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Cardboard haunted castle bean bag toss with gray painted walls, cutout targets, paper bats, cobwebs, and hanging ghosts, set on grass with colorful beanbags and a pumpkin bucket.
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Haunted Castle Halloween Bean Bag Game

Turn cardboard boxes into a haunted castle Halloween bean bag toss! Includes building instructions, spooky decorating ideas, and rules for individual or team play.
Prep Time10 minutes
Active Time20 minutes
drying30 minutes
Yield: 1
Author: Melissa Haines

Materials

  • 3 Cardboard Boxes ( One larger box and two narrower boxes
  • Paint In the past, I have used cheap black spray paint and used gray paint as an accent. This time, I had lots of gray paint in my garage, so I just went with that.
  • Scissors or a sharp knife for cutting out windows and doors
  • Bean Bags You can purchase bean bags or make them. My mom sews them for me out of Halloween material.

Instructions

  • Place all three boxes in a row with the larger box in the middle and the two more narrow boxes on each side.
  • Tape the boxes together
  • Paint the boxes gray or black
  • Cut a large arch in the center bottom of the large box for the door. You can cut it out completely, or leave the bottom attached much like a draw bridge would be
  • Draw or Cut two more arches for windows toward the top of the box. If you cut them out, cut them large enough for bean bags to fit through. If you cut them out, then save them to make gravestones for decoration
  • If needed, assemble the two small boxes
  • Using a piece of cardboard from the cardboard flaps, or scrap cardboard, cut out square open spaces to make the "battlement" ridge. This is the classic design you see at the top of castle towers with square cut-outs for soldiers to fight from.
  • Cut out an arch or arches for windows in each tower - you can keep the arch shapes to make into gravestones for decoration

Playing the Game

  • Assign a value to each door and window. You can write the numbers around the windows and doors. Narrow windows should be worth more points than wide windows or the large door
  • Kids will have a designated number of turns to try and score the most points

Team Play

  • Teams will alternate turns with each getting three turns per team
  • They can keep taking turns until a designated number of points has been earned (say 21 points)
  • The first team to reach the goal number is the winner of the game