Thanksgiving Games for Children

• You have to think fast for this game.

• Everyone sits facing the leader.

• The leader points to one of the players and says either "BIRD," "BEAST," or "FISH."

• The chosen player must come up with the name of an animal that fits the category before the leader counts to ten. No repeating!

• If the player does not respond in time, she is out.

• The game continues until only one player remains. As you can guess, after a few rounds it can be hard to think of an animal that has not already been mentioned!

• The players sit in a circle.

• The first player starts by saying, "At Thanksgiving dinner I ate turkey."

• The next player must repeat this and add another dish, "At my Thanksgiving dinner I ate turkey and cranberry."

• The third player must repeat it and add yet another dish, "At Thanksgiving dinner I ate turkey, cranberry, and stuffing."

• The game continues with each player adding an item to the menu after first listing all the previous items in the exact order they were first said.

• If a player makes a mistake he drops out and the game continues until there is just one person left.

• This game can be a bit messy, but it's well worth it to see relatives young and old playing together!

• Set bowls filled with popcorn at one side of a room and then empty bowls at the opposite side.

• Teams must transport the popcorn from the full bowl, to the empty, using a measuring cup.

• The first team to empty their popcorn bowl, wins the the game!

• Straws
• Full size marshmallows
• Bucket of ice water

• Take a small bucket with ice water in it and float several full size marshmallows in it.

• Then give each child a straw cut in half. (Shorter straws are easier to suck and hold the marshmallow)

• Then have a contest to see who can pick their marshmallow up in the shortest amount of time.

• And of course- everyone gets to eat any marshmallows that they can pick up!