Carnival & Booth GamesNo. 5888 · The 2026 edition
Ping Pong Pumpkin
Toss ping pong balls into glowing pumpkin cups for a spooky Halloween game that's fun for all ages!
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Set up a Halloween-themed table with pumpkin and ghost cups, some lit with tea lights or underwater lights. Players try to toss ping pong balls into the lit pumpkin cups for a win, while landing in an unlit ghost cup ends their turn. Everyone gets a consolation prize, so no one leaves empty-handed.
Directions
- Arrange Halloween-themed decorations and cups on your table.
- Use packing tape to fasten the bottom of each pumpkin cup to the table so they don't tip over.
- Fill the ghost cups with water and place underwater lights in roughly half of them.
- Switch on the battery-operated tea lights and insert them into roughly half of the pumpkin cups.
- Hand each child three ping pong balls to throw.
- The goal is to land a ball into one of the pumpkin cups that has a light.
- If a player fails to get any ball into a lit pumpkin cup, they still get a consolation prize.
- If a ball lands in a ghost cup that isn't lit, that player loses their remaining throws but receives a consolation prize.
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