$5 Friday -- Bean Bag Toss

For $5 Friday, we made our own bean bag toss game and spent some time playing it outdoors. I indulged Emily's love for outer space and made it a throw-the-star-into-the black-hole game. 

To make your own, use a star-shaped cookie cutter for a pattern and trace onto pieces of felt. Cut out the shapes. Sew together and leave a small gap to fill the bean bag with dry rice. Sew up the rest of the star. Cut a large hole out of a piece of black foam board. Decorate with white paint to make it look like a black hole.

Play!!

Later, we came inside and made our own rocket from recyclables. We used an old mailing tube, but you could easily use a paper towel roll instead. 

Cut tissue paper into strips, and tape to the inside of one end of the tube. Cut out a circle from a piece of scrap paper, and cut a straight line from the outside of the circle to its center point. Fold edges over to make a cone shape. Glue the cone shape to the other end of the tube.

Here is the breakdown of how we spent our entertainment money today:

Foam Board: $3.59

Felt: 50 cents (25 cents per sheet x 2)

Paint: on hand

Dry Rice: on hand

Tissue Paper: 27 cents (clearance at Target)

Mailer Tube: Free from recycling bin

White Cardboard: Free from recycling bin

Tape: on hand

Glue: on hand

Total Spent = $4.86!!