Supplies for Carnival Games - Lollipop Tree: Wooden 4x4 on a stand with predrilled holes to stick lollipop stick into or other lollipop tree designed to hold lollipops for children to pick
One lollipop for each carnival player
1 or 2 other top carnival prizes - typically a large colorful lollipop.
Permanent colored marker(s) to mark the bottom of the lollipop sticks
How to Play: Before the carnival, count the number of grand prizes. Mark the end of the stick of one lollipop for each grand prize.Make sure the marked lollipops and evenly mixed in with the unmarked pops. Place pops on the tree. (Top carnival prize winners should be about 10% - 20% of all players).
Each player chooses a lollipop from the lollipop tree. Every player gets to keep the lollipop they choose. But, if the lollipop has a colored mark on the end of the stick, then the player gets to keep the lollipop they picked and a top prize! Note: At our last carnival, we had 48 stuffed animals as a top prize for our lollipop tree. Our carnival lasted 4 hours so we put 12 winning lollipops in the lollipop tree per hour - just to make sure our top prizes did not dissapear before the end of the carnival. Safety Note: This booth is popular for small children - you may wish to have individual bags of animal crackers on hand. If a toddler wins, let the parents decide if the little one receives the top prize or a bag of animal crackers (in addition to the lollipop they choose from the tree).
