On cue, the pairs try to make their way to the finish line at the far end of the playing field. Directions: Divide the children into two teams or as many as you need and have them form two lines. The catch is that they can use any part of their bodies, except their hands. If the corn touches the ground at any time, it must go back to the beginning of the line again. Whichever team manages to get the corn to the end of the line first wins the game. Turkey Strut Preschool Thanksgiving Game Directions: Use pieces of masking tape to make turkey footprints all over the floor.
Start playing music. Have children pretend to be turkeys and strut around the room. When you stop the music, have the turkeys find footprints to stand on one turkey to a footprint. When you start the music again, have the turkeys continue strutting around the room. Thanksgiving Dinner Game This game makes for a fun transition activity.
This continues all the way around the circle or down the line— with each student reciting the dishes in the exact order they have been given and then adding a new one. If a student makes a mistake they slide out of the circle or move to the front of the line and the game continues. The person left who can perfectly recite the Thanksgiving menu wins. Turn every day games into Thanksgiving Games! But when you do, someone must say, What they are thankful for this day.
This continues until everyone has had a turn. Thanksgiving Joke and Punch Line This thanksgiving activity is great for connecting and as an ice-breaker! Directions: Write a Thanksgiving joke on one card and a punch line on another. Be sure to mix the cards up. The number of different jokes depends on the size of the group. Give each person a card. Explain that they may have a joke or a punch line on the card.
An example is: Pie Eater Tag Game! Direction: Split the students into two different groups; one is apple pie and the other group is pumpkin pie. These activities will keep all the kids occupied so you can prep and cook! I like having games and activities printed or set up and ready to go the day before Thanksgiving. That way I have things for the kids to do while all of the grown-ups are cooking and socializing.
Many just need to be printed out! Most require very little prep time and you probably already have many of the supplies needed as well. If not, the majority can be quickly picked up at the dollar store.
Give a classic party game a Thanksgiving twist with this Pin the Feather on the Turkey activity. It's an easy way to occupy the kids and provides lots of opportunities to snap photos of your players try to pin their feather pieces.
Learn more from Living Well Mom. Everyone's favorite charade game gets a turkey makeover. We like how the popsicle-stick clues double as turkey tail feathers.
Score a strike on Turkey Day with a game that doesn't require any special materials, and requires almost no set up—it's a guarantee for kid entertainment. Learn all about it at The Seasoned Mom. While your favorite teams go head-to-head, let your kids toss the paper pigskin down the field of your family room.
All you need to do is cheer them on as you baste your bird. Buggy and Buddy has everything you need to know to set up and make this easy—not to mention super helpful—turkey day craft. Roll out some butcher paper so that it covers the entire table, then let your aspiring artists have at it with any and everything they can find in the craft bin. A wonderful reminder of the season! Photo by Daiga Ellaby on Unsplash. To get started, leave out small pieces of tissue paper in fall colors.
Next, have your kidlet place the paper pieces onto to sticky side of clear contact paper. Then, use cookie cutters or other templates to trace and cut fall shapes like leaves, pumpkins, turkeys or apples to hang in your dining room window.
With just a few materials needed, see who will be the tic-tac-toe champion on Thanksgiving. Get the tutorial at Toddler Approved ».
Play Thanksgiving Jeoparty in person or via Zoom! You can even edit the game and switch out questions to tailor it to your party. Time for a brain game! See who can unscramble the most words in this printable all about Thanksgiving.
Set the timer and guess the price for each item on the list. The player with the most accurate guesses wins a prize! This activity is part-craft, part-game: Kids can make and decorate the jar, then put what they're thankful for inside. Bring it out again next Thanksgiving and read the responses for a trip down memory lane. Get the tutorial at Buggy and Buddy ». This game is actually a learning activity for kids who are practicing their numbers.
Kids have to count the number of turkey feathers and put the pin on the correct feather. Get the tutorial at Typically Simple ». Take the fun of cornhole and give it a seasonal twist, and you'll get this turkey bean bag toss game. It comes with three bean bags. Up to 24 players can take part in this seasonal Bingo game.
Will your family be brave enough to put real money on it? Get this printable placemat at The House That Lars Built, and everyone can decorate the table before the meal begins. Whoever fills theirs up first wins! Get the printable card at Unoriginal Mom ».
Put this puzzle out on a side table, and let people drift over to work on it whenever there's a lull in conversation. If you finish it before dessert, the whole family wins!
If not, there's always next year. Download a list of gratitude-inspring items, and then challenge your relatives to see who can snap a picture of each item on their phone. Do this alone, or split your family into teams. Get the printable list at Two Purple Couches ». Each pumpkin has a different expression, so there's some social-emotional learning in there, too. For an easy, low-maintenance icebreaker, you can download this set of festive questions, and go around the table answering queries like, "What do you say, 'No, thank you!
Get the printable list at Alice and Lois ». Get every kid to fill out a "bucket list" of things they want to do over the Thanksgiving break, and spend the rest of the vacation trying to fit in as much as possible from the list.
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