Cool Kids Pumpkin Pandemonium!

Hey Everyone,
We just had a great time at the Cool Kids annual Pumpkin Pandemonium! Here is what we did!

We started off with some hanging out and running around the youth center. Once we all arrived, the pumpkin activities began. First up was the Pumpkin relay race. We broke up into teams and got ready to go.

 

 Each team received their own pumpkin (which may have had some grease on it) and, once the starting whistle was sounded, they were off! First obstacle was to hurdle the gaga pit.

Once, that task was complete, it was time for 3 laps around the Trinity Youth Center sign.

 


The final task was the roll the pumpkin the length of the youth center (without breaking it...)




All of the kids competed very well and worthy of the pumpkin! The next event following the relay race was the pumpkin seed spitting competition. However, we needed to find a way to get the seeds out of the pumpkin. Any ideas?

That works.



The goal for the seed spitting way to step up to the line and hit the van on the fly. There were some valiant efforts.

but in the end, only two made it to the finals.
 


It was great work by everyone! After we all recovered from the spitting, it was time for the real fun. The Pumpkin Slingshot! Everyone was given a pumpkin, and well...I will let you see for yourself.


It took a little while, but we managed to slingshot everyone's pumpkin. After a quick cleanup it was time for the world famous, goo goo splat. Ponchos for everyone!


For those of you who don't know, goo goo splat is played just the same as duck duck goose, except they say goo goo splat. Also, once someone says splat, they take a handful of pumpkin goo and smash it on the persons head. Here are some action shots
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After everyone was sufficiently covered in pumpkin, we headed back inside for snacks, after cleaning up of course. Our snack was an awesome pumpkin rice crispy treat that we turned into faces with candy corn, Twizzlers, and M&M's. We also had some cookies and listened to a great talk from Mrs. Mutscher about how God protects us and can use us to make new things. Once we were done with that, it was time to go. Thanks again to the awesome volunteers and the 22 Cool Kids that made the Pumpkin Pandemonium a success. Until next time.
 Jordan