20 Fun Thanksgiving Games to Play with Family
If you are looking for Thanksgiving entertaining ideas, these Thanksgiving games will make your Thanksgiving dinner fun and enjoyable for your family. These thanksgiving day games are perfect family games as I have made this list of games a good mix of thanksgiving games for adults and thanksgiving games for kids for entire family to enjoy holiday together.
Don’t Say the Word
Before the Thanksgiving party starts, you give a word that if anyone says make them loose the game. The best way to set this up is to place a bowl with a charms or sticker and display the word that they don’t have to say. Choose the word that’s very common for the day like “turkey”, “pass”, or “grateful”. When anyone say the word, they need to give up their charm. Or they one who make them say grab the badge. Anyone with most badge at the end of the party wins.
Thanksgiving Trivia
Plan a brain teasing session by asking question related to Thanksgiving, each right answer gets a point. The one with most points win. It is perfect way to test everyone knowledge of the celebration and for kids to know more about Thanksgiving making it a perfect game to play with family at Thanksgiving dinner. You can ask a mix of simple and tricky questions to make everyone feel included. Its better to keep questions with answers ready to make the game smooth to play. You can make it easier by getting this Thanksgiving games printable.
Pass the Turkey
This game is simple to play and easy to explain everyone too. Everyone in the family can play together. Use a plush turkey toy and pass them, while playing the music. When the music stops, whoever is holding the turkey must share a thing they are thankful for. Its perfect way to share gratitude for Thanksgiving in a fun way.
Thanksgiving Charades
Gather a mix Thanksgiving phrase or words and write them on a piece of paper, fold it and place them in a bowl. Everyone takes turn to pick one and enact for everyone to guess under a minute. It is perfect to play with big group and family. Its perfect to play after dinner when everyone gets sleepy after feast.
Name That Pie
This is an enjoyable food game to play on Thanksgiving. Get 4 to 5 mini pies of different flavors like pumpkin, pecan, sweet potato, chocolate. Cut tiny slices and set in plates and blindfold guests to taste and guess each right. Anyone who guesses all right wins the game.
Would You Rather
This is not just any competitive game but a fun way to get everyone together and enjoy. Instead of competing, its about getting to know each other. Give everyone a question with just 2 option and let everyone pick a side. Its a great conversation starter and get everyone mingle. Its a perfect game to start at party and everyone’s energy high.
Cornucopia Mystery Bag
Make a mystery bag filled with small, Thanksgiving related items like cinnamon stick, pecan, candy corn, mini gourd. Guests need to reach in bag, feel the item and guess it. Its a low prep game that can be enjoyed by everyone. To make it fun and tricky add unexpected items like peeled grape or squishy pumpkin that will confuse them and give them a gross, surprised feeling.
Thanksgiving Feud
Make team of two and ask Thanksgiving based question that people can guess to give popular answers. Based on the ranking of most common answers give points to each right guess. The team with the highest point wins. You can ask questions like “Name something on that you will find on a Thanksgiving dinner table.”
Left Right Story
Read aloud a Thanksgiving story, that has many “left” and “right” words in it. Once the story is completed, everyone need to guess how many “left” and “right” words were there in the story. Its simple to play and everyone enjoys it. This game is perfect to play with family and friends, even kids can participate. You need to just have a story ready before hand to play this game, no other prep is required. If you get the Thanksgiving game printable, its included in it.
Thanksgiving Pictionary
To play this game you need to prepare a few things before hand, but its worth. Get plain papers or white board and few marker pens. Write Thanksgiving related word or phrase on small paper, fold them and let the player pick one. They need to help others guess the word by drawing under the given time, without talking. You can go for words like ” Thanksgiving dinner”, ” Cranberry sauce”. Its fun to play and gets everyone involved. Its perfect game for Friendsgiving too.
Thanksgiving Truths and Lie
This game is a Thanksgiving twist to two truths and a lie. Each guest must share 2 truth and make up one convincible lie, about themselves or event related to Thanksgiving. Everyone needs to guess which one is a lie. Its best to play with family, where it may reveal some secrets that were rumors. Its even a good to play at Friendsgiving.
Emoji Quiz
This game is perfect for teenagers and young adults. Its like a modern take on classic charade game. Guest need to make decode the emoji to guess the words. Its better to go for Thanksgiving related words. You can make the emoji quiz ready before hand or let guests try to come up with one. With the printable Thanksgiving games you get it included with answers.
Feather Search
Get some feathers of different kinds and assign different points to each of them. Hide them around the house and guests need to search them and earn points. Get a mix of feathers; this festive looking feathers are good option common feathers can be 1 point, silver feathers can be 20 points and golden feathers can be 50 points. You can decide any point system and try to hide the golden feather at not so easy place to find. This game can be played by almost any age. But kids enjoy playing this the most. Those with highest points win the game.
Thanksgiving Right Price
This is one of the easiest but fun game to play at Thanksgiving and you really don’t need to prepare anything. Just use the receipts from your Thanksgiving celebration shopping. Say aloud names of items that are commonly used at Thanksgiving and let the guest guess the right price. You can ask for items like a turkey, a pie crust. The one with the closet guess wins.
Thanksgiving This or That
This game is best to be played at the start of the party to warm up and break the ice. Give two options for a choice and let the guess pick one. Try to keep them related to Thanksgiving like “would you choose pumpkin pie or apple pie?” or “would you like and mashed potatoes or stuffing?” There is no right or wrong so its easy for everyone to respond and participate. Its perfect game to play when you have guest who may not know each other well or are meeting after long time.
Thanksgiving Scattergories
This game is perfect to play during Thanksgiving when you are looking to have some quiet time or want to keep the guests entertained while waiting. This can be played in different ways you can ask to name things in different Thanksgiving categories, or make it like a A-Z challenge to write a Thanksgiving related words for each alphabet. You can play it together as a game to be completed under 2 minute time or keep the game printed for guest to pick and solve as they like.
Thanksgiving Memory Challenge
To play this game you will just a bit of preparation. Gather common Thanksgiving related things like a mini pie, acorn, mini pumpkin, cinnamon stick and place them in a tray and keep it covered. Show it to the player for 30 sec and cover it again, you can either ask the guest to writ everything that was there on the tray or you can cover and secretly remove one item and let the player guess what’s missing. The one who guesses most right or find quickest what’s missing wins the game.
1 Minute Games
If you are looking for quick, high energy games to play, minute to win it games are perfect. These are essentially quick games or tasks that need to be completed under a minute time and those who finish the challenge first or fastest wins. It can be stacking most candy corns in a minute or scoop cranberry from one bowl to another using spoon held in mouth. You can find here more Thanksgiving minute to win it games.
Find Someone Who
This is a good icebreaker game to play to help guests mingle. Start the game by giving guests a list of situation or things that a person would have done. Make them a mix of things that are common and unique. You can put things like “don’t enjoy turkey at Thanksgiving dinner” or “makes the best pie”. Guest need to find someone who would have done it and take their sign on their sheet. The one who gets sign for all or most under the given time wins.
Thanksgiving Bingo
This is one of the most loved game, that’s very common but must play at Thanksgiving. You can play the classic version where a number is called and player strike it out, or you use calling card to call out a Thanksgiving item. Another version is spot it bingo, where bingo card square has “I am saving room for pie” or “when are we eating?” players need to mark it as it happen or find the person who say or do it and get their sign. The one who completes the row wins.
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