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Dorothy Canfield Fisher. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes
What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes
Table of Contents
PREFACE
ILLUSTRATIONS
GAMES FOR A PARTY
GAMES FOR A PARTY
Blind Man's Buff
French Blind Man's Buff
Blind Man's Wand
Steps
Still Pond! No More Moving
Shadow Buff
The Donkey's Tail
The Blind Feeding the Blind
Deer Stalking
Blowing Out the Candle
Apple-Snapping
Bag and Stick
Puss in the Corner
Hunt the Slipper
The Whistle
He Can Do Little Who Can't Do This
Thimble
Magic Music
Hot and Cold
The Jolly Miller
Going to Jerusalem
Stir the Mash
Caterpillar
Honey-Pots
Nuts in May
Old Soldier
My Lady's Clothes
Here I Bake
The Cobbler
Cushion
The Day's Shopping
Clap In, Clap Out
Neighbors
Oranges and Lemons, or London Bridge is Falling Down
General Post
Spin the Platter
Kitchen Utensils
Up Jenkins
Hunt the Ring
Lady Queen Anne
The Feather
Russian Scandal, or "Gossip"
Advertisements
Judge and Jury
Cross Questions
Ruth and Jacob
Fly Away!
Hold Fast! Let Go!
The Sergeant
Simon Says Thumbs Up
The Grand Mufti
The Mandarins
Buff
The Ditto Game
Statues
Laughter
The Concerted Sneeze
Bingo
Robin's Alive
The Mulberry Bush
Looby, Looby
Orchestra
A Good Fat Hen
John Ball
Chitterbob
The Muffin Man
Family Coach
The Traveler, and the Bicyclist
Drawing-Room Acrobatics
Acrobatic Impossibilities
The Trussed Fowls
The Candle-Lighters
Hat and Cards
Tug of War
High Skip
Parlor Football
Balloon
Tissue-Paper Race
Walking Spanish
Potato Race
Fire-Buckets
Forfeits
Auctioning Prizes
DRAWING GAMES
DRAWING GAMES
Five Dots
Outlines or Wiggles
Eyes-Shut Drawings
"Ghosts of My Friends"
Drawing Tricks
Composite Animals
Invented Animals
Heads, Bodies, and Tails
Pictures to Order
Hieroglyphics, or Picture-Writing
Pictures and Titles
WRITING GAMES
WRITING GAMES
Simple Acrostics
Double Acrostics
Fives
Lists
Buried Names
Letters and Telegrams
Telegrams
Initials
Riddles
Rhymed Replies
Missing Information
Consequences
Consequences Extended
Composite Stories
Another Story Game
Improbable Stories
The Newspaper
Predicaments
TABLE AND CARD GAMES
TABLE AND CARD GAMES
Card Games and Others
Letter Games
Patience, or Thirteens
Snap
Grab
Snap Cards
Old Maid
Pig
Prophecies and Characteristics
The Old Maid's Birthday
THINKING, GUESSING, AND ACTING GAMES
THINKING, GUESSING, AND ACTING GAMES
The Ship Alphabet
I Love My Love
My Thought
P's and Q's
The Elements
Suggestions
Quotation Games
Two Rhyming Games
Telling Stories
Clumps
Other Yes and No Games
My Right-Hand Neighbor
How, When, and Where
Coffee-Pot
Throwing Light
Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral
Proverbs
Shouting Proverbs
Acting Proverbs
Acting Initials
Acting Verbs, or Dumb Crambo
Guessing Employments
Stool of Repentance
Eyes
Making Obeisance
Mesmerism
Thought-Reading Tricks
To Guess Any Number Thought of
To Guess Any Even Number Thought of
To Guess the Result of a Sum
Guessing Competitions
Guessing Quantities
Observation
Scents
The Topsy-Turvy Concert
The Dancing Dwarf
Charades
Dumb Performances
Dressing Up
Tableaux Vivants
Remarks on Acting
RAINY-DAY GAMES
RAINY-DAY GAMES
Bean-Bags
Ring-Toss
Ring-the-Nail
Soap-Bubbles
Jack-Stones
Tying Knots
Illustrating
Shuffle-Board
Balancing Tricks
The Dancing Egg
