5 Thanksgiving Game Ideas to Play at Home

• This is a bit messy, but well worth it to see relatives young and old playing together!

• Set out bowls full of popcorn at one end of the room and empty bowls at another. Teams must transport the popcorn from full bowl to empty, using a measuring cup.

• Note: popcorn is a choking hazard for children under three!

• Arrange the children/players in a circle. Pass around a "thankerchief" (handkerchief) around as everyone recites this poem:

• The player holding the "thankerchief" when the poem ends, must say aloud, one thing for which they are thankful. This continues until everyone has had a turn.

• A 12" wooden dowel or stick for each player
• Yarn, string or twine, ~ 18" per stick

• Tie the yarn to the end of the stick. Make a "hoop" at the other end. The object of the game is to catch the "hoop" with the end of your stick using only one hand! It's not as easy as it sounds.

• Wrap the hoop in masking tape for younger children. The firmer hoop will give them a boost.
• Decorate your sticks with Native American Symbols and beads.
• Divide into teams. Use a kitchen timer
• The team with the most "hoops" within the time limit wins!

• Hunt quietly; you don't want to scare the turkeys...
• On a dozen or so index cards, draw or paste a picture of a turkey.
• To play, everyone leaves the room except the leader. The leader hides the cards around the room. Hunters return and begin the hunt.
• As each turkey is found, it is brought back to the leader who corrals them in a separate pile for each hunter.
• When all the turkeys have been found, the hunter with the most turkeys is the winner and becomes the leader for the next round.

• Let your children make the cards before the Holiday. They'll find lots of magazine pictures and can color some as well!