Thanksgiving Games

Thanksgiving games for Thanksgiving parties and celebrations.

1. Play a Matching Game

Print thanksgiving pictures such as: pilgrims, Indians, fish, corn, a papoose, dog and pony. Glue them onto cards and play a match game with them.

2. Play a Toss Game

Make eight of the teepee place holders shown above and mark them with numbers, 5 points, 10 points, etc. Make rings from pipe cleaners. Have the children throw the rings over the teepees to score points.

3. Play Pin the Tail on the Turkey

Draw a turkey without feathers. Cut out feathers from construction paper. Place double sided tape on the feathers and have the children try to tape them onto the turkey blindfolded.

4. Play a Bean Bag Game

Make no-sew pumpkin bean bags. Just glue them together and then decorate them on the outside. Draw a Thanksgiving theme picture on cardboard and cut holes in it. Children can throw their bean bags at the picture and try to get them through the holes.

5. Fishing Game

Children fish for items they can put into a cornucopia like pictures of apples, corn on the cob, little pumpkins, grapes, etc. Attach a paper clip to the end of the line for a hook so the item cab be attached (and removed) easily. As they lower their line on a pole over a wall, (or some kind of poster board) a person on the other side attaches a picture to the hook. Then the lucky fisherman can place their prize in the cornucopia.

6. Unscramble the Words

(For older kids) Write words related to Thanksgiving such as: pilgrim, turkey, and feast on cards with the letters all jumbled up. The kids try to unscramble the words. Or they can match the scrambled words to the correct counterparts on a list.

7. Create Words

Write the Word THANKSGIVING on the board and see how many words you can make out of it in a 5-minute relay race.

Sent in by Diana Romberg

8. How Much do You Know About Turkeys?

What is a male turkey called?
What is  female turkey called ?
Where will you find the turkey's wattle?
Where will you find the turkey's caruncles?
Where is the turkey's snood?
About how long does it take a domestic turkey to grow from birth into a turkey that is plump enough for market?
Check your answers at the bottom of this page.

Check Your Answers?

1. A male turkey is called a gobbler.
2. A female turkey is called a hen.
3. The wattle is the flabby skin growth that hangs from the turkey's throat.
4. The caruncle is the growth of skin that dangle from the turkey's chin.
5. The snood is the growth of skin that droops over the gobbler's bill.
6. About 10 weeks.