Use this quiet game to settle the throng before refreshments at a party. The outcome will tell you which partier is the most clairvoyant.

What You Need

• Cauldron (a bowl)
• Walnut shells (one fewer than the number of kids)
• Green or yellow paint

• Tally sheet
• Pen
• Witch's hat

Instructions

1. Halve and hollow out the walnut shells. Paint the inside green or yellow (one color inside each shell).

2. Players sit in a circle, in the center of which is a cauldron with seven walnut halves (for a party with eight children) lying flat-side down inside it so no one can see the colors. The person who is "It" wears the witch's hat for dramatic effect. All the others pick a walnut half, keeping the color a secret. From his seat in the circle, "It" tries to guess the color of each child's walnut. As he goes from player to player, he gets help from the walnut holders, who try to help him psychically "see" their color by thinking hard about it (green, green, green...). After he guesses, right or wrong, each walnut holder reveals her color to him. An adult or older child sits nearby to tally up the number of rights, and then the game starts over with the next "It." When each player has had a turn at being "It," the player who had the power to "see" the most colors correctly wins.

Tips:

The witch's hat makes a great prize for the winner. We tried this with three colors but found that was too much of an odds challenge for our seers.

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