The Pumpkin Penny Wars will take place Monday, October 27 to Thursday, October 30
Last week your child brought home a blue form explaining the pumpkin penny wars. Here are the rules:
Our sixth grade student council, the Goodness Gorillas, will be holding our annual pumpkin decorating contest at Pequea Elementary School. Interested students can decorate a pumpkin and bring it to school on Monday, October 27. We will also accept them throughout the week. You will place your pumpkin in your grade’s patch on the stage in the cafeteria.
Each grade will represent a pumpkin patch on the stage in the cafeteria. In front of each pumpkin patch will be a container for pennies. The grade that raises the most money wins the contest! Silver coins and paper money cancel out pennies! Students want to place pennies in their grade’s container, while placing paper money and silver coins in other grade’s containers!
Rules for the Contest
- Students may use pumpkins or gourds
- You may not cut or carve your pumpkin
- You may only decorate the outside of your pumpkin
- Your pumpkin must be decorated like a character from a book you read or one that was read to you.
- You must complete the description paper to accompany your pumpkin (if you need a form, please let me know)
- The grade with the most pennies by the end of the week wins!
- Each silver coin or bill placed in a grade’s container reduces the number of pennies from that container by the amount of the coin. (e.g. a nickel reduces the pennies by five, a dime by ten, a dollar by 100, etc…)
How will you decorate your pumpkin? Leave a comment to let us know!