A handbook of games and programs for church, school, and home . son in center tries to catch it ortouch person holding it). Chasing the Snakes out of Ireland: Make four card-board snakes eighteen or more inches long. Divide thecrowd into two groups. Each group stations half of itsmen at each end of the room. One person from eachgroup starts from a given line and lays his two snakes endto end clear across the room. His partner then returnsin the same manner. This continues until all players ofgroups have run. The side finishing first wins. Refreshments: Potato salad on green lettuce leaf, sandw
A handbook of games and programs for church, school, and home . son in center tries to catch it ortouch person holding it). Chasing the Snakes out of Ireland: Make four card-board snakes eighteen or more inches long. Divide thecrowd into two groups. Each group stations half of itsmen at each end of the room. One person from eachgroup starts from a given line and lays his two snakes endto end clear across the room. His partner then returnsin the same manner. This continues until all players ofgroups have run. The side finishing first wins. Refreshments: Potato salad on green lettuce leaf, sandwiches, pickles,and coffee. Ice cream with shamrock motif in center,cake and green mints. Mint punch (lemonade and gingerale with bruised mint leaves) and cookies shamrock shape. Thanksgiving Day: Invitations: Write on cardboard pumpkins, horns of plenty, orturkeys. If Puritan idea is used, write on gray cardboardand draw pen-and-ink sketch of a Puritan figure. Usethe old English word ye instead of you. Decorations: Autumn vines and foliage; chrysanthemums and. U SPECIAL OCCASIONS 8i dahlias; autumn fruits and grains; pictures of Puritancharacters and scenes. Make vegetable bird for centerpiece; body, a squash;head, a turnip; tail of parsley; cranberry eyes. Activities: Guessing contests: Number of grapes in a certainbunch, number of seeds in a pumpkin, number of nuts ina jar, number of kernels on an ear of corn, etc. Guessing a Thanksgiving menu when each word ispied, for example, Yetruk (turkey). Quaker meeting (see chapter on Quiet Games)- Have someone tell of Puritan days and customs. Contest: Stringing wet pumpkin seeds. Pass cards with the words Thanksgiving Day at thetop. Allow ten minutes to see how many smaller wordscan be formed with the letters contained in these words. Thanksgiving Day is always a family day, therefore acontest for guessing relations is appropriate: 1. Your fathers uncles brothers sister? Great aunt. 2. Your aunts mothers fathers wife? Great grand- m
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