Here comes a fun, outdoor, aiming game that you and your kids can build yourselves.

can throw game

Start with coating different sizes of tin cans with white paper. Then you and your kids can get creative and draw on the tin cans whatever you like. After that, I added numbers to show how many points the different cans will bring you in the game. I also added a cord handle to each of the tin cans.

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Then you'll need to build some sort of scaffold for the tin cans to hang on. We used two wooden trestles from the building supplies store that we usually use as hurdles for our dogs (see this post) and a small branch.

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Hang the tin cans around the branch with the numbers facing in the direction your players will stand.

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We had two cans with 2 points, a big one with 1 point and a small one with 5 points to earn.

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We chose a table-tennis ball since we had one lying around. When you choose your ball, make sure it actually fits into all the tin cans easily.

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My nieces had fun aiming at the tin cans but they might still be a little too young.

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That's why we helped by tilting the cans in their direction and by minimizing the distance to the starting line.

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They were both very concentrated while aiming at the cans.

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Then they started helping each other ... so cute.

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They scored point after point. This is what honest joy looks like.

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Have fun trying it out yourself and let us know how it worked 🙂