Play!

	"We do not cease to play because we grow old, we grow old because we cease to play."
	George Bernard Shaw
	A Symphony of the Infinite beckons me - play! Splash with the mermaids Dance with the stars Sing with the mountains Dream with my Love.
	Beverley Howden © 1993

Ideas for Merriment and Pleasure:

Investigate Mud Puddles.

Invite friends to a
Movie
Party (dress in character)
include marshmallows and popcorn.

Can you put The Imp's lopsided grin on a gingerbread man?

Gingerbread Men

1 cup cooking oil
¾ c. sugar
1 egg
1 cup cooking molasses
2 Tbsp. vinegar

4 ¾ cups white flour, ¼ c. soy flour
1 ½ tsp. soda
½ tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. ginger
1 tsp. each cinnamon, cloves

Mixing up some fun! Combine oil and sugar, mix well. Beat together egg, molasses and vinegar. Add to oil/sugar mixture.
Sift together flour, soda, salt and spices. Add dry ingredients to moist ingredients. Stir well. Chill dough 3 hours. Roll out with rolling pin and cut shapes with cookie cutters.
Bake at 375 degrees F. for 5-6 minutes. Cool. Ice with Ornamental Frosting.

Ornamental Frosting

¼ c. (1/8 lb.) soft butter
2 unbeaten egg whites
1 tsp. vanilla

4 cups sifted icing sugar
¼ tsp. cream of tartar
1-2 tsp. cream

I love icing! Frosting may be divided into portions and colored with food coloring.
Add decorative sprinkles, coconut or silver balls as desired to iced cookies.

Bake IMPossible Pie!
(recipe is on page 158
in the Imp Journal)

Instigate merriment and play (at work)

involve many people in

Mischievous Mondays

Wacky Wednesdays

Fun Fridays

Silly Saturdays

Join or start an improv group (silly, fun situations)

...mouse me!

Include making playclay (Clue: the recipe is on page 58 in the Imp Journal) Make an IMPression... click here

Two Facts and a Fib (It's My Favorite Party Game)

This is a fun way of getting to know more about others. Each person takes a turn sharing 3 things about themselves - except that only 2 of them are true! The others have to guess which is the fib. I like to categorize my three.

Examples

The first time I ever went flying, I wore a parachute. I have helped inflate a hot air balloon. Once I was in a Zodiac when it deflated.
I have panned for gold. I have held an Olympic silver medal in my hand. I have earned a bronze pin in rifle shooting.

The first person who correctly identifies my 2 fibs will

win a set of whimsical Imp notecards.

Send your answer fibs@theimpjournal.com here. (People who already know are excluded.)

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Here's another way to win a set of whimsical Imp notecards...

Let "The Imp" know when you have solved this riddle!

LAUGHTER = I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ M _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ P_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Riddle Clues...

Clue # 1: Think about inner sensations not sound.

Clue # 2: The second word is a play on words; you won’t find it in the dictionary.

Clue # 3: The third word may remind you of your heartbeat.

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You could win a set of Imp note cards. How?

Imagine more possibilities and share what you did with The Imp click here

We will include a selection in the IMPressions monthly newsletter and then post them here.

P.S. Has your

Intuitive
Magical
Playful inner child
been out to play today?