How to Create a Ticket Booth for a Carnival Party

Plywood is often used for booths and stands.

Sell tickets and hand out brochures at any carnival or outdoor event with a wooden ticket booth. Ticket booths for carnival parties are simple wooden stands that have shelving for organization. They are tall enough for a person below average height to see over and are enclosed on three sides, allowing only the person selling the tickets to have access to the shelves. Build your own ticket booth for a carnival party or other events using plywood and pine boards.

Things You'll Need

• Tape measure
• 4 pine boards, 2-by-2-by-20 inches
• 4 pine boards, 2-by-2-by-24 inches
• 2 plywood sheets, 3/4-by-20-by-28 inches
• 2 plywood sheets, 3/4-by-20-by-40 inches
• Plywood, 3/4-by-21 1/2-by-40 inches
• Screw gun
• 56 wood screws, 2 ½-inch

Instructions

1. Lay two 20-inch boards flat, parallel, 24 inches apart and set the 24-inch boards between them so they're spaced 20 inches apart and flush with the ends of the 20-inch boards. Set a 20-by-28-inch plywood sheet on top of the boards so the edges are flush and screw the plywood sheet to the boards using 16 screws, four for each board. This is a shelf to your ticket booth. Repeat this step to build the other shelf.

2. Position the 20-by-40-inch plywood sheets on their 20-by-40-inch edges so they are parallel and spaced 28 inches apart. Set the shelves perpendicularly between them so they are spaced 23 inches apart and the top shelf is 4 inches away from the ends of the 2-by-40-inch sheets. Screw through the 20-by-40-inch plywood sheets and into the shelves, so that 8 screws enter each shelf.

3. Set the 21 1/2-by-40-inch plywood on top of the shelves and the edges of the 20-by-40-inch sheets so the edges are flush. Screw 8 screws through the plywood so four screws enter each shelf. This is the back to your ticket booth; the side that your customers will see.

Tips & Warnings

• Paint or stain your carnival ticket booth for different events.

References

• "Step by Step Basic Carpentry"; Ben Allen; 1997