Youth will cut up pumpkins and then try to put a cut up pumpkin back together again. (This game can get a little messy with the slimy pumpkin innards.)

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Youth
Icebreakers Thanksgiving Pumpkin
Puzzles
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WARNING:
There is some risk of injury with
this activity and as such it is only
suitable for older youth.
NOTE: For a safer variation, cut a
pumpkin yourself for each team.
Try to cut them in the same
pattern, Then simply allow the
kids to put them together.
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Game Description
Youth will cut up pumpkins
and then try to put a cut up
pumpkin back together again.
(This game can get a little
messy with the slimy pumpkin
innards.)
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Game Materials
• Sharp knife for each team
• Pumpkin for each team
• Toothpicks for each team
• Wet towels for cleanup
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Game Preparation
1. Prepare a table for each
team by covering it with
newspaper so soak up
an debris from the
pumpkins.
2. Place a pumpkin, a
knife, and toothpicks at
each table
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Game Play
• Divide the group into
teams
• Give the teams one
minute to cut up the
pumpkin into at least
10 pieces.
• Teams move to a
different table.
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• Teams have 2 minutes
to put the pumpkin at
their table back
together using the
toothpicks to hold it
together.
• The team with the most
complete pumpkin at
the end of 2 minutes is
the winner.
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Application
Use this as an object lesson
on how sin destroys the
wholeness in our lives.
Things can become quite a
mess. Yet Christ restored us
with his sacrifice on the
cross. Its not toothpicks
that hold us together but
his forgiveness and the nails
in his hands.
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