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Hook A Duck stall with a "prize every time" banner at an outdoor community event

Hook A Duck Stall Hire

Hire From £495.

The traditional side-stall classic

Hook a Duck is about as traditional as fairground games get. Yellow ducks float around a water trough, you're handed a rod with a hook on the end, and you lift one out. On our stall there's a prize every time, so nobody goes away with nothing. It's sometimes called a duck pond, and it's one of those side stalls that's been turning up at fetes and fun days for generations.

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 25 prizes to hand out. If you're expecting a big turnout we can bring extra swag along at additional cost, so you don't run dry halfway through the afternoon.

We stock it ourselves rather than sourcing it in, which means our van and our people on the day. We've had stalls like this on the books since 1999.

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DB Entertainment green-canopy Hook A Duck stall set up next to a Tin Can Alley stall
Prizes included
25
Hiring side stalls since
1999
Typical staffed hire
4hr
Public liability cover
£5M

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

The festive version

For the run-up to Christmas we've a festive set of ducks - snowmen in top hats and red scarves, reindeer with little antlers and red noses, penguins and Santa ducks. The stall dresses up to match, and we've set it up with a giant nutcracker standing alongside it at festive events. If you want it for a December do, mention it when you get in touch and we'll bring the festive ducks.

Festive snowman, reindeer and Santa ducks under the Hook-A-Duck sign, with bamboo hooking rods behind

What's included

  • A member of our team to set up, run and pack down the stall, usually for around four hours
  • 25 prizes to hand out, with a prize every time
  • All the kit - the ducks, the rods 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 at additional cost 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. We can usually discount multiple items on the same delivery - contact us for a quote.

Suitability

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

It works for all ages, which is why it ends up at family days.

Part of a row of stalls

Hook a Duck rarely goes out on its own. It works best in a line of side stalls, so it sits well next to the roller bowler, plinko, the prize wheel and the tombola drum, or as part of our grand carnival fun fair stalls setup. Have a look at the full carnival games range - and with 600+ items across the catalogue, if you're putting a whole fun day together we can quote for several stalls, staffing and delivery in one.

Sophie hired a few of the carnival games for an event and said:

We hired a number of pieces of carnival games from DB Entertainment and wow! It was incredible, great value for money, super friendly and punctual staff.

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, and we deliver to venues like Penistone Showground, Elsecar Heritage Centre, Newark Showground and the Great Yorkshire Events Centre. We own and maintain the kit ourselves - around 95% of what we hire out is our own in-house stock - so there's no third-party supplier between you and the stall on the day.

Gallery

  • Hook A Duck stall with a "prize every time" banner at an outdoor community event

  • Branded stall on grass with plush and inflatable ball prizes hung from the canopy

  • DB Entertainment green-canopy stall set up next to a Tin Can Alley stall

  • Blue-canopy Hook A Duck stall on grass beside a coconut shy

  • Duck pond stall with a red and white striped front under a blue canopy

  • Dalmatian plush prize toy with a red scarf

  • Yellow plush monkey prize toy

  • Yellow plush shark prize toy

  • Grey and white plush dog prize toy

  • "Makeup Girl" dress-up prize set

  • "Beauty" tiara and accessories prize set

  • Boxed red monster truck prize

  • Inflatable toy hammer prize - yellow handle with a green head

  • Bouncy ball prize on a string

  • Yellow chick plushies and soft toys hanging under the gazebo, bouncy balls behind

  • Boxed toy sword-and-blaster prize sets, with bouncy balls alongside

  • Yellow ducks floating in the trough, ready to be hooked

  • Sparkly unicorn plush prizes on display

  • Row of mesh ball prizes hung along the rail

  • Marquee stall set up at an outdoor festival

  • Red and white striped side-stall lineup

  • Vintage-style flight-case Hook A Duck unit with a sunburst backboard

  • Festive stall with a giant nutcracker standing alongside

  • Festive snowman, reindeer and penguin ducks in the tray, against a printed yellow-duck backdrop

  • Flight-case Hook A Duck unit with festive snowman, reindeer, penguin and Santa ducks

  • Close-up of a snowman duck in a black top hat and red scarf

  • Festive snowman, reindeer and Santa ducks under the Hook-A-Duck sign, with bamboo hooking rods behind

  • Close-up of snowman and reindeer festive ducks

Related Products

Hook a Duck is the original side-stall classic, and it always works best as part of a row. There are more stalls below that sit well alongside. If you'd like a hand pulling a fun-fair package together,

Hire Hook a Duck

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 instead of a single game, or the festive ducks for a December event? Mention it in your message.

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