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Christmas Party Game -Bowling Cans

December 19, 2012 by Kaysi 6 Comments

My kids have loved the Angry Birds cans and the Halloween cans that I have made for them. So I decided to that these would be perfect as a Christmas party game.  It’s fun because both kids and adults like to play it (there is something about throwing something and trying to knock things down that bring out the kid in all of us).   If you don’t plan on having a party, then these are perfect to make to give them something to do during Christmas break, if it’s too cold outside to play.

 

Christmas bowling cans (8)
This is how I made them:
First I spray painted food cans various colors.
Then I cut out some vinyl shapes with my Cricut.
Christmas bowling cans (1)
For the reindeer, I painted it brown and then added the vinyl.  I used the cartride Doodlecharms
Christmas bowling cans (2)
For the penguin, I painted it black and added the face with vinyl.  I used the cartridge Create a Critter
Christmas bowling cans (3)
For the snowman, I painted it white and then added the face out of vinyl.  I used the cartridge Snow Friends.
Christmas bowling cans (4)
For the elf, I painted it green and then added a belt and buttons.
Christmas bowling cans (5)
For the Santa, I painted it red and then added a gold belt and buttons.
Christmas bowling cans (6)
Here they are all lined up ready to play. Aren’t they so much fun?
Christmas bowling cans (7)
I used a red ball and just added a belt and buttons to make it a Santa ball.
Christmas bowling cans (8)
Then I let the kids go wild!!  They all had a blast!

Christmas bowling cans (9)

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  1. Caroline

    December 19, 2012 at 12:22 pm

    These are fabulous I love the images. Caroline xx

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  2. imsteelefullofscrap

    December 20, 2012 at 1:13 pm

    Love it what a great idea to recycle and make a game

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  3. Lauren Tamm

    November 9, 2014 at 5:52 am

    I am doing a round up post called christmas games for families. I was wondering if I could have permission to use your top photo with proper name and link back to your site?

    Thanks,
    Lauren
    themilitarywifeandmom (at) gmail {dot} comm

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