Pumpkin Ring Toss Game!

Set up three large pumpkins with stems, to form a ring toss. Use embroidery hoops or make hoops with rope and duct tape. Mark a throwing line on the floor and take turns trying to ring a pumpkin stem. Or you can have them try to ring an entire large pumpkin with a hula hoop.

What happened to Tragic Sam?

** This is great for seniors that like tactile stimulation and also for those with poor vision. **

Dim the lights and have the seniors close their eyes before beginning your story. Ask the seniors to throw out possible ideas of what may have happened to poor Sam.The goal is for the seniors to create a story about Tragic Sam who apparently died in an accident and the Crime Scene Investigators need your help to identify the remains found at the scene. The CSI team has placed the remains they believe are Sam’s into a container and they need help identifying them.

“Rumours on the street say that Tragic Sam faked his own death, but we are not so sure, so we are going to have you investigate the remains so we can solve this mystery.”

Have the seniors come up to put their hand in a bowl or bag, or make this a container that can be easily passed around. Once they have felt inside for a couple minutes, they need to go write down what they think it was they felt. They must not PEEK in the container!

Was it …

Sam’s brain? – (cooked spaghetti or cooked cauliflower)
His heart? (peeled tomato)
His eyes? (peeled grapes)
His teeth? (un-popped popcorn)

His fingers? (baby carrots)
His liver? (slice Spam in a weird shape)

All of this can be put in watery oatmeal which makes some of the identification a little more difficult, but it’s slimy and fun!

When you are done you can have your guests turn in their answers and score who did the best. The one with the most right wins. The story could first be described with as much gore as you feel you want or is suitable.

Need more for your party? Check out these pumpkin party decorations.