How to Play Pumpkin Ring Toss

Pumpkin ring toss is a great Halloween party game for kids. Play it as a competition or as an individual game to win prizes or candy. This game can be fun and educational because kids can brush up on math skills by adding up their points. Play this game at your next Halloween party.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Kids to play
• Four or five carved pumpkins
• Flashlights
• Magic marker
• Masking tape or rope
• Hula hoop
• Candy or other prizes

Set Up

1. Choose four or five good sized pumpkins and carve them out in a variety of goofy, funny or scary faces.

2. Draw points on the pumpkin with a magic marker. The pumpkin that will be the closest to the start line will be worth 10 pointsl; the second closest will be worth 20, the third closest will be worth 30, and so on.

3. Place a lit flashlight in each pumpkin to set a nice Halloween party mood.

4. Make a start line with masking tape or by laying down a strip of rope. How far away the line is from the pumpkins will depend on the age of the players.

5. Provide a hula hoop for kids to throw at the pumpkins.

Playing the Game

6. Have kids stand at the start line. Smaller children should stand closer than the older kids.

7. Give them the hula hoop to throw. Each child gets three turns to hook a pumpkin.

8. Earn points by getting the hula hoop around a pumpkin. The player earns the amount of points written on the pumpkin. If you get more than one, add up your score.

9. Win the game by getting the most points.

10. Give a piece of candy or a prize to the highest scorer or to any child that gets a ring around a pumpkin.

Tips & Warnings

• You can set the pumpkins up any way you like. Set them up in a vertical line or you can set them in a "V" shape by putting two 10-point pumpkins the same distance away, two 20-point pumpkins just behind the 10 pointers and one 30-point pumpkin in the middle. Be as creative with it as you want.
• If you don't have a hula hoop, you can use a piece of electrical cable duct taped together in a circle. If you choose this option, tape it together well so it doesn't come loose in play and hurt someone.
• Don't put candles in pumpkins. If one gets knocked over during the game it could start a fire.