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How to Measure a Bean Bag Toss Game

The game of bean bag can be a simple backyard game or it can be a serious competition complete with national championships. As you prepare a game area to play a bean bag toss game, make the playing court ready for play by measuring the distance between the two bean bag boxes. If you find the official distance between the bean bag boxes too difficult to master while you learn to play, place the boxes closer together as you practice the game.

Things You'll Need

Bean bag boxes
Chalk
Tape measure
Two assistants

Instructions

- 1
  Place one bean bag box at one end of the playing court with the downward slant of the box facing in toward the court.
- 2
  Draw a line on the ground with the chalk across the front of the bean bag box to mark where this box will sit.
- 3
  Place the other bean bag box at the other end of the playing court, estimating a distance of approximately 30 feet from the other box.
- 4
  Position the end of the tape measure at the center of the hole of the first bean bag box and hold it in this spot.
- 5
  Ask one assistant to pull the tape measure straight across the playing court to measure exactly 30 feet. Keep the tape measure level as you measure and hold the tape measure extended to 30 feet.
- 6
  Ask the other assistant to position the second bean bag box with the downward slant of the box facing in toward the court. Make the center of the hole exactly 30 feet from the other box.
- 7
  Draw a line on the ground with chalk across the front of the box to mark where this box must sit.

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