If anyone has any idea, please send them my way.
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Google for oriental trading company, they sell small prizes like you are looking for.

Are you looking for something general (like a three-legged race) or tied into the religion somehow (crown of thorns ring toss)?

throwing ping pong balls into fish bowls. Win a goldfish.

balloon darts

bean bag toss
watermelon seed spitting
pie throw
ring toss
jelly bean count
pile of bricks weight guess

fish pond

set up a 2Lt soda bottle using a pole (like a fish rod) with a string with a wooden ring on the end.


Guess how much DQ's hair weighs?
See how close you can get to AG before you pass out from the smell?

Sorry. Couldn't resist

Buy lots of 2 liter pop, place on floor, toss rings. Winner gets bottle of pop.

Putter, Ball, Cup. Put tape on the floor for the boundery, cup at end. (If you have any carpeters, they coul duse 2x4 to make bouderies.

Corn Hole, one board, points prize for in the hole or on the board, etc.

pie eating contest (chocolate of course!)

cake walk

thanks so much all!!!

The ring toss for soda can also be done using 20 oz bottles. Consider contacting your local Coke/Pepsi dealer and asking about a price for a church fundraiser! You'd be surprised what they might be willing to do. (Well, maybe not in this economy, but they used to do donations).

Another CHEAP (and win every time game) is the lollypop pull.

Buy a bunch of suckers, and mark a few on the bottom with a colored marker. If you pull one of the marked lollypops, you win a prize, otherwise, you win the lollypop! We did this at my church and the kids would keep coming back just to get a piece of candy. Heck, sometimes they didn't even check the bottom.

Remember when they actually used glass bottles for this?

Similar line, coin toss: 4'x4' boss with plenty of 'spring' to it with a variety of coins spread out, silver dollar in the middle. kids toss rings and if the ring totally surrounds the coin, kid keeps the coin! Best part: dad spends a buck for six metal rings, kid wins 45 cents and thinks he is king of the world. Plus, no parent will let the kid walk away without a handfull of coins, so they just keep forking over those dollars....

There's another game you can play.

Stack plates of various sizes on a few inverted buckets and other such stands, on top of a tarp that fills the floor of the stand. Put a few coins on each plate, and use a couple small plates with a dollar bill on them.

For a quarter a shot, if the person can put the quarter on the plate with a throw, they get the money on the plate.

Or you can simply let them chuck quarters and win prizes.

Glass bottles now are too expensive. It's like a special edition!

How about a pie throwing contest with the preacher or a popular sunday school teacher(s)? Our elementary school has a carnival and they set up a plywood clown with the face cut out, the victim.... I mean volunteer sticks their face in the cutout and kids get to throw whipped cream pies at them - always very popular. Some party supply/rental places also rent out dunk tanks which are always fun.

fishing poles hung over a partition so the kids can't see the other side - tie prizes to the line and give a tug like they got a bite.........

Hang-Man?

I used to love this as a kid!

Hail Mary Pass, Punt and Kick contest?

How about Toss ACross? That beanbag tic tac toe game. Loved that as a kid.