Rain Gutter Boat Races
School Carnival Game Idea – Rain Gutter Re-Yacht-a
Carnival Game Supplies: Rain Gutter Boat Races
2 Foating Boats
Plastic Straws - enough for each carnival player
2 Plastic (10 foot) Gutters & 4 endcaps to seal off gutters and glue
8 Foot Table for support of Gutters (or 2 4 foot tables put together)
Plastic pitcher or empty milk gallon to fill gutters with 3 gallons each
Blue material or tablecloth, Finish Line Balloons on Balloon Sticks and packing tape (optional)
Blue Food Coloring for water (optional)
Tablecloth clips or packing tape to keep tablecloth from blowing (optional)
Carnival Prizes - consolation and medium carnival prizes - water themed prizes or pirate prizes are really fun for this game!
How to Play the Rain Gutter Boat Race:
This carnival game boat race is a fantatic choice for a summer carnival!
Days before the carnival, seal the ends of each rain gutter with the endcaps and water proof glue, allowing plenty of time to dry!
To set up this game, you will need a flat surface. Set up your table(s) and place your rain gutters a few inches from the edge of the table as show in the photo. Fill each gutter with about 3 gallons of water. Use a small amount of blue food coloring to add a slight blue color to the water if you wish. We decorated using flag pennant decorations and 2 balloon at the finish line taped to the end of each gutter on a balloon stick -- now off to the races!
You need 2 carnival players each time to make this game fun! Carnival players are given a straw and stand at the one end of the gutter with their sailboat ready to go. The carnival volunteer says "On your mark, get set, go!" On "go" the players try to blow on the sail of their boat to move it down the gutter as fast as they can. The goal, of course, to be the first to hit the other end of the gutter and be the winner of the boat race!
The winner gets the winners prize, and the loser will recieve a consolation prize.
If there is a tie, you can give each player a consolation prize.
Because you will almost always have a winner on this game, the winners prize is generally considered a medium priced prize (something around $25 - $35 cents) and the consulation prize can be worth less -- see our examples below. Most of the fun of this game is just playing -- so you can save your big prizes for some other games!
Note: You need a very FLAT space to host the game! If in doubt, try it out first. The ground must be level or the boats will not have enough water to float the entire length of the game! We propped up one end of our table with flat rocks to make it level -- you could also use cardboard folded over.
Carnival Supplies & Prizes for this Fun Boat Race Carnival Game!
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| Floating Sailboat for Game | Candy Straws | Swedish Fish Candy | Felt Pirate Eyepatch | Mini Fish Squirt |
