Youth will cut up pumpkins and then try to put a cut up pumpkin back together again. The game can be used as an object lesson illustrating God's restoration of our lives.
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Youth will cut up pumpkins
and then try to put a cut up
pumpkin back together again.
The game can be used as an
object lesson illustrating
God's restoration of our lives.
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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 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
1. Divide the group into
teams
2. Give the teams one minute
to cut up the pumpkin into
at least 10 pieces.
3. Teams move to a different
table.
4. Teams have 2 minutes to
put the pumpkin at their
table back together using
the toothpicks to hold it
together
5. 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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Use this games along with
Pumpkin Prayer and other games
for an evangelistic alternative to
Halloween.
• Pumpkin Prayer
• Peter Pumpkin
• Jack O Lantern
• Pumpkin Seed Toss
• Pass the Brains
• Like a Halloween Pumpkin
• Pumpkin Bowling
• The Pumpkin
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Holiday Collection
Games and Activities in Celebration
of common Holidays.
Creative Holiday Ideas has over 300 pages of
ideas to help you plan your next New Year’s
Day, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s
Day, Halloween or Fall Festival, and
Thanksgiving event. If you’ve ever wondered
what you’re going to do for all these holidays
and how you’re going to do it, this resource is
for you.
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