Grab Apple Fall Game Idea - Bobbing for Apples Alternative!

This Game Can Be Played as a Matching Game.

Nets for Game - Reminds Folks "NO Bobbing"!

GRAB APPLE GAME - SETUP & DIRECTIONS

Short Carnival Savers video/gif shows fishing for plastic apples with a small net and popping them open to match the erasers for a top prize.

Supplies for Grab Apple Game:

1 Large Pails or Bucket to Hold Apples and Water
24 - 48 or More Plastic Apples for Floating (a larger carnival will need more)
Important: "Heavy Small Toys" to Keep Apples Weighted and FLOATING RIGHT SIDE UP (see examples below)
Sturdy Table for holding buckets and supplies
3 or more Small Nets for "Grabbing" the Apples
Table decorations such as table cloth and sign (optional)
Carnival Prizes – consolation and top prizes
Slips of paper saying "top prize" for the number of top prizes that do not fit into the apples

(Important: see suggestions below - the apples must have a heavy type "weight" or prize inside to prevent them from floating upside down)

Game Setup:

Before the Fall Festival, set up your table and fill the large pail or bucket with water about 3/4 of the way full.

Count out your top prizes and make slips of paper for each top prize that will not fit into an apple.
Also, purchase some "heavy" small prizes so the apples will float right side up. (We show some examples below.)

Fill your apples with small prize and a few slips of paper for the top prizes. For example, if you have 24 stuffed animals, have 24 slips of paper that say "Top Prize - You win a Stuffed Animal." You will put some in the apples at the beginning of the carnival, but be sure to save some back so there are still top prizes to be won later during your festival!

Suggested "Heavy Small Toys" to keep apples right side up in water: (See Below)

• Owl Erasers

• Apple Erasers

• Colorful Poppers

As the kids play the game, they keep the prizes inside the apples but return the empty apples to the volunteers to be filled again!

How to Play the Grab Apple Game Carnival Game:

There are two ways to set up this game for play:

#1 - Make this game a game of chance

Each carnival player is given a net to scoop up the apple of their choice. They get to keep the prize that is inside the apple. Some apples may have slips of paper that say "top prize" for larger items that will not fit into the plastic apple.

#2. Make this game a matching game

Each player is given three chances to find a match inside the apples. When filling the apples, you will choose some of the suggested prizes above, like the fruit erasers. So, the children have three tries to pick two apples that have matching erasers inside. If they find a match, they win a top prize; otherwise, they receive a consolation prize.

Additional Hints & Tips:

Note: This is an excellent alternative to bobbing for the apple game. Moms will be happy this is a less "germy" way to play the original game!

The children get to keep the prize in the apple, but they must return the apple to the booth so the volunteers can fill the apples with more prizes for the next group of players.

Note: this is a super easy game that young children and older children can play! The secret of this game is to display your top prizes (as shown in the photo above) so kids know they have a chance to win something really cool!!