Pumpkin-Themed Halloween Gifts For You and Your Kids

FIVE PUMPKIN-THEMED FAMILY FRIENDLY GIFT IDEAS SUITABLE FOR ALMOST EVERYONE

Join in the pumpkin fun! What would Halloween be without the mighty pumpkin or the friendly or scary jack-o-lantern as he becomes known when he is carved? Not much! Join us then in our celebration of pumpkin-themed gift ideas that are perfect for you and your children. You will find some great pumpkin-themed merchandise and gift ideas...all designed to to help you and your children have fun this Halloween. All of the pumpkins on this page will enhance the Halloween celebration girls and boys aged 5 through 8-ish though they aren't limited to that age group. On this page, you will find:

1. Ravensburger's Oh My Gourd. 
2. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown - television show, book, puzzle, mug and game.
3. Spookley the Square Pumpkin.
4. Record a Pumpkin Story.
5. Mr. Potato Head Sets.

RAVENSBURGER OH MY GOURD BOARD GAME 

I had to work to find a pumpkin-themed game but I did. Ravensburger's Oh My Gourd is, according to the box, a "gourd-astic, growing game" that is recommended for individuals aged 6 and up. It helps develop math skills as well as introducing plant and gardening ideas. Reviews say that it is easy to understand and quick to set up. Buy your Oh My Gourd game here on Amazon.

IT'S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN 

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is a television classic that needs no introduction. Your family will watch this Peanuts show together, year after year. However, don't limit yourself to the television program. Consider these additional ideas: the book of the same name, a jigsaw puzzle or even a coffee mug. 

If you have children to read to, then the book version of the story would be a great addition to your pumpkin collection.  

If you love working jigsaw puzzles, a number of  Halloween-themed jigsaw puzzles are available also here on eBay featuring the classic Halloween story. Jus be sure to pick one appropriate for the ages in your household.

How about a Peanuts' Great Pumpkin-themed coffee mug? That would be perfect for serving witches brew or hot chocolate. It is a great tradition to have a Halloween mug or mugs to bring out and use each and every year during the month of October. Use them for coffee or tea for adults or for hot chocolate, hot apple cider or witches' brew for children. It would even be fun to use a Charlie Brown It's The Great Pumpkin mug to serve pumpkin juice or butterbeer.

Any version of UNO is fun but this version is extra fun at Halloween. Charlie Brown and the gang bring you the It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown UNO, which features cards customized for Halloween, taking Halloween gaming to a whole new level. Recommended for children 7 and up.

Find all of these It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown gift ideas and more, here on Amazon. You may be amazed at all of the options.

SPOOKLEY THE SQUARE PUMPKIN

Rated G, Spookley is a story about a pumpkin who is teased about his unusual shape. He is befriended by three funny spiders who manage to convince him that regardless of his shape, he could be Pick of the Patch on Halloween. Of course, there are a couple of bullies who tease him because of his squareness but Spookley eventually discovers that "it's fine to be round while the weather is fair, but there are times it's better to be a square!" 

Click here to order your Spookley The Square Pumpkin DVD or even the storybook version on Amazon.

RECORD A PUMPKIN STORY 

Here's another fun idea that will make a great memory. You can record your voice reading this book, 10 Little Pumpkins. It would be a especially fun at Halloween. Record your voice and your children or grandchildren can listen to the story over and over again. The book could be given to older children to read aloud. However, I have seen the reading level rated for children 9 to 12 years of age. Find your copy of 10 Little Pumpkins here, on Amazon.

MR. POTATO HEAD HALLOWEEN SETS

There is no carving required when you own a Mr. Potato Head pumpkin decorating kit. Whether you pick the ghost, skeleton, witch or another character, they come complete with all the gear you need to get ready for Halloween including eyes, shoes, ears, arms, fans, nose and, where appropriate, a witches hat. However, because we are celebrating pumpkin, you insert these into a pumpkin rather than a potato.

The sets shown on this page are all retired. I recommend that you turn to eBay to search for Halloween-themed Mr. Potato Head sets by clicking right here.

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Are pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns an important part of your Halloween celebrations?

See you 

at the pumpkin patch!

Brenda

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Ravensburger Elephant Ride Board Game (1999)

We enjoyed Ravensburger games when my boys were children. Ravensburger's Elephant Ride was available but for whatever reason we never encountered it. Made in 1999, it is a German game that is intended for two to four players who are aged three to eight years old.

As the tagline says,

“Monkey see, monkey do.
If you saw an elephant
You'd climb on him too!”

It is a simple game for young children. The box sums up the game in a very simple manner saying,

“The elephant is the most wonderful animal to ride in the jungle. He is so tall you can see forever when you stand on his back. He walks so gently and his back is so wide, you will never fall off. He makes any monkey feels like the king of the Jungle. But the elephant loves the attention too, so he lets as many monkeys as possible ride on him. He laughs and laughs as the monkeys climb up and over eachUncover some of the details about the Terry Fox 40th Anniversary Orion Running Shoes by Adidas. other, creating incredibly funny stacks of monkeys; there arms and legs and tails everywhere. Each player tries to stack up his monkeys to be the first to reach the elephant’s back. Saddle up and get ready for the ride of your life.”

The image of the elephant on the box shown below also does a good job of demonstrating what this game looks like when being played.

In the course of writing this page, I discovered that this game is a fairly limited game meaning that there are not tons of them available on the resale market. There are, however, a few copies available on eBay by clicking right here.

Have you played Ravensburger’s Elephant Ride? As a child or as an adult with your own children? Are you searching for a copy?

You never know
what game I have in store for you!
Brenda

Quick Links:

Find Elephant Ride by Ravensburger on eBay.
See all of the Ravensburger items in my eBay store.

UPC: 4005556214860

Ravensburger Game Number: 214860 

World in Words World Map Jigsaw Puzzle

A young friend and his girlfriend enjoy working jigsaw puzzles and when he visited her family at Christmastime, they worked a puzzle that had pieces in the shape of countries.  Apparently that suited their other interest, which is memorizing all of the countries in the world.  With that puzzle, they could remove a country from let's say the continent of Africa and then the other person could try to figure out what country was missing.

This new Ravensburger puzzle is not quite the same as that but it still looks like fun for geography fans who like working jigsaw puzzles.  I think it would be fun to put the pieces in place for a favorite country, like Canada or for a country that you would like to VISIT, like Australia, Greenland or Brazil.  I really like the way the letters are designed...I am not sure what decade that harkens from but it is definitely retro in style. 

It's a 500 piece puzzle, that was affordable when it was released. However, it is no longer readily available on Amazon. You can check to see if it is available today by clicking here.  If that search fails, you might also try eBay by clicking right here though on the day I updated this page in April, 2020, it was not available.

Happy Puzzling!

Brenda

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