Kiddie Striker Game Rental

SETUP AREA

Contact us for dimensions

AGE GROUP

Ages 3 to Adult

ELECTRICAL

None Required

PLAYERS

1 Player Per Turn

GAME TYPE

Kiddie High Striker — Hammer and Bell

BELL

Rings Every Time for Children

SUPERVISION

1 Adult Supervisor Required

INDOOR/OUTDOOR

Both

FEATURES

Child-scaled tower, foam safety mallet, bell at top, calibrated for guaranteed child success, no electricity

The Bell Rings Every Time — Guaranteed Success for Every Child

The Kiddie Striker is intentionally calibrated so that every child who swings the hammer sends the puck to the bell at the top of the tower. This is not a watered-down experience — it is the correct design for a children's game. A 3-year-old rings the bell. A 5-year-old rings the bell. A 7-year-old rings the bell. Every player succeeds, every bell rings, every parent watching cheers, and the child walks away having accomplished something tangible. No child leaves the Kiddie Striker having failed.

The Hammer and Bell Experience — A Century of Carnival Magic

The high striker game has appeared at carnivals, fairs, and theme parks for over 100 years. The mechanic is understood by every person who has ever passed one — pick up the mallet, swing at the pad, watch the puck climb the tower, and see if the bell rings. The Kiddie Striker delivers that iconic carnival experience at a scale that puts children in the starring role. When a small child rings that bell and turns around to see the adults cheering, the moment is the same one carnival games have produced for generations.

Child-Scaled Equipment — Built for Small Players

The full-size high striker at a county fair is built for adult arm strength at adult height. The Kiddie Striker is scaled for children — a shorter tower, a lighter foam safety mallet, and a strike pad positioned at an appropriate height for young players. Children do not have to overcome the equipment to participate. The game is built to fit them, which is the design choice that makes every swing produce a ring instead of a miss.

The Crowd Reaction — Every Turn Produces a Moment

Because the Kiddie Striker rings every time, every player's turn produces a crowd reaction. The bell rings, the parents cheer, the child turns around with that specific expression that comes from hearing an audience respond to something they did. That moment happens for every player, every turn, for 8 straight hours. No other carnival game in the lineup produces this guaranteed-success crowd engagement at this consistency.

Adults Can Play Too — The Contrast Is the Entertainment

Adults who step up to the Kiddie Striker get a different kind of entertainment value — they ring the bell easily, children see them ring the bell, and everyone laughs together. The game is sized for children, which means watching a parent carefully swing the child-scaled mallet is inherently funny to the children watching. The Kiddie Striker creates a shared comedic moment between generations that most carnival games do not produce.

No Electricity — Works Anywhere, Indoors or Out

The Kiddie Striker is entirely mechanical — the hammer hits the pad, the puck launches up the tower, and the bell rings without any electrical power. No outlet, no generator, no cord. Set it up indoors at a birthday party venue, in a gymnasium for school field day, in a church fellowship hall, or outdoors on a lawn. The game works in every environment with no power infrastructure requirement.

Step Up and Take the Mallet

Your supervisor positions the child at the strike pad and hands them the foam safety mallet. The tower stands in front of them with the bell visible at the top. The child holds the mallet and looks up — the bell is the target. The strike pad is directly in front of them at the right height for their arm length.

Swing the Hammer

The child raises the mallet and swings down onto the strike pad. The Kiddie Striker's mechanism is calibrated for children's arm strength — the swing does not have to be perfectly timed or perfectly positioned. A determined downswing from a young child sends the puck traveling up the tower.

Watch the Puck Climb

The puck launches up the tower track. Everyone watching — the child playing, the parents behind the line, siblings, friends — tracks the puck's ascent. That collective attention in the moment between the swing and the bell is the game's most theatrical feature, even at the children's scale.

The Bell Rings

The puck hits the bell at the top of the tower and rings it. The child hears it. The parents cheer. The supervisor awards a prize or points. The child turns around with that look — the one that parents take photos of. Then the next player steps up and the whole sequence repeats. Eight hours of this is a very good birthday party.

Space and Surface Requirements

The Kiddie Striker is a compact vertical game — a strike pad at the base and a tower rising above it. Allow space for the player to stand directly in front of the strike pad and swing the mallet freely without overhead obstructions. The game works on any flat surface indoors or outdoors — grass, concrete, pavement, gymnasium floors, fellowship hall floors, and any flat party venue surface. Call (817) 800-8618 for specific footprint dimensions and ceiling clearance requirements for indoor venues.

No Electrical Required

The Kiddie Striker is entirely mechanical — no electricity, no batteries, no power connection of any kind. The hammer strike launches the puck mechanically and the bell rings mechanically. This makes the game deployable anywhere regardless of available power infrastructure, and fully indoor-capable with no cord management concerns. The game is also quiet except for the bell at the top, making it appropriate for indoor venues where noise is a consideration.

