Wednesday, October 6, 2010

5 Fun Thanksgiving Games for Kids

Look at all these great ideas for fun Thanksgiving games for kids! These are ideal for family gatherings and also to help keep the 'dinner and breakfast time!

Apple spiking game

Children love the challenge of Thanksgiving games for kids and added value of their efforts ... an apple pie.

Materials needed:

Potato peeler
Paring knife
Apples

How to play

With a potato peeler (children) or a knife(For adults only), which produce the longest continuous apple peel strips.
For an extra challenge to see who can be that is the closest and longest for the production.

Where is Mr. Turkey?

Materials needed:

Small toy Turkey
Video Camera

How to play

Instead of saying "warmer ... cool you swallow?
One player is the hunter and the others are helpers. The hunter leaves the room. The helpers hide a small toy Turkey.


The hunter returns with a mission to find theTurkey.
Aides to provide information to "devour" as turkeys. If the hunter is not close, the helpers gobble very quiet. With the approach of the hunter, the helpers gobble louder and louder, until Mr. Turkey is found!
Not to mention the camera!

Turkey Strut

Materials needed:

Tape
Music

How to play

The use of tape stuck in the footsteps of Turkey on the ground.
Start playing the music.
Let the children do so, turkeys strut around and bethe room.
If you stop the music, have the turkeys find footprints of support (a turkey on a surface).
When you start the music again, turkeys have continued strutting around the room.

Thanksgiving Dress-Up Relay

Materials needed:

Chairs
Pilgrim or Native American costume

How to play

The children lined up in two teams behind the starting line.
Across the room are two chairs with a pilgrim or Native American costume at all.
At a signal,the first child of each team runs to the chair is to the suit, sits down and says "Happy Thanksgiving!
Remove all items, and take you back to the person next in line to the mark.
Every man repeats these actions until all had a turn. The team, which finished first of the winners.

Popcorn Relay Race

Materials needed:

Popcorn
Measure

How to play

This is a bit 'messy, but worth a look, relatives young and old play together!
September bowls outfull of popcorn at one end of the room and empty bowls at another.
Teams must transport the popcorn from full bowl to empty, with a measuring cup.

Note: Popcorn is a choking hazard to children under three!

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