Pumpkin Picasso

Game Description
How well can you draw the Halloween Jack-o-Lantern?

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.

Game Play

1. Divide your Party Participants into various teams or into couples.
2. Have each 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-0-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 them 2 or 3 minutes to complete their masterpieces.
7. Compare the masterpieces 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.
   • ETC

Take it to the Next Level

• How do you judge the things you do?
• Are there things in your life that are out of place?
• What role does "vision" play in accomplishing goals?
• If you were able to see the desired result before putting on the blindfold would it have made a difference? Explain.
• Is it more important in life to focus on the Big picture or the small steps needed to reach a goal?
• Did the person giving instructions do so clearly, orderly, in a way that helped you achieve the desired results? Could any of the instructions been clearer? How could the person giving instructions be more effective?

Take it Spiritual

• Has God given us a pattern for life? Do we know what the end result is supposed to look like?
• Do you know what you are supposed to create with your life or do you feel you are struggling in the dark?
• 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.
• How will God judge the end results of your life?
• What are some of our references for comparison for the Christian walk?
• What are some of the references that have played the biggest role in how you have formed your own Christian life?
• What is something you can do this week so that God can use you for greater results your life?

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