The document describes a pumpkin puzzle game where youth are divided into teams and each team is given a pumpkin to cut into pieces within one minute. The teams then move to a new table with the cut pumpkin pieces and have two minutes to reassemble the pumpkin using toothpicks. The team that reassembles their pumpkin the most completely within the time limit wins. The game is suggested as an object lesson illustrating how sin destroys wholeness but Christ restores us through his sacrifice. Safety notes recommend an alternative version where the pumpkins are pre-cut by an adult.

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Halloween
Ideas -
Pumpkin
Puzzles
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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 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
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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