The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown party is a fun Halloween party theme, harvest festival theme, It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown Trunk Or Treat party, or fall movie party for family autumn activities.
We’ll have ideas for It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown Halloween decorations and decor, Charlie Brown crafts, Halloween party games, and fun menu ideas for a Charlie Brown Movie party foods!
PARTY FUN FACT: It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown was first released in October 1966. However, it is a timeless classic that kids of all ages seem to love and a great story to add to your Halloween activities, fall party ideas, or things to do after trick or treating.
The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown Movie Party Ideas
- Make It’s a Great Pumpkin recipes (see party recipes below)
- Make “I Got A Rock” Charlie Brown painted rocks
- Write a letter to The Great Pumpkin
- Have an outdoor bonfire party with a s’mores station to watch for The Great Pumpkin
- Decorate mini pumpkins
- Read It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown book for a fun fall read aloud
- Host an outdoor movie watch party for the animated Charlie Brown movie
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- Give out pumpkin socks like thes as Great Pumpkin party favor or game prizes
- Do It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Activity Pack or Charlie Brown crafts
- Draw what you think The Great Pumpkin looks like
- Have kids dress in their favorite Peanuts characters or have a dress up trunk for kids to dress up once they get to the party
- Give out “I GOT A ROCK” rocks as party favors
- Make a It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown quiz from the book and animated movie for fun movie party trivia
It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown Menu Ideas
- Great Pumpkin Cookies
- S’mores (indoor smores recipes or outdoor smores!)
ALSO FUN FOR THIS PARTY THEME: HAVE AN OUTDOOR BONFIRE S’MORES PARTY
- Charlie Brown’s football krispies
- Homemade Great Pumpkin Peeps
- Toasted pumpkin seeds recipes
- Halloween jack-o-lantern Great Pumpkin pops
PRO PARTY TIP: Running short on time? Get these last-minute Halloween party food ideas.
Halloween Great Pumpkin Party Decor Ideas for Fall
- Decorate with Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown Halloween decorations from this list
- Get a super cute Great Pumpkin backdrop for pictures and selfie stations
- Grab these cute pumpkin plates for your Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown party supplies to keep with the theme
- Make a Welcome Great Pumpkin Sign for your yard
The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown Party Games & Autumn Activities
Great Pumpkin Hunt
Hide mini plastic pumpkins like these (or orange Easter eggs) around the yard or house and also a larger regular pumpkin.
Some pumpkins can have candy or toys assigned to them, but the person who finds “Great Pumpkin” (a larger pumpkin) is the grand prize.
ALTERNATE GAME PLAY: You can also use real mini pumpkins and one larger pumpkin. Write numbers on the mini pumpkins that correspond to different prize baskets and then have one larger prize for the “Great Pumpkin” find.
Pin the Nose on the Jack-o-Lantern
Like Pin the Tail on the Donkey, but with a big pumpkin poster!
Blindfolded players try to place paper noses in the right spot to get to pick from the prize table.
PRO PARTY TIP: You can make your own DIY Halloween game or grab this one!
Linus Blanket Relay
Divide guests into teams (or do it as an individual challenge).
Each team has a blanket with a large pumpkin on it. They must drag a pumpkin around an obstacle course and across the finish line without it falling off.
If it falls off the team (or person) has to go back to start.
Charlie Brown’s I Got a Rock Bag Toss
Using buckets and small rocks, each player tries to get as many rocks into Charlie Brown’s trick-or-treat bag (the bag) in 1 minutes for a fun minute to win it Halloween challenge.
If you’re having an indoor party, toss these cute pumpkin beanbags instead.
ALTERNATE GAME PLAY IDEA (great for older kids or teen Halloween party): Label buckets with character names (Charlie Brown, Linus, Snoopy, Lucy, Woodstock). On Charlie Brown’s bucket, put a sign that says “I Got a Rock.” Place all the buckets close together. If the player lands in the Charlie Brown bucket, they lose points.
Pumpkin Decorating Contest
Provide real mini pumpkins, stickers and markers for pumpkin decorating.
Award prizes like Most Charlie Brown, Spookiest, Cutest, and Most Likely to be the Great Pumpkin.
The Great Pumpkin Ring Toss
Paint pumpkin faces on orange cones.
Toss glow ring bracelets or light up fidget tubes like this to land over the pumpkins.
PRO PARTY TIP: You can also use these pumpkin sticker faces for easy DIY game creation.
Great Pumpkin Patch Freeze Game
Play music while kids walk and dance around (like musical chairs).
When the music stops, they must freeze like Linus waiting in the pumpkin patch for the Great Pumpkin.
Anyone who moves is out until only one winner remains.
Great Pumpkin Unwrap Ball Game
Hilarious prize ball game for Halloween!
This is a fun game for all ages from teen games to kid games to play with adults, too!
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Charlie Brown Kick the Football
Using small footballs like this, guests try to flick or toss the Charlie Brown football across a finish line (or the furthest) — Lucy-style sabotage not necessary!
Great Pumpkin Craft Table
Make these cute Great Pumpkin paper pumpkins or have other fun pumpkin-themed crafts at a craft table.
Write Great Pumpkin Letters
Give guests paper pumpkins to write a short note to the Great Pumpkin (or draw a picture).
Collect them up and read them aloud.
Try to match the letter to the person for prizes.
PARTY TIP: Let everyone know that there letters will be read to everyone.
Guess How Many Pumpkin Seeds
Fill a jar with dry pumpkin seeds.
Guests write down their guesses.
Closest wins a fun prize
Charlie Brown’s “Rock, Paper, Pumpkin“
This easy game is a Halloween spin on Rock, Paper, Scissors.
Instead, rock beats pumpkin, pumpkin beats paper, paper beats rock.
Have a bracket-style contest where two teams compete against each other, with the last one standing getting an awesome prize.
Peanuts Costume Parade
Encourage guests to come as Peanuts characters or classic Halloween costumes (sheet ghost with too many holes like Charlie Brown).
Do a little parade and let people vote for different categories of costume prizes.
I hope you enjoy your Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown party!
