Supplies Needed for Carnival Game – Bean Bag Toss: Bean Bags
Decorative Stand for children to toss bean bags (Note: stand shown above is made of plywood and was hand painted by a volunteer of a school) Notice the large hole for kids to toss the bean bags - it makes it challenging with out being too easy or too hard.
Tape (for indoors) or Sidewalk Chalk (outside) to make lines for different age children to stand behind
Top, Medium and Consolation Carnival Prizes
How to Play:
Before the carnival, test the bean bags and the stand for difficulty and place “stand behind” lines for different age children using sidewalk chalk or tape.
Children are given three bean bags to toss per game. Depending on the setup of the stand, they win prizes based upon how many bean bags make it through the bean bag stand. Of course, everyone at least wins a consolation prize.
Note: This is a traditional carnival game. You can make this game match your carnival theme every year if you have dedicated volunteers who are creative!
A few years ago, our school borrowed a large monkey bean bag toss from another school to go with our Zoofari Themed Carnival. (We bought fake bananas to toss through the holes insead of bean bags - the kids loved it!) Talk to other schools in your area and share carnival booth props with each other, that way everybody wins!!
Note: Some companies show a wooden premade bean bag stand that sells for about $20.00 each. We do not recommend these. In our testing, the premade wooden bean bag sets were too hard even for adults at close range to get the bean bags through the tiny holes.
Don't Miss Out on these Awesome Carnival Prizes for the Bean Bag Toss Game!
