An article titled "Hungy, Hungry Frogs" had directions for making frog puppets out of paper plates with pipe cleaner tongues.  A magnet in the end of tongue allows the frog to pick up metal objects.  The article describes two games.  The first is seeing who can pick up the most flies made from black tissue paper and paper clips.  The second is picking up the correct numbered square of paper with a paper clip attached.

The frogs as described wouldn't hold up to the stress of performances, but I was intrigued by the idea of a frog puppet with a magnet in the tongue.  A way to use it in a magic trick would be to split a playing card using the directions in Volume Three in order to insert a thin piece of metal in the center of the card.  During performance you would force that card using one of the methods in Volume Three or another method that you prefer.  Then the frog would catch the selected card.

How else might you use a frog puppet with a magnetic tongue?  Where else could you hide a magnet in a puppet?  What would the magnet make it possible for the puppet to do?

A mother wanted to play Twister at a party, but the standard format is limited to four players.  In order to allow more players to participate at a time she used a round stencil and non-toxic paint to create a giant playing area on her lawn.  Many entertainers organize games as part of their service.  I think there is an idea seed here for them.  You would have to obtain permission before painting grass, but some people work at facilities dedicated to company picnics so they might be able to use this method.  Perhaps another method like circles of carpet placed on the grass would work.  I like the idea of playing on grass because that is a relatively safe surface.

What are some of your favorite board games?  How could you enlarge them so more people could participate?