An outdoor carnival party for kids can be so much fun, except when weather doesn't cooperate.

In those situations an indoor carnival party for kids can be just as fun!

Part of our rainy day Memorial Day celebration last year included an indoor carnival party at our home.

The kids had an absolute blast.

Here are all the details!

An Indoor Carnival Party for Kids

Our indoor carnival party for kids included six different carnival games set up throughout the main floor of our home.

All used very simple materials that we had on hand at home or could easily pick up at Walmart or local dollar store without breaking the bank.

Kids could play each game as many times as they wanted to earn desired prizes.

Games were designed for our youngest to enjoy, but our teens enjoyed them as well, putting their own twist on each game.

Soda Pop Toss

The object of the Soda Pop Toss was to place rings on soda bottles.

Each time a ring landed over a soda bottle, a ticket was given.

I had been worried that this would be too easy for my teens, but they were so creative, coming up with ways to make the Soda Pop Toss more challenging.

Pool rings were used and worked perfectly for our Soda Pop Toss!

The FREE Carnival Sign for the Soda Pop Toss and all of our indoor carnival party games came from Carnival Savers.

At the end of the party, each kid received a soda to drink with dinner.

Pluck a Duck

The Pluck a Duck game was definitely designed for our youngest.

Each duck had a number written on the bottom of it.

The goal of the game was to find the two ducks with matching numbers.

For every pair of ducks that was found, a ticket was given.

We found rubber ducks at Walmart and our local dollar store. I would have included more, had I been able to find more locally.

Pin Drop

In order to play the Pin Drop game, you need a jar or cup and clothespins.

Kids drop the pins and try to have them land in the jar.

For every pin that lands in the jar, a ticket is given.

Our youngest dropped the clothespins from a lower point than our teens did.

Once again, my teens found a way to make this game super fun and challenging.

It was one of the hardest games for our youngest.

Bean Bag Toss

All of my kids enjoyed the bean bag toss.

My teens had fun thinking of fun ways to make the game more challenging as they went along.

In this game, kids received the number of tickets that was written on each bucket, each time their bean bag landed in that bucket.

I just love these ten gallon buckets. We use them for so many things.

Our bean bags are old, but still work great.

Can Knock Down

We do not usually have a lot of cans at our home, but at the time of this party, we did have a lot of empty water bottles.

We used empty water bottles and a NERF gun for this activity.

Having lots of NERF Bullets on hand helped a lot.

The kids would try to shoot each empty water bottle, causing it to fall down.

For every water bottle that fell, a ticket would be given.

My youngest loved this game. My teens had so much fun making this game as challenging as they could.

Fish Bowl

The fish bowl game may have been the most challenging for the kids, especially our youngest, but all really enjoyed it.

My husband and I went back and forth about adding actual fish to the bowls, but decided against it as our youngest would worry about hurting the fish.

A dead fish would be catastrophe.

The objective of this game was to land as many ping pong balls as possible into the cups of water provided.

Cups were located at one end of the table. Kids were required to throw from the other end of the table.

For every cup that landed in a cup of water, a ticket was given.