The Dancing Pea
The Glass-Maker
Electricity
OUTDOOR GAMES FOR GIRLS
OUTDOOR GAMES FOR GIRLS
Battledore and Shuttlecock
Jumping Rope
Tom Tiddler's Ground
Old Stone
Hen and Chickens
Other Garden Games
Witches
The Ballad Game
Counting-Out Rhymes
Daisy Chains
Flower Show
Garden Shop
Flower Symbols
Summer Houses
OUTDOOR GAMES FOR BOYS
OUTDOOR GAMES FOR BOYS
Ball Games
Ball Games Alone
Races
Quoits
Duck on a Rock
Bowling
Hop-Scotch
Strength Tests
Hare and Hounds
Dog-Stick
Other Games
Marbles
Ring Taw
Other Games
PICNIC GAMES
PICNIC GAMES
It, Touch Last, or Tag
Touchwood
Cross Tag
The Little Dog
Hunt the Squirrel
Gaps
Twos and Threes, or Terza
Hide and Seek
I Spy
Chevy, or Prisoner's Base
French and English
Black Man
Stagarino
Red Rover
Hop, Step, and Jump
Follow-My-Leader
OUT FOR A WALK
OUT FOR A WALK
Roadside Whist
Counting Dogs
Guessing Horses' Tails
Shop-Windows
Making Sentences
Collecting Jones's
The Love Alphabet
The Cat Alphabet
Spelling
The Grand Mogul
Buz
Rhyming Lights
The Apprentice
Towns and Products
Other Games
Hoops
Two in Hoop Games
Hoop Posting
IN THE TRAIN. Or. DURING A WAIT AT A RAILWAY STATION
IN THE TRAIN. Or. DURING A WAIT AT A RAILWAY STATION
The Value of a Map
Railway Competitions
Railway Whist
Station Observation
Games With a Watch
Hot-Hand
Pencils and Paper
Noughts and Crosses or Tit-tat-toe
Paper French and English
"Letters" and Words
"Letters" With a Pencil
Hanging
Other Games
Food
Chinese Gambling
PLAYING ALONE, AND GAMES IN BED
PLAYING ALONE, AND GAMES IN BED
Bricks
Soldiers
Ninepins
Spanish Cup and Ball
Balancing
Bruce's Heart
The Hotel Camps
Block City
Story-Books
The Bed Boat
Thinking Games for Bed
Games by Rote
The Imaginary Family
Making Plans
For Getting to Sleep
Games for Convalescents
Bed Soldiers
China Animals
AT THE SEASIDE
AT THE SEASIDE
Low Tide
Paddling
A Cork Ship
Wet Clothes
Rocks
Sand Castles, and Other Sand Games
Seaweed
Shell Work
Good Seaside Friends
IN THE COUNTRY
IN THE COUNTRY
Making Friends
Exploration
Finding Hens' Eggs
Ducks' Eggs
Feeding the Chickens
The Dairy
Bee-Swarming
The Cows
Sheep
The Blacksmith
Birds'-Nesting
Blowing Eggs
Butterflies
Collecting Flowers
Nuts and Blackberries
Ponds and Sailing Boats
Little Boats on a Stream
A Stream's Fascination
Solitary Watchfulness
Mice and Moles
Snakes
Ants
Swallows and Hawks
Squirrels
A Country Diary
A Camera in the Country
Country Books
DOLLS' HOUSES
DOLLS' HOUSES
Dolls' Gardens
Garden Chairs and Tables
The House
Fireplaces
A Furnishing Game
Curtains
Floors
General Remarks on Furnishing
Beds
Bead Furniture
Pictures
Bookshelves and Books
Other Articles
The Inhabitants
Dressing Dolls
Dolls' Dinner Parties
Dolls' Flats
Smaller Dolls' Houses
Cork and Match-box Furniture
Materials
Chairs
Chestnut Chairs
Sofas
Tables
Foot-Stools
Standard Lamp
Bedroom Furniture—Materials
Beds
Dressing-Tables
Washstands
Wardrobes
Towel-Rack
Clothes-Basket
DOLLS' HOUSES AND DOLLS OF CARDBOARD AND PAPER
DOLLS' HOUSES AND DOLLS OF CARDBOARD AND PAPER
The Partition
The Chimney
The Garden
Another Way
"The House That Glue Built"
Paper Furniture
Glue and Adhesive Tape
Home-Made Compasses
Materials
Tracing
General Instructions
Paper Dolls
Making Paper Dolls
The Dresses
Other Paper Dolls
Walking Dolls
Tissue-Paper Dresses
Rows of Paper Dolls
PLAYHOUSES OF OTHER PEOPLES
