Take a target, cover it in balloons, line the kids up and let them fire away. There should be an adult per kid to start with until skills can be evaluated.  You want to make sure that everyone stays safe and that it is an enjoyable experience for both kid and parent alike.  Carrying a 6 year old to the ER after being shot in foot would not be a good thing.

Again, there are many variations to this game.  One of easiest variations I have found is to assign a color of balloon to a particular shooter and see how many they can hit.  Another fun idea is to fill the balloons up with water and watch the excitement as the balloons pop and water goes everywhere.

Make sure that no kid goes away with a BFZ (Big Fat Zero).  Have several targets ready with balloons spaced closely together for the younger shots. Try this with your younger shooters at your next archery shoot and watch a whole new generation become enamored with archery.

The balloon game is also a good way to distribute prizes at archery events for shooters of all ages.  Just make sure you keep the distances applicable to the ranges the targets are placed at.

One of my all time favorites is a game called Archery Poker.  Played with the right incentive, its a good way to have a little fun, practice your shooting skills, and gain mucho bragging rights.

Take a standard size target bag, deck of cards, and some double sided sticky tape, place cards across the target bag until the full deck is used.  Now depending on if you want to shoot skill or luck, place cards face up or face down.   Now remember spacing is critical, the wider the spacing, the better chance of the “BIG FAT ZERO”, forevermore known as BFZ.

Agree on the incentive, pace off a decent distance, 40 to 50 yards is good, depending on the skill of the archers involved.  Decide which game of poker you are playing and number of arrows each participant is allowed to shoot downrange.  Choose if you are going to shoot one archer at a time or multiple archers with the ability to steal cards.   Line up and fire away.

Let the trash talking begin.

Now there are many variations to this game and its only limited the the game you choose and your imagination.  Instead of using a deck of cards, paper poker targets are available.  The idea is to add variety to shooting the same old spots day after day.  Try it and enjoy.