Hello. Tiffany from Simply Modern Mom here honored to be a part of the Funner In the Summer series. I am a mom of two girls and I help moms simplify their lives on my blog. And today I’m here to share with you a game we love to play in our family called cornhole toss.

Maybe you have heard of cornhole, maybe not. It’s a pretty big deal here in the South. So let me introduce you to a child-friendly version of cornhole.

How To Play Cornhole Toss

To play the child-friendly version of cornhole, place the two platforms at a reasonable distance for their ages. You can always move it back if the game is getting to easy for them. For the official games and rules and just to see how seriously people play cornhole, visit the American Cornhole Association website. The simplified version is below.

Cornhole can be played in singles or doubles, just like tennis. Each team has 4 bean bags. Team members will stand next to the platform of the opposite team. One person on each side of the platform if playing doubles.

Then one team makes the bean bag toss over to their platform. Rotating turns if playing doubles. Once all the bean bags are tossed then the next team goes.

The scoring goes for every bean bag that goes into the hole counts as 3 points each. For every bean bag that lands on the platform but doesn’t go in the hole counts as 1 point each. Bean bags that land anywhere else is a foul and rewarded with no points.

The game ends with the first team reaching 21 points. Then declare the winners the cornhole champs.

Make Your Own Cornhole Game

To make children size cornhole platforms, visit your local Home Depot store. They have a bean bag toss kit for $10 and all you would need is a hammer to assemble it. Although, you will have to purchase two kits to actually play cornhole. The Home Depot kit comes with two bean bags per kit. To play the official cornhole game, you will need to make additional bean bags so each team can have four. You may also want to check the next time your local Home Depot does a free children workshop on Saturday mornings. Our Home Depot puts out some popular kits from past workshops on the free workshop days and the bean bag kit is one of them.

Even a cheaper version, use cardboard boxes or cereal boxes to make the platform. All you would need is the platform on an angle and a hole centered and a little toward to top. Then four easy and quick bean bags filled with rice or beans.

Thanks for having me in the Funner in the Summer series!
Tiffany {Simply Modern Mom}

Tiffany shares all kinds of cool ideas on Simply Modern Mom while striving to simplify, simplify, simplify. She’s done some fantastic series including my favorites- Project 52: Date Nights and Over-used Recipe Swap. She’s a fun wife and mom to two little girls. Make sure to stop by and say hi and check out all that she has to offer at SMM!

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