We’ve added some fun games to play:

Spot the Difference – Look at two pictures of a room in John Jay’s Bedford House – see if you can spot the 5 differences.

Spot the Difference #2

Spot the Difference #3

 

 

 

What Doesn’t Belong – We’ve put some modern objects in 1820s period rooms – can you find the things that don’t belong?

What Doesn’t Belong #2

What Doesn’t Belong #3

 

 

 

 

 

Then & Now Memory – Test your memory with this matching game and learn about some of the differences between life today and life 200+ years ago.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And historic games too!

Nine Mens Morris – A popular board game that likely pre-dates the Roman Empire. Find the game board template HERE

 

 

 

 

Ring Taw – A marble game popular in the late 1700s very similar to billiards.

 

 

 

 

 

The Ministers Cat – Test your vocabulary with this fun parlor game!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hunt the Slipper

 

 

 

 

 

Sardines

Consequences

Blind Mans Wand

Here are toys you can make at home:

Making a Whirligig

 

 

 

 

 

 

Make a Cup and Ball