The nicest thing about the HoeDown is that by the time it comes (held on a Friday night), the fundraising is basically over. It then becomes a BIG family fun night.
JBH, we are pretty proud of our "Pickle Walk". It's an example of using whatever you can get for free. Until last year, we had a pickle plant about 15 miles away that donated individually packaged pickles for a sour version of the old standby Cake Walk. A family donated pickles last year, but we are contacting convenience stores now to get them donated.
We have about 18 games. We do the usual cookie walk, candy bar walk, pickle walk, bopper hop (those little headband with the things sticking up), fishpond, duckpond, coke ring toss, plinko, jewelry store, marble fishing (picking up marbles with your toes), hockey shoot, torpedo football, tattoo parlor, balloon animals, face painting, putt putt golf, gold mine, pumpkin ring toss, funny photos, and bingo. Our goal is to keep the crowd moving, so we opt for games that move folks in and out quickly.
Hope this answers your questions. If not let me know.