How to Book Online

Click "Add to Cart" on the product page. Enter your event date, delivery address, and setup location. A $50 deposit holds your reservation and applies toward your total. Want to pair the Kiddie Striker with other children's carnival games or a bounce house for a complete kids' event setup? Call (817) 800-8618 and our team will help you build the right combination for your event.

Supervision Requirements

One adult supervisor manages the Kiddie Striker — positioning each child at the strike pad, handing them the mallet, ensuring safe swinging posture, and awarding prizes or points after each successful ring. Because the bell rings every time, the supervisor's role is focused on managing the line and celebrating each player rather than explaining why they did not succeed. Inflatable Party Magic cleans all game equipment between rentals. Read our safety standards page for full details.

Birthday Parties for Young Children

The Kiddie Striker is the birthday party game where the birthday child and every guest succeeds. Pair it with a bounce house rental and every young guest has both the high-energy physical activity and the carnival game moment that makes birthday parties feel like birthday parties. The bell ringing specifically for the birthday child — with all their friends watching — is exactly the kind of moment parents are trying to create.

School Carnivals and Fall Festivals

School carnivals need games where every student can succeed — a game that eliminates students or produces failure is a school event planning problem. The Kiddie Striker solves this by design. Every student who steps up rings the bell. The line moves efficiently because turns are fast, success is guaranteed, and no one needs multiple attempts to accomplish the goal. See our vendor approval for schools page for required booking documentation.

VBS and Church Children's Events

Vacation Bible School programs and church children's events find the Kiddie Striker an ideal activity — it is indoor or outdoor capable, requires no electricity, is quiet except for the bell, and produces positive experiences for every participant. Every child rings the bell, every child feels accomplished, and the game runs continuously with a single supervisor managing the line. See our church and youth group event ideas page for complete planning guidance.

School Field Days

The Kiddie Striker is a strong school field day game for elementary students — one turn per student, bell rings every time, fast throughput, positive experience for every age group. A supervisor with a prize or ticket system can cycle an entire class through the game efficiently without any child leaving having failed to ring the bell.

Daycare and Preschool Events

Daycare graduation events, end-of-year preschool celebrations, and toddler-focused events find the Kiddie Striker appropriate for participants as young as 3. The guaranteed success design is specifically valuable at events where very young children are the primary audience — no child is old enough to feel humiliated by not ringing the bell because every child rings it.

Community Festivals and HOA Family Events

Community festivals with a younger family audience find the Kiddie Striker a visual draw — the sound of the bell ringing repeatedly pulls curious children to the game. The game is immediately recognized by parents from fair and carnival experience, the children ring it on their first try, and the resulting crowd of gathered parents watching their kids succeed makes it one of the highest-traffic booths at any community event.

Corporate Family Days

Company picnics and corporate events that include children of employees find the Kiddie Striker a guaranteed hit for the younger attendees. While teens and adults gravitate toward more competitive games, the 3-to-9 age group has their moment at the Kiddie Striker — and watching small children ring that bell tends to pull the attention of every adult nearby regardless of what else is happening at the event.

Mixed-Age Events — The Kids' Station Anchor

Any event mixing ages benefits from having a designated younger-kids game station. The Kiddie Striker anchors that station — it is visually recognizable, fast-moving, and serves the youngest guests with guaranteed success while older guests rotate through other games. Pair it with smaller carnival games designed for younger children to create a complete young-guest entertainment area within any larger event setup.

Frog Hop Carnival Game Rental

Another hammer-launched game — Frog Hop uses a rubber hammer strike to launch a frog for height rather than the bell-ringing puck. Pair with the Kiddie Striker for two hammer-mechanic games with different challenge structures: guaranteed bell for the Kiddie Striker, height score for Frog Hop.

Wak A Rat Carnival Game Rental

Wak A Rat uses bean bags to knock down rat figures — a different physical mechanic but the same fun animal-character energy that younger children love. Pair with the Kiddie Striker for a kids' carnival game station that covers both hammer-striking and bean-bag throwing.

Bounce House Rentals

Add a bounce house for the children who want high-energy physical activity between carnival game turns. The Kiddie Striker for the focused-activity crowd, a bounce house for the non-stop movement crowd — two complementary anchors for any kids' birthday party or school event.

Event Rental Packages

Bundle the Kiddie Striker with inflatables and other carnival games in an event package for school carnivals, birthday parties, and community events where multiple kids' attractions are needed in a single booking.

Weather Happens

Texas weather does not care about your event date. We offer flexible rain checks with no penalties when weather forces a cancellation. Your deposit rolls forward to your rescheduled date. The Kiddie Striker also moves indoors — so light rain does not have to stop the game.

