Halloween Party Activity - Pumpkin Picasso

Halloween
Party Activity
- 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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