Carnival & Booth GamesNo. 9546 · The 2026 edition
Frightful Fish Halloween Game
Can you land a ping pong ball in a fish-filled bowl? Try your luck at this eerie carnival game for a top prize!
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Set up 24 fish bowls, half containing plastic fish that sink to the bottom. Players get three balls and must land one in a bowl with a fish or light to win a top prize; otherwise they get a consolation prize.
You'll need
Directions
- Fill the 24 plastic fish bowls with water up to the neck.
- Choose about eight colorful squirt fish and place them into exactly 12 of the bowls (half of them).
- To make the fish sink to the bottom, submerge each one, squeeze out all the air, and let it refill with water so it rests on the bottom.
- Each player receives three ping pong balls and tries to toss one into a fish bowl that contains a fish.
- If a player's ball lands in an empty bowl (one without a fish), they receive a consolation prize.
- If a player fails to get any ball into any fish bowl at all, they also receive a consolation prize.
- If a player's ball lands in a bowl that contains a fish or an underwater light, they win a top prize.
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