
The player chooses their card and wins the prize displayed on the matching card on the table. The stall volunteers then offer each player a face-down pack of cards. The remaining cards can be left empty or filled with booby prizes. On some of the cards, place a tasty chocolate or a small sweet treat. Choco cardsĪ simple, fun fairground game. If you exclude alcohol, this can be run as a child-friendly game. Depending on how many donations you receive, either award a prize every time or only for tickets ending in zero and five.

Players draw a number from the tombola and see if they’ve won. Ask families to donate anything in a bottle, from wine to shampoo and label these prizes with a raffle ticket. The aim is for the bottle to fully rotate, so it lands upright on its base. Ask players to hold a half-filled plastic bottle by its neck and flick it into the air. Add summery food colouring to icing sugar for the decorations and fill squeezy bottles to stop it from drying out in the sun. Biscuit decoratingĪsk for donations from a local supermarket or encourage volunteers to bake batches of biscuits at home. Ask families to send in footage and share it on social media. Use lines on the ground to maintain social distancing if need be.Īlternative: Run a ‘sponsored save’ where children are sponsored based on how many goals they can save in a set time. Give every player three chances to get a football past the goalie. Beat the goalieĪsk a teacher to don large inflatable goalkeeper gloves and spend the day in goal. Work how much badges cost to make and add a small mark-up. If you don’t want to invest, ask if your local Lions or Rotary club has one to lend. Badge-making machines can be purchased online and come in many different sizes and prices. Cut images and templates to the correct size and use the school logo or let the children draw their own pictures.

Wow the children by making badges right before their eyes. Think we’ve missed any? Email with your suggestions. We keep an ear to the ground and add our favourites as soon as we hear about them. One of the most exciting elements of organising a PTA summer fair is choosing the games and stalls.
