Make a large bag of thin white paper or silver paper, fill it with
sugar plums, and tie a string around the top, to keep it fast. Then
suspend it from the ceiling, or from a large door frame, and provide a
long, light stick. Each little child is blindfolded in turn, and the
stick put into his or her hand. She is then led within reach of the
bag, and told to strike it. If she succeeds in her aim and tears a hole
in it, the sugar plums are scattered on the floor, and the little ones
scramble for them; but it is by no means easy to strike a suspended
object blindfolded; generally many attempts are made unsuccessfully.
Each child is allowed three trials. The maker of the bag can put in it
tiny books, pincushions, or any little toy, with the sugar plums. This
bag would add to a child’s party; it is often used at birthday parties.
An older person should always superintend, for some children would be
greedy or rude.
=AMUSEMENTS FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.=