Requirement #3: Discover a game from the past and play it with a friend.
PDF of Colonial Children's Games |
HistoryLives.com is a store, but it has good descriptions and pictures of games from the Colonial Period.
HistoricalToymaker.com has good directions for the game of "Graces, as wells as other games.
You can make your own version of the game of "Graces" using 9 to 12 inch plastic or wooden embroidery hoop (the part without the screw), four dowel rods (approximately 12 to 18 inches long) and some ribbon (optional).
You can use as is or wrap the hoop with the ribbon. Leave some "tails" when you are done wrapping. Begin playing.
Pioneer Games from The Dalles: Historic Oregon
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