Trick or Treat Activity
 

VERSION #1:

Beginning with one team (randomly picked), rotate evenly: allowing each team the opportunity to solve the Scripture Mastery clue (3 of 4 team players must locate reference within 30 seconds)...if they fail, open to any team with correct response...SCORE 10 points for each correct response.

The team that finds the reference then plays for "bonus points" as follows:

- 25 Bonus points: Dip into the "trick" filled plastic pumpkin ...team player extracting 1 item (must DO what it says within 30 seconds or team to their right automatically gets the CHANCE for the bonus points) - The team with the most POINTS at end of all play wins.
 

Materials needed

• "TRICK BAG" (attach "tricks" cards to weird stuff, i.e. gummy worms, spiders, gross bugs, fake body parts (plastic teeth; hand; eyeball, etc.)

• SM word clues (use key words, this needs to move fast)

• "TRICK" cards (listed separately as TRICK or TREAT "TRICKS")

• "Treats" (individual bags of candy) (by the way: I only have 4 or 5 (or the number of members of one team) bags of candy on my desk, then I have a basket of tootsie roll pops... so they assume only the winning team gets the better prize (but I always pull out another container with bags for each; believe it or not...they never know what I'm going to do that year...)

Class set-up
 

Divide into teams of 3-5 together.
 

TRICK or TREAT TRICKS:

• Whistle "I Am A Child of God" so team members can recognize it.

• Stand on your chair and howl at the moon.

• Play "patty cake" with any member of another team.

• Name one person who spoke at the last Sacrament Meeting you attended. Must be verified by other ward member.

• Hiss like a cat, purr like a cat, roar like a lion.

• Give the first name of any member of the Osmond family.

• Name the Stake President.

• Yodel.

• At the same time: Pat your head with your left hand, rub your tummy with your right hand, cross your eyes and say: "This is so much fun!"

• Name any Scripture Mastery reference & key words for the (whatever you are studying).

• Go to the chalkboard and in 15 seconds draw a self-portrait, and write your full name underneath it (including middle)

• Open a hymnbook to #239 and sing the first line with vigor.

• While wiggling your nose, hop on one foot across the room to the member of the opposite sex who is the farthest away, touch their nose with the tip of your finger while saying "beep, beep", and hop back to your desk.

• Crack a knuckle (or if you can't, a team member)

• Look directly at a member of the opposite sex on another team, say their name, and wink at them.

• Go to the chalkboard, draw a large heart and write something you love.

• Make up and lead your team in a rousing "cheer" for the Doctrine & Covenants (i.e. "give me a "D", give me an "O", etc.)

• Take the hand of a member of the opposite sex and "waltz" around the room...

• Have your entire team stand, & putting their hands on the shoulders of the person in front of them, chug around the room, saying "I think I can, I think I can..."

• Walk outside the classroom, close door behind you, knock on door, and say loudly, "Knock, Knock"... (when anybody answers "who's there?"), say "Orange" (Orange who?) "Orange you glad YOU didn't get this trick??"

(note: or anything that you think might work for your kids...I usually type this up on tags, hole punch, string with orange or black ribbon, and tie to the spider, bat, skeleton, etc...and they are not allowed to look "into" the pumpkin when they choose)

The separate score sheet for each team includes the following info: 

SM "TRICK or TREAT?!" SCORE SHEET

REGULAR POINTS: 

BONUS POINTS: 
(10 for each found reference) (25 each time TRICK completed within 30 seconds)

(at the bottom of the score sheet): 

TOTAL of ALL POINTS:
 

VERSION #2

Divide into equal teams of 3-4.

Scripture Chase.  The team that all members find it gets 10 points and then picks a trick or treat slip out of the pumpkin.  If they get candy they pick out a piece from another pumpkin for each team member.

The team that finds the reference then plays for "bonus points" as follows:

 25 Bonus points:  Dip into the "trick" filled plastic pumpkin ...team player extracting 1 item (must DO what it says within 30 seconds or team to their right automatically gets the CHANCE  for the bonus points)

50 Bonus points:  If someone on the team can recite the SM with the first letters.

Materials needed:

TRICK BAG or small plastic pumpkin. (or decorated bag or small box)  Put in the slips of treats or tricks below Bigger pumpkin or bowl with treats in it.