PLAYHOUSES OF OTHER PEOPLES
A Pueblo Settlement
An Esquimau Village
A Filipino Village
A Dutch Street
INDOOR OCCUPATIONS AND THINGS TO MAKE
INDOOR OCCUPATIONS AND THINGS TO MAKE
Painting
Flags
Maps
Magic-Lantern Slides
Illuminating
Pen and Ink Work
Chalks
Tracing
Pricking Pictures
Easter Eggs
Spatter-Work
Scrapbooks
Scrapbooks for Hospitals
Composite Scrapbooks
Scrap-Covered Screens
Collecting Stamps
Postage-Stamp Snakes
Puzzles
Soap Bubbles
Shadows on the Wall
Skeleton Leaves
Ferns
Wool Balls
Wool Demons
Bead-Work
Post-Office
The Home Newspaper
Paper and Cardboard Toys—A Cocked Hat
Paper Boats
Paper Darts
Paper Mats
Paper Boxes
Cardboard Boxes
Scraps and Transfers
Ink Sea-Serpents
A Dancing Man
Velvet Animals
Hand Dragons
Other Uses for Cardboard
Cardboard Cut-Outs
Kites
Kite Messengers
A Simple Toy Boat
Walnut Shell Boats
Walnut Fights
Suckers
Skipjacks
A Water-Cutter
Whistles
Christmas—Evergreen Decorations
Paper Decorations
Mottoes
Christmas Trees
Bran-Tubs or Jack Horner Pies
Philopenas
Cherry Contests
CANDY-MAKING
CANDY-MAKING
Utensils
General Directions
Barley Sugar
Chocolate Caramels
Cocoanut Cream
Cocoanut Cream (another way)
Cocoanut Drops
Cream Caramels
Fruit Cream
Pop-Corn
The Plainest Toffee
Another Toffee
Everton Toffee
Molasses Candy
Nut Candy
Nut Candy (another way)
Peppermint Candy
Stuffed Dates, etc
GARDENING
GARDENING
Introductory
Color in the Garden
The Use of Catalogues
Gardening Diaries
Flower-Shows
Tools
Watering
Wall Pockets
Borders
Annuals
Preparations for Sowing
Thinning Out and Transplanting
Weeds and Seedlings
Autumn Sowing
Biennials
Saving Seed
Perennials
Planting Perennials
Slugs
Watering
Supports
Dividing
Perennials From Seed
Seedlings
Bulbs—General Remarks
Planting Bulbs
Cutting Leaves
Shades
Kitchen Gardens
Lettuce
Radishes
Mustard and Cress
Strawberries
Town Gardens
Flowers for Towns
Indoor Gardening and Window Boxes—Precautions
Watering
Flower-Pots
Indoor Plants
Bulbs in Glasses
Window Boxes
Flowers for Window-Boxes
Cutting Flowers and Packing Them—Flowers for Post
Picking Flowers
The Reception of Flowers
PETS
PETS
Dogs: Their Care and Food
Washing Dogs
Feeding Puppies
Distemper
Tricks for Dogs
What is Due to Dogs
Buying Dogs
The Bull-Terrier
The Fox-Terrier
The Irish Terrier
Other Terriers
Spaniels
The Retriever
Setters
The Collie
The Sheep Dog
The Newfoundland
The Mastiff
The Bull-Dog
The Great Dane
Hounds
Toy Dogs
The Pomeranian
Poodles
Mongrels
Cats
Wild Rabbits
Tame Rabbits
Rabbits' Hutches
Food and Exercise
Teaching Rabbits
Guinea-Pigs
Squirrels
Mice
Turtles
Fish
Silkworms
Other Caterpillars
Pigeons
Doves
Parrots
Smaller Cage Birds
Baths
Food
Tricks
Canaries
The Love-Birds
The Cardinal
Wax-Bills
Other Foreign Birds
The Chaffinch
The Goldfinch
The Bullfinch
The Yellow Bunting
The Blackbird
The Robin
Garden Robins
Birds in the Garden
READING
READING
Fairy Tales
Legendary Tales
Verse and Poetry
Books About Children
Boy and Schoolboy Stories
Adventure Stories
Historical Stories for Boys
Animal Books
History
Books of Travel
The Treatment of Library Books
APPENDIX
INDEX
A List of Standard Books for Children
Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company. Books For Older Children
Books For Children From Ten to Fifteen Years of Age
Books For Very Young Children
