EVENTS – Unusual games
Above: Knob throwing is a Dorset tradition.
Below: The teddy zip line proved a big success
IDEAS FOR UNUSUAL GAMES
Bored with tombolas and hook-a-duck? Follow in these schools’ footsteps and try something a little more unusual
Donkey poop bingo Who’d think you could make £1,500
from donkey poop? Our PTA did. We made a page on Ticket Tailor, created a grid to represent the school field and sold the squares instead of tickets. Large squares cost £5 and small ones were £2.50. On Facebook I found a lady
who agreed to bring her two miniature donkeys along for a small charge. Local companies gave us money to pay for the donkeys and sponsored the prizes – £150 for the first poop and £100 for the second. We created a grid on the field with white lines, roped off the area and the donkeys wandered around until one of them pooped. Whoever had chosen the square in which they pooped was the winner! Andrew Reeves, PTFA chair, Market Harborough C of E Academy, Market Harborough
Knob throwing A knob is the piece of dough left
over when you bake biscuits or bread. It gets baked twice, so it’s very hard and people take turns to see who can throw it the furthest. It’s a Dorset tradition. One of our teaching assistants baked the knobs and we charged £1 for each person to stand behind a line on the ground and throw five knobs as far as possible. We created categories for different age groups, and for males and females, and held a trophy ceremony at the end. The furthest throw was 40m by a former pupil. The event raised £150 and we’ll be doing it again at our summer fair. Gary Spracken, headteacher, The Prince of Wales School, Dorchester
Teddy zip line A dad at the school who’s a tree
surgeon offered to lend us the equipment for our teddy zip line and help with operating it. We ran the zip line from just under the belfry of the church down to the grounds of the grammar school next door. The action is over
quite quickly, so you have to make the most of the theatre of it. As the kids came in they were asked what their teddy’s name was, to weigh and measure it, whether it had any ‘tedical’ conditions, all of which was written onto a certificate. An announcer commentated on each teddy, using the information from the certificate. Once it was down, ‘paratedics’ took it to the ‘tedical centre’ before returning it to the child with its certificate. We made £300 profit after paying £60 to use the grammar school grounds and £60 for barriers to cordon off around the zipline. Everyone thought it was hilarious, and we’re doing it again later this year. Andrew Reeves, PTA chair, Market Harborough C of E Academy, Market Harborough
Toilet toss The aim is to throw a loo roll so it
lands in the ‘toilet’. We bought a toilet seat for a fiver in Homebase and made a cardboard frame that we covered in gold paper, like a fancy throne. We also use it at our Christmas fair with a festive-themed loo roll. We draw a line for people to stand behind and charge £1 for three throws. Everyone wins a small prize, like a lolly or chocolate, and if they get the roll in the loo they get a toilet-related prize, such as poo slime, which the kids find hilarious. We’re a small school of 220 but we make £80-100 from the toilet toss. It’s our biggest earner. Holly Kearns, PTA chair, Bishop Winnington-Ingram C of E Primary School, Ruislip
Above: Roll up, roll up for the toilet toss! Left: Can you guess where the donkey will poop?
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