What shall we do now? Five hundred games and pastimes: . piece of sealing wax tries to draw out the great-est number in the shortest time. This is a fascinating gameand arranged impromptu in a very short time. The pieces ofpaper need not be of tissue paper, as any very thin paper willdo. They should be about a quarter of an inch wide by aninch long and numbered up to twenty. They must be re-moved from the centre pile and put in piles before the playerswithout touching with the fingers. It will be found thatshaking them off the sealing wax is often harder than making 126 WHAT SHALL WE DO NOW *?


What shall we do now? Five hundred games and pastimes: . piece of sealing wax tries to draw out the great-est number in the shortest time. This is a fascinating gameand arranged impromptu in a very short time. The pieces ofpaper need not be of tissue paper, as any very thin paper willdo. They should be about a quarter of an inch wide by aninch long and numbered up to twenty. They must be re-moved from the centre pile and put in piles before the playerswithout touching with the fingers. It will be found thatshaking them off the sealing wax is often harder than making 126 WHAT SHALL WE DO NOW *? them stick to it. Of course an effort should be made to securethose pieces of paper which have the largest numbers on them,as a few of these count more than many of the others. Electric dancers are easy to make. Cut little figures outof tissue paper and lay them on the table. Put on each sideof them two books and lay a sheet of glass over them aboutan inch and a half above them. Kub the glass briskly with aflannel cloth and they will jump up and Electeic Dancers A rubber comb rubbed with a silk handkerchief will at-tract small bits of paper, feathers or wool. Various games andtricks can be devised by this means, such as bringing thedead to life, i. e., raising paper figures to an upright positionfrom a grave made of books, or a box. OUTDOOR GAMES FOR GIRLS


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