GAMES TO PLAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 276, 20 November 1926, Page 24

GAMES TO PLAY.

THE LUCKY SPOT. All the children go out of the room and a certain "lucky" spot is chosen. The music starts; the children march in, and when the music stops the child nearest the chosen spot receives a prize. "THE TEMPLE OF SIAM," This is a good game to get the party going. Every player who does not know the game gets into the circle of players formed round the speaker. He tells them that they are in a temple in Siam. The call to prayers has just sounded. He tells every player to kneel down facing him and to repeat the following words very slowly: "O Watagoo Siam!'' Each time they must touch the floor with their foreheads. Very slowly and dignified, they do so and are told to quicken slightly each time. Soon they are bobbing up and down and saying, "0! What a goose I am! " This sets those not playing into laughter and the party begins well. MOCK NEWSPAPER. One must be chosen as an editor, and all the rest must be contributors. The editor must copy all the contributions on a sheet of paper, to be called "The Home Times." The matter may be funny touches, quibbles, conundrums, humorous jests, reports of sons just married, or about to be, or who would like to be, mock advertisement jests, anecdotes, etc. The editor must read the "Home News" aloud to the audience, each article having its author's name appended or disguised.