These 8 Thanksgiving preschool games are such a hit with the little ones. The especially love the turkey strut as well as the cranberry spoon race.

Hunt the Squirrel

Ask them all to join hands and form a ring. One is chosen out and is given a nut which he is to drop behind some child. As he walks around the outside of the ring he says:

  "Hunt the squirrel in the woods,

  I lost him, I found him.

  Hunt the squirrel in the woods,

  I lost him, I found him.

  I won't catch you, and I won't catch you,

  But I will catch you."

As he says the last line, he drops the nut behind some child. That one

must pick it up, and run around the circle, trying to reach his place

before the other one gets there. If he fails, he is out and the game

continues as before.

Thanksgiving Preschool Games - Turkey Animal Hunt

Hide a stuffed animal somewhere in the room. If you don't have a Turkey, dress up a stuffed bear or dog to look like a turkey. Have the children search for the turkey. Whoever finds it gets to hide it the next time.

Turkey Toss Game

Take a large brown grocery bag and glue 2 small lunch bags (gathered at the tops) to sides of the bag to look like drumsticks.  Then take turns throwing in the stuffing (sock balls or bean bags).

Thanksgiving Preschool Games - Turkey Strut

Use pieces of masking tape to make turkey footprints all over the floor. Start playing some music. let the 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.

Turkey Walk

  Play music of your choice and encourage the children to move like: BIG turkeys, little turkeys, tired turkeys, happy turkeys, scared turkeys, etc.

Thanksgiving Preschool Games - Cranberry Spoon Race

Use real cranberries in a relay race game. If any cranberries fall of the spoon during the race the runner must start again.

Pin the Tail on the Turkey

Take a fake turkey made out of construction paper and have the kids pin the tail on him. Just like the game pin the tail on the donkey.

Thanksgiving Day

Have the children act out the following Thanksgiving poem.

Bring an apron and pan for the cooks props.

Use five large blocks for the "turkeys" fence.

Five fat turkeys sitting on a fence.

The first one said "I'm so immense"

The second one said "I can gobble at you".

The third one said "I can gobble too"

The fourth one said I can spread my tail"

The fifth one said "don't catch it on a nail"

Out came the cook with a great big pan.

Away flew the turkeys with their tails in a fan.

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