Fruit Toss Game

How we did it:
Materials List
- berry containers (3)
- fabric scraps - red
- rubber bands (3)
- rice
- plastic baggies (3)
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Put 1/4 -1/2 cup of rice in a plastic bag. Seal it (if it is a ziplock) and tie a rubber band around the top. Make 3 of these bags. Use scraps of fabric to cover the rice bags. I used red fabric to make strawberries, but you could use blue, black, purple, etc. to make different types of fruit to toss. The scrap of fabric I used was approximately 7" x 9".
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I really wanted to use the green berry containers that I remember from when I was younger, but my grocery store only had clear, plastic berry containers. So my son wove a piece of green string through the holes of the container (great for fine motor skills) so that it could be seen during the fruit toss.
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This is what our game set looked like before we started. I put the corner of the rice bag in the middle of the piece of fabric and wrapped the fabric up around the bag. I closed it with a rubber band and added a bit of green ribbon to look like the leafy part of the strawberry.
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Get ready to play. Each berry container can be worth a different point value or just try to make one berry in out of 3.
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This was harder than I expected for the kids. They had a great idea to turn the berry containers over and stack them into a pyramid. They used the strawberries to knock them over. This was easier and more exciting for the age ranges of our family. The fruit toss game is perfect for a family get together, BBQ, or Summer day!