Empathy Over Logistics

We lead with kindness and find solutions, not excuses. If something goes wrong with your rental, we make it right. Chanda McFarland runs this company as a parent and neighbor, not a faceless corporation.

The Magic Standard

We treat every delivery like it is for our own family. That standard has earned us over 1,200 five-star Google reviews from DFW families, churches, schools, and businesses since 2002.

Does the Kiddie Striker bell really ring every time for children?

Yes — the Kiddie Striker is intentionally calibrated so that every child who makes a determined downswing with the foam mallet sends the puck to the bell at the top of the tower. This is the design choice that distinguishes it from a full-size high striker, which is built to challenge adults and does not always ring the bell. The Kiddie Striker's mechanism, tower height, and mallet weight are all sized for children's arm strength, which is why every young player rings the bell. That guaranteed success is the game's defining feature and the reason it is the right high striker for children's events.

How is the Kiddie Striker different from the Teen Striker?

Both are high striker games — hammer, pad, puck, tower, bell — but they deliver entirely opposite experiences. The Kiddie Striker is designed to ring the bell for every child who swings the mallet. The Teen Striker is built for genuine competitive challenge — the bell does not always ring, which is the point for teens and adults competing to prove who swings hardest. The Kiddie Striker is for events centered on young children where guaranteed success and positive experience are the goal. The Teen Striker is for events where competitive strength challenge is the appeal. For events with a wide age range, both can run simultaneously — Kiddie Striker for the younger guests, Teen Striker for the older crowd.

What is the minimum age for the Kiddie Striker?

The Kiddie Striker works for children as young as 3 years old with supervisor support. The foam mallet is lightweight enough for small hands and arms, and the bell rings for children of all sizes within the intended age range. Very young children (3-4 years old) may benefit from a supervisor helping steady their grip and guiding the swing direction. Children 5 and older typically need no assistance and complete the swing entirely on their own. Adults can play too — the experience is different but equally entertaining to watch.

Can the Kiddie Striker be used indoors?

Yes — the Kiddie Striker requires no electricity and works on any flat surface. The game is quiet except for the bell at the top, making it appropriate for indoor venues where noise is a consideration. Standard birthday party venues, church fellowship halls, school gymnasiums, and hotel event rooms can all accommodate the Kiddie Striker. The only indoor requirement is sufficient ceiling clearance for the tower and the mallet swing. Call (817) 800-8618 to confirm ceiling height requirements before booking for an indoor venue. See our what to expect on event day page for setup guidance.

Does Inflatable Party Magic provide prizes for the Kiddie Striker?

Prizes are not included with the rental — you supply prizes, tickets, or stickers and Inflatable Party Magic delivers the game and the supervisor setup. For children's events, small prizes tied to every successful ring are common — since the bell rings every time, every player earns a prize. Small toys, stickers, and candy work well at birthday parties and school carnivals. For VBS and church events, a prize system with a cumulative ticket count over multiple plays also works naturally with the Kiddie Striker format.

Where does Inflatable Party Magic deliver the Kiddie Striker game?

We deliver the Kiddie Striker throughout the DFW metroplex — Tarrant County (Fort Worth, Arlington, Mansfield, Burleson, Crowley, Keller, Southlake), Johnson County (Cleburne, Joshua, Alvarado, Grandview, Venus), Ellis and Dallas County (Midlothian, Waxahachie, Cedar Hill, Grand Prairie, Dallas), and Parker, Hood, Somervell, Hill, and Bosque counties. Professional setup and takedown is included in the rental price. View the full delivery area or call (817) 800-8618.

Tarrant County

Fort Worth, Arlington, Mansfield, Kennedale, Benbrook, Keller, Southlake, Grapevine, Bedford, North Richland Hills, Haltom City, Watauga, Haslet, Trophy Club, Colleyville, Crowley, Everman, Forest Hill, River Oaks, and Azle.

Johnson County

Burleson, Cleburne, Joshua, Alvarado, Grandview, Venus, Godley, Keene, Cresson, and Rio Vista.

Ellis and Dallas County

Midlothian, Waxahachie, Red Oak, Cedar Hill, Dallas, Grand Prairie, Coppell, Flower Mound, Maypearl, and Covington.

Parker, Hood, and Somervell County

Weatherford, Aledo, Willow Park, Granbury, Glen Rose, Tolar, Lipan, and Acton.

Hill and Bosque County

Hillsboro, Itasca, Blum, Whitney, Kopperl, and Morgan.

Extended Delivery

Waco, Briar Oaks, Rendon, Lillian, and additional DFW communities. Call (817) 800-8618 to check availability for your location.