Baseball Bean Bag Toss!

There is nothing better than an all American game of Baseball.  My kids and I help out at a local assisted living center from time to time, my parents own it, and my kids love to go visit the residents.  The residents get a kick out of them too...  Every year they go on an 'in house' vacation, this year they went to New York. I was asked me to come up with a baseball themed activity for the residents to do as part of New York Yankee's Day! 

I decided to make a baseball themed bean bag toss game! I wanted to create a fun game my kids could play with the residents. The residents enjoy my kids a lot... in small doses. I also wanted this to be a game we could keep and play at birthday parties, backyard barbecues, family reunions that sort of thing.

I made the game out of felt, and the bunting out of scrap material. I made a sleeve at the top and bottom so that it could easily be mounted with a curtain rod.

Using photoshop I created printable details for the bunting, and bracket sign which I printed on fabric paper.

The bean bags were made to look like baseballs, I simply made them out of felt. 

When cutting circles for the bean bags to go through, I used a bowl as a template, and reinforced the edges of the circle with a simple zig zag stitch.

Of course we had to have prizes... I made a simple printable for the treat bags! Staying true to the New York theme we also had York peppermint patties, and Baby Ruth's! 

   I was worried that this game was a little juvenile for the residents, but they had so much fun!

My kids had the time of their lives, and loved all of the attention from their new friends! 

We ended up going from room to room, and it worked perfectly.  The residents were almost as excited as my kids!