25 Fun Games Using Pumpkins

Directions

1. For pumpkin bowling, arrange water bottles as pins and roll small pumpkins like bowling balls. For a spooky twist, dye the water inside the bottles orange or purple using food coloring, or insert green glow sticks for a glowing effect.
2. Play tic-tac-toe using mini pumpkins as your X's and O's.
3. Select pumpkins that still have their stems intact. Players toss rings aiming to land them on the stems to earn points.
4. Display a tray filled with pumpkin-themed objects, such as a couple of mini pumpkins. After covering it, ask participants to remember as many items as they can.
5. Set up a relay race where team members transport pumpkins from start to finish while navigating humorous obstacles.
6. Give the classic egg-and-spoon race a Halloween makeover by balancing small pumpkins on large cooking spoons instead of eggs.
7. Conceal small pumpkins around the area for a seasonal game of hide-and-seek.
8. Play corn hole using mini pumpkins as tossing objects, with standard cornhole boards.
9. Hide small pumpkins along with other autumn-themed items. Provide children with a list of objects to locate and set them off on the scavenger hunt.
10. Incorporate pumpkins into various obstacle course designs for a fun challenge.
11. Remove the insides and seeds from pumpkins, then have participants toss beanbags into the hollowed openings.
12. Play bingo using mini pumpkins as markers on an autumn-themed bingo board.
13. Toss mini pumpkins into a pumpkin-shaped hoop or a small trash can fitted with a basketball net.
14. Stack pumpkins and attempt to topple them by throwing a ball or other items at the stack.
15. For this game, you need plenty of outdoor space. Use a large slingshot to launch small pumpkins in a punkin chunkin' contest, seeing who can send them farthest. It's ideal for teenagers.
16. Participants race to roll pumpkins to the finish line using witch brooms or sticks.
17. Swap water balloons for mini pumpkins in this tossing game. Kids attempt to land pumpkins into various targets, or use a pre-made toss game set.
18. Create a hopscotch grid with pumpkin designs, and use a mini pumpkin as the marker instead of a stone.
19. On a large sheet of craft paper, draw a checkerboard and play the game with mini pumpkins as pieces.
20. Arrange pumpkins as targets and have participants shoot them with Nerf guns.
21. Stack pumpkins of varying sizes like a Jenga tower; teams compete to build the tallest stack without it toppling.
22. In this relay, runners sprint while carrying pumpkins, passing them off at each leg of the race.
23. Design a mini-golf course featuring pumpkin obstacles; hollowed pumpkins placed on their sides can serve as holes for the golf balls.
24. In a circle, pass a small pumpkin while music plays. When the music stops, the person holding the pumpkin is eliminated. It's a fall twist on hot potato.
25. Compete to see who can slingshot small pumpkins the greatest distance.