Unique Halloween Game Idea - DIY BOO-Loon Pop!

Directions

1. Begin well ahead of your event by sketching a ghost silhouette onto a 1/2-inch thick plywood sheet, then paint the board using black and white acrylic paint.
2. Once the paint is dry, have an adult secure medium-sized clothespins to the board using 1-inch thin nails, attaching each clothespin on its side and spacing them roughly 8 inches apart.
3. To ensure balloons pop when hit by bean bags, you'll need a tack roughed up with sandpaper hot-glued to the board beneath each balloon position.
4. The optimal placement we discovered is to glue the tacks about 4 to 5 inches directly below the bottom of each clothespin using a hot glue gun.
5. If a tack sits exactly centered under a balloon, popping becomes too easy; to increase difficulty, shift some tacks off center by about 2 to 3 inches.
6. A day or two before your Halloween event, enlist volunteers to inflate the balloons (250+ white and 50+ black) and store them in large garbage sacks.
7. Decide on the game's location before the carnival, and if it's outdoors, secure the board by leaning it against a tree and fastening it with bungee cords.
8. Mark different throwing distances using stand-behind lines or traffic cones, creating age-appropriate challenges for children of varying sizes.