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

Chapter 58: HOW, WHEN AND WHERE

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About This Book

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.

HOW, WHEN AND WHERE

Send one player from the room and then choose some object, such as a flower. Call him in again and let him try to guess what you have chosen. So he must ask each player in turn, “How do you like it?” The first may answer, “I like it pink.” The next, “I like it fresh,” etc. The guesser then asks each in turn, “When do you like it?” and the others reply, “When I am going to a party,” “When I am sick,” “When I am going to make bread,” This last will be puzzling because it means another kind of flour. If he is not able to guess when he has asked all these questions, he can go round once more with the question, “Where do you like it?” Whoever “gives it away” must be the one to go out.