A fun drawing game for a crowd

 

       This is an old parlor game sometimes referred to as "The Artist's Menagerie" 

      A pencil and a piece of paper are given each player. The paper is folded in three. Each draws a head of a man, or beast, or fish, according to the fancy of the moment, on the upper third, carrying the lines of the neck just over the fold, as a guide to the next artist, and fold it down, and passes it to his left-hand neighbor. He draws a body proceeding from the lines of the neck, folds it over, and passes it on. The third player adds the legs. The paper is then opened, and frequently the picture will resemble the absurd example shown here. The combinations are often even sillier than the sample drawing!

More Drawing Games:

• Five Dots Drawing Games
• Hieroglyphics or Picture Writing