Youth Icebreakers - Pumpkin Picasso

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Youth
Icebreakers 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.



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Teams must instruct their
blindfolded “Picasso” using
words only how to draw the
pumpkin face on a piece of
paper. (No touching is
allowed).
You might want to give the
teams 2 or 3 minutes to
complete their masterpieces.
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!
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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