The Great Team Building Pumpkin Race
Get ready for the most fun and unusual Halloween event your team may ever experience. Let imaginations run wild as you design and decorate your own pumpkin racers. What they lack in aerodynamics, they make up for in pure fun.
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In-Person
Team Size
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12 - 250+
Time Needed
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1.5 - 2 hours
Outcomes
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Fun & Engaging Interaction
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Collaboration & Accomplishing Common Goal
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Friendly Competition
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Creativity & Resourcefulness
Who will win the pumpkin race?!
Never mind the Indy 500. And forget the Kentucky Derby. Instead, you and your team can participate in the hottest, most contested race of the year: The Great Pumpkin Race! The quirky annual tradition is celebrated by thousands in communities across America.
This unique seasonal team building program challenges people to collaborate on team concepts, names and racer designs. You can even incorporate business/corporate ideas, including actual or fictitious sponsor logos on your racers. Once everyone’s designs are complete, teams get to actually build and decorate their racers. All racers conform to the Official Great Pumpkin Race Rules. Admittedly, the rules are pretty simple – a street-legal Pumpkin Racer must be made from a pumpkin, and include two independent axles with wheels attached.
Our hand-crafted race kits are fun, easy to assemble and contain everything you need – just add pumpkins. And as a socially-conscious bonus, all kits are assembled and packed by a neurodiverse workforce of young adults enrolled in transition programs across America.
Your TeamBonding facilitator and event team will be on hand throughout to help with decoration, provide racing tips and referee the event. The winners of each group face off in the ultimate duel as they compete for the Grand Champion award. The awards ceremony includes prizes for Best Pit Crew (teamwork), Pumpkin Racer (Design) and fastest farthest Racer.
Interested in racing outside of the Halloween season? Substitute watermelons for pumpkins!
Space requirement
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This Fall team building activity works well either indoors or out. You’ll want an open space large enough to comfortably accommodate your entire group. We supply the ramp.
Tailoring
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Pumpkins are seasonal, and this event was created as a celebration of Fall. But if you really want it at some other time of year, we can easily substitute watermelons. Would you like specific elements of company branding, culture and/or mission statement woven into your program? TeamBonding is all about customization. Just let us know what you have in mind.
What’s included?
- Tailored program design
- Dedicated event manager
- Professional facilitator & event staff
- All event materials
- On-site set-up & breakdown
- Donation coordination (for charity events)
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- No taxes or travel fees (for domestic events)
- $5M insurance coverage
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Pumpkin Race FAQ
Yes and no! While there’s a prize for fastest pumpkin, it’s not the only thing we’re judging in our pumpkin race! There are also prizes for best-designed pumpkin racers and best teamwork, so even if your racecar pumpkin isn’t the speediest, you still have a shot at taking home a win.
A pumpkin regatta is a real (and honestly pretty wild) event where people hollow out monster-sized pumpkins and paddle them across the water like boats. Our event is totally different—we’re building miniature pumpkin racers that zoom down a track on wheels, no water required.
Our pumpkin derby will push your team to collaborate, think creatively, and solve problems on the fly. It’s also great for boosting morale, improving teamwork, and inspiring innovation.
The pumpkin race usually takes 90 to 120 minutes, depending on the size of your group and the designs they come up with. We usually suggest planning for two hours, but if you don’t have that much time, let us know and we’ll adjust.
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