General Chat

I was pleased to see yesterday that my Granddaughter-in-law took her two boys out (4 and 6) on a scavenge hunt. Apparently they both had books and things like binoculars, magnifying glasses etc to make it interesting but they had to tick things in the book that they found. apparently they loved doing it. When they got home the eldest insisted on carrying on by hiding things around the house for his Mum and brother to find.

when our children were young, and we used to have the grandsons here for a week in the school holidays I used to organise things like scavenge hunts round the garden

This reminded me of party games that are probably not now played by the more sophisticated little ones at children's birthday parties.

Like 'Hunt the thimble', no idea why it was a thimble but that was a stock game at any parties I went to as a child and we adapted it to hide something else at our children's parties.

I think pass the parcel may still be used, but some of the parties I went to had forfeits in as well.

Musical chairs, riotous and sometimes a bit dangerous but great fun.

there must be lots of silly games lost (depending on the age of the children of course)

there was always postman's knock, much enjoyed at youth club parties :-D

any others?