DIY Ring Toss Game

This DIY ring toss game is the perfect outdoor game for 4th of July, Memorial Day, or any other day you just want to play a fun party game! Everything you need to know about how to make a ring toss game with bottles, how to win ring toss, and even the ring toss game rules you can switch up to make it easier for kids! 

Bottle Ring toss DIY

One of the most classic outdoor games (and carnival games) is ring toss. Did you know it’s simple to make your own DIY ring toss game at home?

I may not be the best at getting the rings around the actual bottles, but I did come up with an easy way to DIY your very own homemade ring toss game with just a few simple supplies, that you’ll likely already have at home!

Since so often carnivals and summer parties are held outdoors, I wanted to do a larger backyard version, larger than the small bottles in a crate ring toss games you normally see. You need giant outdoor games when you have an entire backyard to fill!

•  Martinelli’s Sparkling Cider bottles – you can really use any large bottles that you want, I just happened to have Martinelli’s from another summer party!
• Paint – I used craft acrylic paint in red, white, and blue colors. Any colors work!
• Plastic rings or glow stick bracelets – I used these ones and they worked great!

To make this ring toss game, start by emptying all of the bottles, making sure they’re completely empty so you don’t end up with random drips all over your paint table!

Once your bottles are empty, gently remove the labels from the front and back so you have completely bare Martinelli’s bottles. If the labels don’t come off easily, you can use Goo Gone to help get any residue off – you want it to be totally clean!

Last but not least, paint those Martinelli’s bottles whatever color you’d like. We went with red, white, and blue since we’ll be using them for a 4th of July party but if you want to do them for Halloween games – this would make a great black and orange ring toss game as well!

You may need two coats depending on the color and paint type. Finish one coat and let dry before moving onto the second to make sure you need the second one.

And you’re done! All you need to do now is let the bottles dry then set them up to play. The Martinelli’s bottles are perfect because they’re heavy enough, even empty, that they won’t fall when people toss rings at them.

Set the bottles up in a backyard, on a driveway, or on a patio. Then tape a line on the other side of the room with a bucket of rings.

Give the player three rings and three tosses. If they get one of the rings around the bottle, they win a prize. I’ve got a great list of prizes in my red, white, and blue scavenger hunt post. If a player misses, you can still give them a consolation prize or they can get back in line and try again.

It can be a little tough for kids so I like to let kids stand closer or if they’re as young as my 4-year-old, just let the kids drop the ring around the bottle.

If you’re going to have a lot of young kids, maybe stick with less expensive prizes like stickers, bouncy balls, and patriotic glow sticks. And use some of the extra prizes for these other 4th of July party games or this 4th of July scavenger hunt!

Winning this ring toss game is simple. Toss a ring around one of the bottles and win a prize! Or if you want to make it a little more complicated, you can give everyone five tosses and whoever rings the most bottles wins!

Or a final option would be to make the rings in the front worth one point and the rings in the back worth two points! Then count up the total points for any of the rings they get around the bottles!