Pumpkin Man

Preparation: A large open area is required for the movement.

1. Teach the following song:
   • Pumpkin man, pumpkin man, catch a brownie if you can,
   • Yes I will, Yes I will, if the brownie will stand still.
2. Divide students into two groups - a pumpkin group and a brownie group.
3. Form a circle, facing inward.
4. Have the pumpkins step forward and put their palms together to make "windows." (Don't weave fingers.)
5. As all sing the song, have brownies go in and out of the windows at least twice.
6. When teachers says "stop," pumpkins should lower the "windows." All brownies inside the circle become pumpkins and join the circle.
7. Play two times so that everyone who started out as a pumpkin gets the opportunity to become a brownie.

Background: The pumpkin is a warm-season vegetable that can be grown throughout much of the United States. Besides being used as jack-o'-lanterns at Halloween, pumpkins are used to make pumpkin butter, pies, custard, bread, cookies and soup. Pumpkin is a very tender vegetable. The seeds do not germinate in cold soil, and the seedlings are injured by frost. Pumpkins can be harvested whenever they are a deep, solid color (orange for most varieties) and the rind is hard.