Plinko!!

Randy needed to teach his Deacons their scout responsibilities. He was worried that the boys would be bored, so I suggested he make it into a game. Well, I told him not to worry about it, that I would take care of it. This is what I came up with.


For those of you who don't know, Plinko is a game that comes from the popular game show "Price is Right". You drop a disk in from the top and watch it go down. The fun thing is that you never know where it's going to land.

I bought a foam core board and some screws. I measured the size of a jar lid that I was going to use as a plinko chip. I spaced it out a cm larger than what it was and then spaced it from there. It only took me a couple of hours to do. I ended up cutting out circles from the foam core to use as the chip. It was lighter and easier on the screws.

Randy reviewed with the boys the information. Then they had to answer questions about it. Every time they answered the question correctly, they earned a plinko chip. Whatever number they landed on, that was how many pieces of chocolate they got. Randy said it turned out great.
My kids love to play with this. Micah will play and add up his points. This week is ward camp and we always have a Penny Carnival. This is our game we are going to have for it.