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Candy Toss

Game Description
Toss the candy into a Halloween Jack-o-lantern pumpkin and if it lands inside, you get to keep it!

Game Materials

  • At least two large pumpkins - one to hold the candy and one for participants to toss the candy into.
  • Individually wrapped candy, mini candy bars

Game Preparation

  1. Cut a hole in the top of the largest pumpkin, remove the contents and clean it.

  2. Combine all the candy and place it into the large pumpkin with the top removed.

  3. Do the same with the smaller pumpkins. These are to be placed across the room for participants to toss the candy into them. You might have pumpkins at various distances and with different sized holes cut into the top. If you get into one of the special pumpkins, you not only get to keep the candy, but you also get a bonus prize.

Game Play

  1. Line up the participants in a single line, behind the big pumpkin containing the candy.

  2. Youth will to take turns trying to toss the candy into the pumpkins placed across the room. (Depending on the amount of candy you have, you can allow them 3 or more tries each)

  3. They can keep the candy that they get in the pumpkin. If they get the candy into one of the special pumpkins they may also get a bonus prize.
  4. Allow the kids to keep playing until all the candy and prizes have been given away.

Variations
Vary the size of the candy and the size of the whole pumpkins. You can also use tokens, plastic spiders, and other tokens instead of candy.

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