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When Mother Lets Us Give a Party / A book that tells little folk how best to entertain and amuse their little friends

Chapter 32: DAISY PARTY
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A practical, illustrated handbook for children that explains how to plan and host simple parties with little or no help from adults. It covers invitations, assembling supplies and dress-up items, tableware and decorations, and recipes for easy refreshments, then provides dozens of themed programs—sandwich and candy pulls, sewing bees, doll entertainments, holiday and seasonal teas, indoor picnics, and culturally inspired gatherings—plus games, songs, and small take-home favors. Emphasis is on orderly preparation, tidy cleanup, and cheerful, creative presentation so young hosts can entertain and amuse their friends independently.

DAISY PARTY

When the fields are full of daisies, and they are growing in the parks, too, ask mother to allow you to go and gather some, and then you’ll be ready for a daisy party. Of course this is an outdoor party!

When you write your invitations, sketch a daisy in the corner (a daisy isn’t hard to draw!) and color it with your crayons. For your party you will need a sheet like you had for your buttercup party, except that a daisy is drawn, instead of a buttercup. Daisy ring toss is like rose ring toss, too, except that the rings are wound with yellow and white paper. You will need, also, some little gift, as a prize for the one who pins the stem to the daisy. If you like, you can make a few yellow and white bean bags.

It will not be hard to entertain your friends at the daisy party. “Drop the Daisy” is a lively game like “Drop the Handkerchief.” Daisy ring toss will be a great deal of fun, and every one will enjoy trying to pin the stem to the daisy. You can have a merry game with the yellow and white bean bags, and then will be ready for refreshments. If your guests are girls, they will enjoy helping you decorate the table with daisies, but perhaps mother will prefer to do it herself.

For supper, serve chicken salad, rolls, deviled eggs, white and gold cake, and vanilla ice cream. Have the ice cream cut in round slices (it should be packed in a can for this) and in the center, place a round of lemon jelly, to resemble the center of the daisy.