aka: ‘Bullet Pudding’ (Seen in the 2020 adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Emma” by Autumn de Wilde.)
This is a simple, traditional and very popular game of skill (and a bit of luck) that the children always ask to play at our parties, it also provides good photo opportunities! Things DO get a bit messy so you might want to play this in an area which is easy to clean or you can protect using some cloths or towels, etc. You also might want a spare towel or two on hand for players to clean themselves.
On a large plate, build up a relatively tall, lightly compacted mound/castle of flour about around 10cm / 4″ high. Give it a flat top and lay a coin (eg 2p piece or 50-cent coin) on top of this. The mound of flour needs to be compact enough to keep its shape when the coin is placed on top and the coin to be able to lightly rest on top. You may find it helpful to use a very dry coffee mug to mould the flour into a tower shape and invert it (same way as building sand castles).
Using a blunt knife (eg butter knife or similar), players take turns to remove sections of flour away from around the coin (ie each player removes a section/slice of flour each turn). If a person on their turn causes the coin to fall into the flour they have to pick the coin out using their mouth only!
The game can be played for several rounds, rebuilding the pile of flour each time.
