This punch board took Elise and me less than an hour to make. It’s a kids’ party version of The Price is Right game “Punch-A-Bunch”. And who doesn’t love a good TPIR game?
I love this idea because it is so adaptable to any party or theme (or no theme at all!). You can fill the cups with candy, notes, prizes, or even number the cups and make up some elaborate choose-your-own-adventure-type game.
I started with a round MDF tabletop I picked up at a thrift store because it was what I scrounged up in the basement. Of course, a sturdy piece of cardboard or something like that would also work too. I’m a big proponent of use what you’ve got.
I took a couple of packs of dollar store paper party cups and arranged them on the board. I decided to do way more compartments than the number of kids at the party so they could do more than one or adults could give it a try.
My circle ended up being 19 cups. While I was figuring things out, Elise filled the cups with Hershey Kisses.
A few of the cups contained a special note that told the lucky puncher to punch another cup.
I cut one sheet of tissue paper into squares/rectangles big enough to cover the mouth of the cup plus a little overhang. This was very imprecise. Just rough cuts.
Then Elise ran a glue stick around the mouth of the cup, and I took a small square of tissue paper and placed it on top and pressed everything secure.
We let the glue dry for a while, then I used a hot glue gun to glue the cups to the board. Sorry, I didn’t get a photo of that, but I just eyeballed it. No measuring or anything.
I added ears and a bow to complete the Minnie Mouse look. The ears were actually the foam core cutouts from the ball toss activity I also made. The bow was made from a scrap of leftover fabric.
This was so easy and the kids loved it so much. Don’t be surprised if this idea pops up again for our next party!
