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I am planning Matthew's 9th Birthday party. We are having a carnival theme. I have made a penny-pitch game, I have a few copy boxes to make vendor's boxes (you know, like at the stadium?) for hot dogs and popcorn and I have a few more tricks up my sleeve.

I am not one of those people who spends $10,000 for a kids party. In fact, I try to do it as cheaply cost effectively as possible.

I found some "ADMIT ONE" and "KEEP THIS COUPON" tickets at the Dollar Tree (that's right $1 per roll. I bought one of each.). I plan to use the admission tickets for the invitations and have a door prize drawing with the raffle tickets. I'm recruiting the older sisters of my son's friends to run the games. It should be a really fun time!

Games:
Penny Pitch
Softball Toss (into a basket)
Hoop Shoot (with a small indoor hoop we already have)
Golf (with a kid's set we already have)
Football Toss (if I can get find the hole in our blow-up football player and patch it)
Baseball Throw (we have this electronic game for this)

These aren't set in stone and I may add or delete things. Do you have any ideas for more creative carnival games?

I would also like to get a refrigerator box and make a couple of those "photo op" thingies with the faces cut out if I get really ambitious!
Give me some feedback on this. Leave a comment (even if you aren't a blogger) and gimmie some suggestions. Thanks in advance for your answers!