EVENTS – A-Z of stalls and games


who, drawing the winner from the correct entries at the end of the fair.


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Human fruit machine Three volunteers, each wearing


an apron, have three different types of fruit in their apron pockets, which they pull out at random. If three matching fruits are chosen, the player wins a prize.


Inflatables Hire some inflatables from an


external company. Make sure you have one for each age group to avoid bigger children bouncing with small children. Charge according to the hire costs.


Jar tombola ‘We ask people to fill up jars with various things such as hairbands, crafts, sweets and small toys. These are placed on a jar tombola, where we charge £1 for three tickets. We receive about 80 jars each time, and as donors use their own jars there’s no outlay. It usually sells out within an hour!’ Katie Kemlo, PTA chair, Holywell Primary School, Upchurch, Kent (200 pupils)


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Keepy-uppy competition Challenge players to keep a ball


in the air for as long as possible. Have three categories – KS1, KS2 and adults. Award prizes for the longest at the end of the fair.


Lucky lollies Push lollies into holes in a


cardboard box, with the tips of some of the lolly sticks coloured with pen. All players get to keep their lolly, but a coloured lolly stick wins you another prize.


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Marble pots Challenge players to spoon as


many marbles as they can into the hole on the bottom of an upturned plant pot in one minute. Set a target and award prizes for anyone who reaches or exceeds the target.


Nerf firing range


Set up a series of tin cans along a wall and invite pupils to shoot them off with a Nerf gun. Those who hit a certain number win a prize.


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One hundred square grid Print out a map of a desert island and divide it into squares. Before the fair, pick a winning square where the ‘treasure’ is hidden. Charge a fee to guess which square it is, and reveal the results at the end of the fair.


Pot luck Fill pots with sand, with a small prize in the bottom of some. Players pour their chosen pot through a colander to reveal whether they’ve won a prize.


Q R Quoits Set up a quoit set and invite


pupils to have a go at getting the hoops on the pegs. Prizes can be awarded for getting a certain score or landing a set number of hoops on the pegs.


Rowing challenge Borrow a rowing machine from


a local gym and challenge players to row 500m in the fastest time. Award prizes in different age groups – including adults.


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Soak the teacher (Nicely!) ask teachers to be put in the stocks so they can be sponged by the pupils. In the run-up to your fair, find out who’s willing to do it and then create a rota, placing your most prominent volunteer (the head, perhaps) as the culmination of the fair.


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Tombola Ask for donations of chocolate,


bottles or toys. Label them up with raffle tickets ending in 0 or 5 and put the corresponding tickets – as well as other numbered tickets – in a decorated box or tombola drum. Decide what odds you would like to offer then work out how many other numbered tickets to add.


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simple quiz questions from the curriculum and gather together a panel of willing pupils. Charge parents to try to beat them.


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separate compartments and doors on the front of each one, and leave the back of the cabinet open. Place prizes in three of the compartments and leave the fourth one empty. If the player picks this door, they get sprayed with silly string or water.


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with toys. Children dive in and dig out their prize. Have a clean bowl of water and towel at the ready for cleaning up.


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Zap zone Hire an outdoor laser tag game from an external provider. Get visitors to book their timeslots in advance, and hold several games throughout your fair.


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Yucky dip Put green jelly in bowls and fill


Water or wine Fill donated screw-top wine


bottles with water. Wrap these, as well as full wine bottles, in newspaper, and invite over 18s to pick a prize. Mark the top of the bottles of wine with a sticker so there’s no confusion over whether a bottle contains water or white wine!


– eXciting cabinet Source a cabinet with four


Unstable lemon Float a lemon in a bowl of water


and challenge players to balance a 20p on the fruit. If the coin balances, they win £1, but if it falls off they lose their money.


Parents v pupils quiz Compile a list of deceptively


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