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Summer is a great time for a group of friends to make a carnival for the neighborhood kids! Kid Scoop News provides ideas for games and prizes. If you want to raise money for a favorite charity, charge people a nickel or dime to play each game.
Fill a jar with jelly beans or other candies. Provide paper and pencils so kids can write down how many candies they think are in the jar. The person whose guess is closest to correct wins the candy jackpot.
Who won? Use the clues.
The correct answer has three digits.
The correct answer is greater than 142.
The correct answer is less than 175.
The correct answer has a 6 in the tens place.
You don’t have to spend money to have great prizes for your games. Consider giving:
used toys and games that are in good shape baked goods coupons that local restaurants and businesses may donate business freebies, like pens, rulers or other items used books, CDs and DVDs small handmade crafts
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Toss some coins and a handful of prizes into a small wading pool. Cover the “loot” with sand. The person who runs this booth can
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wear a pirate hat and say, “Shiver me timbers, matey! I know you’ll find some doubloons in me sandpit, thar.” A child has 30 seconds to dig through the sand, and gets to keep any “treasure” found.
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Standards Link: Number Sense: Add and subtract money amounts.
© Vicki Whiting August 2025
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