How to Make a Bean Bag Toss

Here is the last Halloween game that I have to share with you for today.  I am going to show you how to make a bean bag toss.  If you missed my other two Halloween game posts, you can read about the Mummy Game & Prank here, and the Pin the Spider on the Web game here.

To make a bean bag toss, all you need to get started is some foam core board (I got mine from Michael’s and they were 2 for $3) and you will need an xacto knife or something similar.

I drew a simple ghost like shape on the board using a pencil, and made the mouth large enough for the bean bags to fit through.  I was originally going to cut out the eyes as well to have more then one place to throw the bags through, but the mouth was enough for our purposes.

I traced the ghost shape with a sharpie marker to make it stand out more, and made it a girl by adding a simple bow.  My girls decided to help me finish coloring while I wasn’t looking.  I could have photoshopped it out, but this is real life.  No need to edit. 🙂  After I had the ghost traced, I used my x-acto knife to cut out the mouth.

I whipped up a couple of bean bags for the game.  I had some black and white chevron felt and decided it would work perfectly.  You just need to cut a long rectangle that when folded in half makes a square.  Sew wrong sides together leaving an opening.  Flip the fabric right side out and fill the bag with rice or beans.  I used barley because that was something I happened to have on hand.  After I filled the bags about 3/4 full, I folded the raw edges into the bag and sewed them shut using a zig zag stitch.  Very rudimentary, but they don’t need to be fancy!

That’s it!  I spent a total of $3 for all the supplies.  It was a lot of fun for the kids and adults!  We just leaned it up against a chair and had someone standing nearby to help keep it up.  You could figure out a stand if you would like, but it worked for us just fine this way.

Anyway, I hope these games were helpful for you if you were scrambling trying to find something fun to do!