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Traditional coconut shy stall with coconuts balanced on red and white posts under a striped canopy

Coconut Shy Stall Hire

Hire from £295.

The traditional side-stall classic

The coconut shy is about as old as fairgrounds get. Coconuts sit balanced on top of a row of posts, you're handed a set of wooden balls, and you throw to knock one clean off its stand to win. It's a game everyone recognises on sight, and it sits naturally in a row of side stalls at a fete, fun day or village green.

We run it as a staffed stall - one of our team sets it up and stays to run it, usually for around four hours, and the hire comes with prizes to hand out. It dresses up with a traditional striped front and goes under a gazebo, so it works indoors or out. If you're expecting a big turnout we can bring extra prizes so you don't run dry halfway through the afternoon.

We own and stock the stall ourselves rather than sourcing it in, so it arrives on our own van with our own staff. We've been hiring out side stalls like this from Sheffield since 1999.

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Player throwing a wooden ball at coconuts on stands at an outdoor fete

Where It Tends to Work

  • Village Fetes and Fun Days

  • School Fun Days and Freshers Fairs

  • Charity Fundraisers

  • Family Days and Garden Parties

  • Corporate Family Events

  • Christmas Markets and Festive Events

What's Included

  • A member of our team to set up, run and pack down the stall, usually for around four hours
  • Prizes to hand out
  • All the kit - the coconuts, the posts, the wooden balls and the stall itself
  • Delivery, setup and collection by our own team
  • £5M public liability insurance as standard
  • Risk assessments and method statements emailed to you or your venue before the event

Optional extras:

  • Extra prizes for a busier event
  • Custom branding on the stall front - more on our branding service

Delivery charges and minimum order values may apply depending on hire duration and location.

Suitability

  • Indoors on Hard Surface
  • Indoors on Artificial Grass
  • Outdoors on Grass
  • Outdoors on Hard Surface

Suitable for adults and children - it's a game the whole family can have a go at.

Part of a row of stalls

A coconut shy rarely goes out on its own. It works best in a line of side stalls, so it sits well next to the hook a duck, the roller bowler, a darts fun fair game and the prize wheel, or as part of our grand carnival fun fair stalls setup. Have a look at the full carnival games range - if you're putting a whole fun day together we can quote for several stalls, staffing and delivery in one.

Venues We Deliver To

From our 25,000 sq ft warehouse in Rotherham, five minutes from the A1, M1 and M18, we deliver side stalls across South and West Yorkshire and nationwide. It's a regular at showground events and outdoor fun days like Penistone Showground and the Yorkshire Event Centre. We own and maintain around 95% of what we hire out.

Related Products

The coconut shy is a side-stall classic, and it always works best as part of a row. The other carnival games and stalls below team up nicely with it. If you'd like a hand pulling a fun-fair package together, contact us.

Hire a Coconut Shy

Drop us your dates, venue and roughly how many guests will be playing and we'll send a quote. Want a full row of side stalls rather than a single game? Mention it in your message.

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