This is a "join in anytime" game the boys can play as they arrive. Here's how it's played.
The boys sit around in a circle. One person is given a calculator to start. He punches in a number (any odd number from 1 through 7) and presses the + key. He passes it on to the next player, who does the same thing. This continues until the value reaches 50. If a player presses a number that causes the total to exceed 50, he has to pass it on to the next person to start. If he selects a number that gets the total to exactly 50, he gets to start the next round.
Mix this list all up and give copies to everyone as they arrive. Instructions should be printed on the paper":
"Corn was the most important food the Indians gave us. Circle everything you believe to be made from corn."
(The answers are everything on the list, of course, but don't reveal that until all have worked their paper.)
alcohol
Baby foods antifreeze
Canned/frozen corn ceramics
Candy cosmetics
Chewing gun Dyes
Cookies ether
Cooking oil explosives
Corn syrup paperboard
Corn sugar paper
Cornflakes insulating materials
Cornmeal medicines
Cornstarch paints
Hominy and grits paste and glue
Margarine photographic film
Salad dressings plastics
Solvents textiles
varnishes safety glass
Yeast soaps
Vinegar
Provide sets of four cards. On each card, write one of the first four lines of the famous Christmas poem:
'Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.
Suspend the cards with a string around the necks of all the players. On signal, everyone is to scramble about seeking the other three lines of the poem. The first four to line up in the proper sequence are the winners.
Arrange players in a circle. Have two different objects to pass around, such as a fork and a spoon.
Hand fork to a player on the right and
You say: This is a Beagle.
The receiver says: A what?
You say: A Beagle.
Then he hands fork to the player on his right and
Cub 1 says to Cub 2: "This is a Beagle. "
Cub 2 says to Cub 1: "A what? "
Cub 1 says to Cub 2: "A what. "
You say: "A beagle".
Cub 1 says to Cub 2: "A beagle.
Cub 2 says to Cub 3: "This is a Beagle."
Continue around the circle always having questions come back to you. After starting with the right side also begin the left side, using the spoon and the statement, "This is a Collie Dog." This leads to fun and confusion when the two questions/statements intersect.
The contents of a man's pockets are displayed. Players must deduce their age, profession, and interest in recent activities.
1. Greasy digits ____________________
2. A baseball player ____________________
3. A sarcastic laugh ____________________
4. One of Charlie Brown's girlfriends ____________________
5. A long run ____________________
6. A planet ____________________
7. Overweight ____________________
8. An author ____________________
9. A big mass of stars ____________________
10. What a worker looks forward to ____________________
11. Small Hills ____________________
12. The number before one ____________________
13. A famous trio of men ____________________
14. Definition of an object you can't identify __________________
15. Mountain tops ____________________
16. The terminology of a body builder ____________________
17. The elite street in New York ____________________
18. A large sum of money ____________________
19. Pooh's favorite ____________________
20. A little laugh ____________________
21. A lazy cow ____________________
22. Feline nickname ____________________
23. Opposite of bad and few ____________________
24. Tumbling girl ____________________
25. Lazy Cowboy ____________________
26. African monkey parts ____________________
A Yummy Puzzler Answers
Provide a wheelchair, blindfolds, crutches, and arm slings to debilitate
the boys. Provide obstacles for them to accomplish in their new state of
being.
Ask someone to write down the number of the month he was born (January=1, February=2, etc.). Tell him to double it, add 5, multiply by 50 add his age, subtract 250. Have him read his answer aloud. The last two numbers will tell you his age and the remaining, the month in which he was born.
When it comes to boating, how much do you know? Are you lost at sea, or are you so smart you've got nothing but smooth sailing ahead? Take our quiz and find out. Circle the answer for each question.
1. "All hands on deck!" means:
a. Let's build a new patio.
B. The crew has to play cards
c. It's time for everyone to do handstands.
D. Report to the captain.
2. If the captain tells you to "drop anchor," you should:
a. Drop what you're doing
b. Throw Peter Jennings overboard
c. Lower the ship's anchor
d. Go on a diet
3. You are told to walk the plank. This means:
a. It's your turn to take the ship's plankton for a walk
b. You have to jump off the ship
c. You must do a yo-yo- trick
d. You should do a silly walk
4. If someone yells "Ship Ahoy!" It means:
a. There are free cookies in the area.
b. The ship needs immediate hoying.
c. Another ship is sighted.
d. The boat needs to be turned around.
5. A "dingy" is:
a. A sailor making his or her first voyage
b. A small rowboat
c. A boat's bathroom.
d. The bell the cook rings to call people to eat.
6. What is the last line of this traditional sailor's saying?
"Red sky at night, Sailor's delight, Red sky at morn…"
a. For lunch, we have corn.
b. Our sail, it is torn!
c Every rose has its thorn.
D. Sailor take warn.
7. A "galley" is:
a. The kitchen of a ship
b. What a male sailor calls his girlfriend
c. Where the female sailors sleep
d. Where the captain hangs his paintings
8. Which of the following is a kind of small sailboat:
a. Jiblet
b. Sunfish
c. Tagsail
d. Sand crab
9. A "sea shanty" is:
a. An old lighthouse
b. A facial-wart caused by too much wind exposure
c. A refreshing beverage enjoyed by the sailors
d. A rousing nautical song
10. A "barnacle" is:
a. A tall tale told by a sailor
b. Where the animals are kept on a ship
c. A crustacean that clings to rocks and floating objects in the sea.
d. A nose-hair remover for sailors
You will need a calculator for this:
Take the number of the month you were born,
multiply by 4,
add 13,
multiply by 25, subtract 200,
add the day of the month on which you were born,
multiply by 2, subtract 40, multiply by 50, add the last two digits of the year in which you were born,
subtract 10,500.
Notice anything funny about your answer
Cut out large versions of the letters in America. Cut the letters into pieces creating a puzzle, and
place them in a bag. Give each boy or group a letter and have them put their letters together. Then as
a whole, put your letters together to form “America. “
Give everyone a blank sheet of paper and see how many American people, places, and things they can list from A to Z.