JOLLY HOLIDAY GAMES

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 86, 12 April 1941, Page 2 (Supplement)

JOLLY HOLIDAY GAMES

Jingles. The guest? write their name* on slips of paper and put them in a basket, blank side up. Eao'n <rue*r. blindfolded, draw* one ot the slip*. He must then write a short jkigle about the person whose name i* on the paper he drew. Like: "Her eyes are blue. Her dress is. too!" Any jingle that will help to de*cribe. The finished jingles are read aloud by their writers and the other players try to plies* the names of the persons described. Bunny Tail. Draw a large bunny on a large sheet of paper which h;ns been fastened to the wall. Each player is given a pin and a

'bunny tail (circle of paper). Then he i* blindfolded and given r. chance to pin the tail on the 'bunny. After he has done this the blindfold is removed and his initials written 011 the tail. The player who w most successful wins a prize. Mother Bunny. The "Mother Bunny" sits on the floor •ud the "little bunnies" scamper about her. She cannot rise from the floor,

hut if any of the little ones come olose enough to be tagged, they must change places. Egg Catch. Hang candy eggs in a doorway by strings and let the players try to catch them 'between their teeth ,as they swing. The first to succeed wins a prize. Easter BviuiiM. Tlip players race across the room or playground, two at a time, leaping over

objects whk-h have (been placed in their paths —stone*, pieces of wood, ibooks, •hall*. etc. Players must hop—not run. Easter Eggs. Each player, in turn, carries an egg (or tries to!) across the room on the iblade of a knife. Candy, artificial, or har>l-boiled eggs may he used. Those -who drop the eggs before the goal is reached are out. Those who succeed are given small prizes.