Bean bag toss game - or indoor version of boule / petanque

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Summer time usually means playing outdoors for the kiddos, but with the typical British weather it doesn't always work.... 

DS loves playing boule (or petanque depending on where you are living) outside, but it just doesn't really work with the balls inside. Hence, I created some bean bags and a Jack for him to play with. As Octonauts is his favourite TV series at the moment, a Pirate Jack (as from Calico Jack) was perfect!!

I have filled these with halved yellow peas, as I had some at home, but I guess you could use rice or something else, as long as it has some weight to it. 

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