FHE Games - Poor Pussy

Poor Pussy is a classic Family Home Evening game at our house.  

The game is played with everyone sitting in a circle.  One person is a pussy cat.  They have to go up to individual people and try to get them to smile or laugh.  The person on the other hand has to pat the pussy on the head 3 times and say, "Poor pussy, poor pussy, poor pussy."  If they can do it without cracking a smile, the pussy has to move on to someone else.  If they crack, they are the new pussy.

We used to play this game when I was growing up.  

My dad was the king.  

He could get anyone to laugh, especially my mom.  He would get down on his hands and knees. drag one leg behind him and meow pitifully and he hobbled up to you for a pat on the head.  

We played it one afternoon at FAT, when my youngest brother brought his girlfriend to meet us all for the first time.  

She smiled and had to be the pussy.  She crawled over to my sister and licked her leg.  

We new then that she fit perfectly into the family.  (They were married soon after.)

FHE Games - The Chocolate Game

Another fun game that we love is called the Chocolate game.  You need a large chocolate bar, wrapped, a die, a pair of gloves, a hat, a scarf and 2 table knives.  We usually use a large jelly roll pan also.

You put the wrapped chocolate bar on the pan.  Each person  in turn rolls the die.  When someone rolls a 6 they put on the gloves, hat and scarf and use the 2 knives to open the bar and eat the chocolate.  No hands or mouth (meaning you can't just lean down and eat it with your mouth).  You have to use the knives to get it up to your mouth.  Mean while everyone else is still rolling for a 6.  It gets pretty intense when someone is about to get some chocolate and someone else rolls a 6.  Off come the hat, gloves and scarf and on they go on a new person.

It is very fun.

Harvey is trying to put the gloves on,

He is too late, Rez rolled a 6.

We only had regular sized chocolate bars to play with this time, but it worked, we used 2.

If you are playing with little children, it is a good idea to have some chocolate in reserve to have at the end so there are no hard feelings:)

Zelda wants to play.

FHE Games - Penny in the Flour

On Monday nights we have family home evening.  We have a little meeting with songs and prayers, a short gospel or other (something we need work on) lesson and then a game.  The game was always my favorite growing up and it is my kids favorite now.  We have some great games.

Penny in the Flour is one we played growing up.

First you pack a cup with flour and turn it out onto a plate, so you have a moulded cup of flour on the plate.    Then you place a penny on the top.  The object of the game is to slice away the flour without making the penny fall.  If it falls, you have to get it out, with your teeth.  We take turns with the knife, slicing away the flour, until the fateful turn when it falls.

Here is the penny, will it fall the next turn?

It is so fun, but you get a mouth full of flour/saliva paste.

As a bonus, here is the vintage '80's Penny in the Flour shot.