Pumpkin and Pajama Party
Looking for a last minute Fall Fest idea? Struggling to come up with a Halloween Alternative? Need a fun night during this fall season?
How about a Pajama and Pumpkin Party? Kids (and adults) come dressed in their pajamas (super simple), and you have a bunch of pumpkin related activities. Here’s some ideas:
- Pumpkin Pie eating/tasting contest (what’s not to love?)
- Pumpkin/Autumn Coloring Page
- Hand out pumpkin tracts along with the candy bag
- Pass the Pumpkin Game – played like hot potato, or check out this variation for preschoolers
- Have lots of Pumpkin Themed books for parents to read to their kids. Bonus? Have orange bean bags for them to sit on! My top picks? (The Pumpkin Parable by Liz Curtis Higgs; Duck and Goose Find a Pumpkin and Pumpkin town! or, Nothing is better and worse than pumpkins)
- Pumpkin Vine Mayhem – String several pieces of green yarn through a room, over furniture, under chairs, under a book, etc. Kids start at one end of the room and follow their vine (don’t let go!) until they reach the end (best for a room with two doors). Need to make it tougher? Blind folds!
- Pumpkin Patch – Lay several pumpkins in a square area. Player has to maneuver through blindfolded, following the directions of their partner, without hitting any pumpkins! (Played like Minefield)
- Bobbing for pumpkins? Use those little gourd pumpkins and get the camera ready!
- Guess the…. Pre-measure the height, weight, circumference of a few pumpkins and have kids try to guess the measurements.
- Hide the pumpkin – The class/group stays in a room while one child hides a pumpkin gourd (we play something like this in our gym and the kids are CRAZY about it!) in another room (or in the gym). Release the kids! First one to find the pumpkin gets to hide it.
- Make a Pumpkin Seed Mosiac
- Pin the nose on the Jack-o-Lantern or Pin the Stem on the Pumpkin
- Pumpkin Golf
As for the main event? A pumpkin decorating contest! Families work together to create a work of art. You can have artsy supplies on hand or maybe some carving tools (supervise closely!), then have a panel of judges announce the winners. Check out some of these great pictures for inspiration!
I really liked your idea! This year it’s Sunday and we will be at church and kids will go to school next day but will propose it to friends for next year! Thanks!
We’re planning ours for November 3rd, so it’s a regular Wednesday night service. We’ve been trying to do more of our “Big Events” during regular service time to use the volunteers we already have, and to get parents used to the normal Kids’ Club time. Just made up all the candy bags today!
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