to bring something to the
party that he or she no longer cares
for. This article is to be in a neatly
wrapped and tied parcel, so as to hide
its identity. 1t is placed in large
bag, on the child's arrival Each child
then draws a present from the bag.
Uproars of laughter follow the open
ing Of the packages, which probably
will consist of peculiar articles of all
sizes and descriptions.
A Christmas Mix-Up.
Provide the children with paper
and pencil Give them the following
list of words pertaining to Christmas.
You see the letters are all twisted
1t is their interesting task to straight
en- them out.
Key and list:
|. Observation-Disclosures
2. Reindeer-Drierene
8. Sleigh-Ileghs.
A. Observation-Disclosures
s. Holly-Oylhl.
6. Plum Pudding-Uplmdpudgni
z. Santa Claus-Asculatsna
8. Candles-Lcdnesa
9. Stockings-Kosctsign.
10. Jack Frost-Kcajtrfso
IL. Wreath-Trhwae.
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What Santa Claus Doesn't Like.
This is a simple and successful
game All the children are seated
except one who says Santa Claus
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
signal they place as many peanuts
as they can on the blade of the knife,
and carry 1t 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 1t 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 q we'll
earned prize.
Snowballs.
This is an amusing game. Snow
balls made OF cotton batting and cov-
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.