You can recreate all the fun of the fair with DIY carnival games. It's always fun to go to a party with games, whatever your age. If you're having a themed party you can set the games up to co-ordinate with that theme, otherwise just go bright and colorful. Ready to flex your crafting muscles with some great ideas for DIY carnival games?
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This is such a cute variation on the traditional kissing booth. Guessing quantities of whatever in whatever containers is always going to be among the easiest DIY carnival games to create at home.
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So easy if you've already got a hoop in your yard.
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I think plastic bottles weighted with sand or rice would be a better choice than glass, especially if kids will be playing.
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When it comes to DIY carnival games, there are just sooo many ways to set up a ping pong toss.
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Make target from felt and fix a strip of Velcro around ping pong balls.
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Don't play this indoors. You'll have dart dents in your walls and floors.
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Like ping pong toss, bean bag toss is one of the easiest DIY carnival games to create.
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You need minimal crafting skills to set up a cup version of tin can alley.
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An, erm, interesting update to the bean bag toss.
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Such an easy idea. Bury hard boiled eggs in the sand with numbers corresponding to prizes.
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There's no need for great carpentry skills to make a plinko board.
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There are various ways for the fisherman to hook a prize but I still think magnets work best.
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The first one to sweep their pumpkin across the line is the
winner but it must be swept in small strokes, not batted.
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Knock together a frame and hang a tire (or a blow up life preserver).
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Some strips of guttering, some water guns and some toy boats and you're all set.
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This is one of the more complicated homemade carnival games but it's such fun. The tutorial via the link tells you everything you need and how to make it.
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Well you can't you really have a carnival party without a hook-a-duck game of some sort.
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This is one of those gross kinda icky games kids love. It involves sticking their hand in a bucket of green slime.
The picture shows an old lazy Susan made into a spinning game. Not everyone is going to have a disused lazy Susan hanging around but you can make your own spinner.
Set ping pong balls on golf tees and use water pistols to shoot them off.
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The same idea as car chase but using marbles.
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The idea is to toss the bean bag or ball in the gaps between the steps. I think this would look better if it were dressed up a bit.
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Who doesn't love a good ole game of Tic Tac Toe?
What do you think? Will you be having a go at any of these DIY carnival games for your next party?
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