Fundraising Evening - Extra activity ideas needed

BECKS7_2

We're organising a skittles evening to raise funds for our sports club. However due to the number of people coming along we need to think of some extra activities for people to do whilst they're there.

Approx 50-100 people

We're going to have skittles, fish & chip supper, a raffle, and a nearest coin to the bottle activity.

Can you suggest anything else please that would be low cost / easy to organise and fun?

Many thanks

Dizzie77

Giant jenga?
Twister?
Shove Halfpenny?
Frog/Pig racing?

Savvy_Sue

It can be useful to have a quiz sheet which people work on while they're not actually bowling. Doing it in teams may get people chatting to each other (although you have to watch out for the opposition wandering over and looking at your answers!)

jackieblack

What about 'Heads & Tails'?
Cheap and quick to organise, easy and fun.
You only need a prize for the winner, and two volunteers to be 'coin !!!!!!'.

People pay (£1?) to join in.

Everyone taking part stands up and puts their hands either both on their head, both on their 'tails' (causing much hilarity after a drink or two!) or one hand on each.

Two people (organisers) toss a coin and call 'Heads' or 'Tails' according to how their coin lands.

Participants with their hands in the corresponding positions remain standing (i.e. if both coins are called 'heads', everyone with both their hands on their heads remain in, ditto tails, or if one coin is called 'heads' and the other 'tails', only people with one hand on each remain in the game), everyone else is out and sits down.

Repeat until only one participant left.
Winners gets a prize.

'Simples'!

Savvy_Sue

We played 'Bingo' at our work social tonight: you draw up a grid, and in each box you write something like "loves maths" "is a smoker" "has been on TV" "shares your birthday month" "speaks more than one language". You have to find people who fit these boxes, and write their names in.

You could either collect them in and put all the 'full' sheets into a hat to pull out a prize, or tell people to come up when they've filled a line or a sheet for a small prize.

There were about 18 of us tonight, and it was interesting to discover that the last smoker has now given up. Everyone tried to put me down as a maths lover, but I denied it - I do the accounts because I have to! - and someone else claimed that box!