Of course, all this doesn't mean that flowers, birds, bees, and trees are excluded. Ab-so-lute-ly not! The more, the merrier. The better the setting, the more enjoyable the games.

Some Interesting Things To Do

1. Talk with some older persons about the way they entertained themselves when they were young.

2. Plan an evening of old-fashioned games with your friends.

3. Make a list of modern inventions that have made a difference in the home as a center of activity. Briefly describe the interest of each.

4. Make a search for information about home recreation during the time of the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and Europeans of the Middle Ages. Write a short article about this for your school paper.

5. Visit a new house in your neighborhood and see what provision is being made for home recreation.

6. Study your own home to see what opportunities are offered for individual and group recreation. Plan ways of increasing recreation in your home with the rest of your family.

7. Turn some room at home into a playroom, and make furniture for it.

8. Make a checkerboard or some other device for home games.

9. Learn how to play sonic new indoor games, such as checkers, ping-pong, chess, monopoly, and card games.

10. Make a ping-pong table for your school playroom, or one for your home.

11. Make a list of recreational activities especially good for an apartment or small home.

12. If you live in a small apartment, design a play space in some available place like the roof or the cellar. Draw up plans and ideas on furniture and its placement.

13. Write a list of recreational activities you think would be especially appropriate for a farm home.

14. Make a map of your backyard, if you have one, and plan some of the outdoor activities mentioned in this chapter. If you have no backyard, draw a plan for a small one and lay it out -the way you think it ought to be for recreational purposes.

15. List the games on pages 384-386 suitable for your own use.

Name of Game Place Equipment I Could Use

16. Make one of the games suggested in this chapter and set it up in your backyard.

Helpful References

American Sports Publication, Quoits and Horseshoe Pitching; Lawn Bowls, also the Italian Game of Boccie and Rules for Shuffleboard.

Bradley, A., Candy Cook Book.

Dodds, R. E., Handicrafts as a Hobby.

Farmer, F. M., Boston Cooking-School Cook Book.

Hall, A. N., Home Handicraft for Boys.

Hedges, S. G., Games for Small Lawns.

Kaufman, G. L., It's about Time.

Kunou, C. A., Easy-to-Make Toys.

Lawson, A., Homemade Games.

Mason and Mitchell, Active Games and Contests.

Mason and Mitchell, Social Games for Recreation.

Mulholland, J., Story of Magic. Osborne, M. O., Indoor and Outdoor Games.

Perry, E. K., Art Adventures with Discarded Materials.

Popular Science Monthly (Periodical), Amateur Craftsman's Cyclopedia.

Porter, V. W., Practical Candy Making.

Shaver, R., Furniture Boys Like to Build.

Starr, J., Make It Yourself.

Sticri, E., The Book of Indoor Hobbies.

Thomas, G. A., Art of Badminton.

U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, You Can Make It.

Wakeling, A., Things to Make in Your Home Workshop. Wood, C., Let's Play the Game.

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