OPTION:  Write a trick from below or write "Your  team gets a treat" on pieces of paper and inserted them in black and orange balloons. Blow up the balloons and place them all over the floor. Call out the clue and the first person to find it on the winning team got to pop the balloon.  They then either got to do the trick for their team or their team gets a treat.

TRICK or TREAT TRICKS:

Your  team gets a treat

Your  team gets a treat

Your  team gets a treat

Your  team gets a treat

Your  team gets a treat

Your  team gets a treat

Your  team gets a treat

Your  team gets a treat

Your  team gets a treat

Your  team gets a treat

Your  team gets a treat

Your  team gets a treat

Your  team gets a treat

Your  team gets a treat

Your  team gets a treat

Your  team gets a treat

Whistle "I Am A Child of God" so team members can recognize it.

Stand on your chair and howl at the moon.

Play "patty cake" with  any member of another team.

Name one person who spoke at the last Sacrament Meeting you attended.

Hiss like a cat, purr like a cat, roar like a lion.

Give the name of three in the Quorum of 12.

Name the Stake President.

Howl at the moon like a dog.

Yodel.

At the same time:  Pat your head with your left hand, rub your tummy with your right hand, cross your eyes and say:  "This is so much fun!"

Go to the chalkboard and in 15 seconds draw a self-portrait, and write your full name underneath it (including middle)

Open a hymnbook to #239 and sing the first line with vigor.

While wiggling your nose, hop on one foot across the room to the member of the opposite sex who is the farthest away, touch their nose with the tip of your finger while saying "beep, beep", and hop back to  your desk.

Crack a knuckle (or if you can't, a team member)

Look directly at a member of the opposite sex on another team, say their name, and wink at them.

Name any Scripture Mastery reference & key word.

Go to the chalkboard, draw a large heart and write something you love.

Make up and lead your team in a rousing "cheer" for the scriptures. (i.e.
"give me a "D", give  me an "O", etc.)

Show us how to dance

Have your entire team stand, & putting their hands on the shoulders of the person in front of them, chug around the room, saying "I think I can, I think I can..."

Walk outside the classroom, close door behind you, knock on door, and say loudly, "Knock, Knock"... (when anybody answers "who's there?"), say "Orange" (Orange who?) "Orange you glad YOU didn't get this trick??"

Hop on one foot across the room.

Tell this Halloween joke and see if anyone on your team knows the answer.
What do Hawaiian pumpkins say?    "Happy HULA-ween"

Tell this Halloween joke and see if anyone on your team knows the answer.
Why did the boy carry a clock and a bird on Halloween? He was going TICK OR TWEETING

Tell this Halloween joke and see if anyone on your team knows the answer.
What did the mother ghost say to her children when they got into the car?
"Put on your SHEET-belts"

Tell this Halloween joke and see if anyone on your team knows the answer.
What do monsters do when they hear country music? They start SCARE-dancing

Tell this Halloween joke and see if anyone on your team knows the answer.
What do monsters eat for breakfast? SCREAM of wheat

Tell this Halloween joke and see if anyone on your team knows the answer.
What do monsters call their all-star basketball team? The SCREAM Team

Tell this Halloween joke and see if anyone on your team knows the answer.
Why did the monster go to the barber? To get a new SCARE-do

Tell this Halloween joke and see if anyone on your team knows the answer.
Why do dogs bark on October 31? They're celebrating HOWL-oween

Tell this Halloween joke and see if anyone on your team knows the answer.
How can you tell if a monster is following you? Look in your FEAR-view mirror

Tell this Halloween joke and see if anyone on your team knows the answer.
What did the Klingon say on Halloween? "TREK or treat"

Tell this Halloween joke and see if anyone on your team knows the answer.
What did the pony say on Halloween? "Trick or TROT"