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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Seasonal - Coming Back Fall 2025

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 world-famous Great Pumpkin Race. The quirky annual tradition is celebrated in 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.

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Two individuals are preparing pumpkin-themed cars for a race on a wooden surface. The pumpkin on the left is decorated with a colorful clown wig and a painted face, while the pumpkin on the right features a more monster-like design with sharp teeth and attached eyes. Both pumpkins have wheels attached, ready to race. A checkerboard line is visible on the board, marking the starting point of this Great Pumpkin Team Building Race.
A group of individuals is working on a pumpkin racer, a fun Halloween-themed activity. The pumpkin racer has large, googly eyes and a wide mouth with pointed teeth painted on it. It is placed on wheels, ready for racing. The table is covered in tools and decorations such as scissors and crafting materials, while the team building participants focus on adding final touches to the pumpkin racer.
This image captures a fun moment from a pumpkin team building race event. Three creatively decorated pumpkins are lined up, each mounted on wheels to form pumpkin racers. The racers have unique designs: one appears to have been styled like a cat, with pipe cleaner whiskers and ears. Others are adorned with checkered flags and various festive decorations. In the background, participants are smiling and enjoying the activity, clearly excited about the upcoming race.
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Team size
  • 12 - 250+
Time needed
  • 1.5 - 2 hours
Space requirement

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. 

Ideal for
  • Celebrating Halloween in the office
  • Friendly competition 
  • Fall outings & conferences
  • Boosting morale
Tailoring

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.

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"It was AMAZING! What a great experience in every aspect. Everyone had a Blast! Great team builder! So much fun!"

AstraZeneca

"This event turned out great! The entire organization enjoyed themselves and your team was amazing as well. Thank you!"

Exeltis

"Thank you for all your help in planning our company event. The staff did an incredible job engaging our employees. The Pumpkin Race was such a unique experience and really got our teams excited and engaged. I love hearing from the team that they weren’t really sure about the activity until they gave it shot and had a blast."

Homology

"The event was a success.  I want to thank you and your team for hosting a wonderful event!"

Wise Center for Plastic Surgery

"The event was perfect! Our team had a blast and enjoyed every aspect of the evening. Your team was absolutely wonderful! They were very helpful, attentive, fun, and respected our tight timeframe. All around an awesome experience and we will be utilizing team bonding for future team building events. Thank you so much again!"

Tango Therapeutics

"The team had a great time. Danny was a great lead/host of the event. He made it engaging and fun. It was really a good time. The team all raved about it. Thank you."

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