Halloween Party Ideas - Pumpkin Picasso

Halloween Party Ideas -
Pumpkin Picasso
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Game Description
How well can you draw the Halloween Jack-o-Lantern? Here is a
great youth game idea for the Halloween season. You can use it
to bring a fresh spiritual meaning to the holiday and allow your
youth to apply it to seeking God’s plan and direction for their
lives. You could even relate it to a talk about not conforming to
the patterns of the world. Be creative and have a great
week! And for those completely adverse to anything associated
with Halloween, see the alternative variation under the
“preparation” section.

Game Materials
• Paper
• Colored pens or pencils
• Several different Pumpkin Faces (Drawings
or actual pumpkins)
• One blindfold for each team

Game Preparation
Create several different pumpkin jack-o-lantern
faces either by drawing them or by cutting them
into actual pumpkins. The more intricate and
detailed the face, the more difficult it will be for
participants.

Variation: If you are adverse to having anything even
remotely associated with Halloween, you can use
the shapes of natural fallen leaves from various trees
or simple images from a Children’s Bible Story book

Game Play
1. Divide your church youth group into various teams
or into couples.
2. Have each youth team choose one “Picasso” who
will draw the pumpkin face.
3. Blindfold all the Picasso’s
4. Reveal the carved pumpkin or the sketched
pumpkin Jack-O-lantern face.

5. Teams must instruct their blindfolded “Picasso” using words
only how to draw the pumpkin face on a piece of paper. (No
touching is allowed).
6. You might want to give the teams 2 or 3 minutes to complete
their masterpieces.
7. Compare the final masterpieces drawn by the youth to the
actual pumpkin or original drawing and the one that is closest
to the original wins!
8. Swap roles and have a new “Picasso” to play again!

Variation
1. Allow team members to roam about the room and try to distract or
give incorrect instructions to opposing teams. But beware, this can get
very noisy! (In the debrief, you can discuss the distractions and false
instructions we face in life.)
2. Give the Picasso 10 seconds one round to see the jack-o-lantern face
before blindfolding them. Did it help them to better understand the
instructions?
3. Instead of judging which pumpkin is closest to the original, create a list
of items to award various points:

• 20 points for drawing a circle so that the line crossed or
connected with itself
• 10 points for each eye that was drawn INSIDE the circle.
• 20 points for a stem that was actually on top of the pumpkin
• 5 points for getting the mouth inside the circle
• 5 points if the mouth was BELOW both of the eyes

• 5 points for each eye that was the correct shape
• 5 points for each mouth that was the correct shape
• 5 points for getting the nose inside the circle
• 5 points for putting the nose between the mouth and
the eyes
• 5 points for any triangle that is drawn
• 1 point for each place that lines cross each other.

Take it to the Next Level
• If you were able to see the desired result before putting on the blindfold
would it have made a difference? Explain.
• What role does “vision” play in accomplishing goals?
• Was it more important – to focus on the big picture or the small details?
• Did the person giving instructions do so clearly, orderly, and in a way that
helped you achieve the desired results? Could any of the instructions
have been clearer? How could the person giving instructions be more
effective?

Make it Spiritual
• Has God given us a pattern for life? Do we know what the end result is
supposed to look like?
• Does God focus more on the big picture or on the small steps needed
to create the end result?
• Are God’s instructions clear? Explain.
• What can youth do to hear God more clearly?
• Are there things in the lives of youth that obstruct God’s directions?
• What are some of our standards for comparison for the Christian walk?

Make it Practical
• Are there things in your life that are out of place?
• Do you know what you are supposed to create with your life or
do you feel you are struggling in the dark?
• What are some of the references that have played the biggest
role in how you have formed your own Christian life?
• How will God judge the end results of your life?

Make it Personal
• What is something you can do this week so
that God can use you for greater results
with your life?

Scripture References
“but I gave them this command: Obey me, and I will be your God
and you will be my people. Walk in obedience to all I command you,
that it may go well with you.” - Jeremiah 7:23
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a
future.” - Jeremiah 29:11

“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they
follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall
never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.
My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than
all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. I
and the Father are one.” - John 10:27-30

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