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Thanksgiving Games Keep Everyone Entertained
By Imogen T Stubbs
Since Thanksgiving is a time for family and fun why not compile
a great list of Thanksgiving games and crafts that you can do
together. It is also a great way to help pass the time while waiting
for guests to arrive and dinner to begin.
Most people have traditions within their own family, such as
watching a football game together, but this year why not shake
it up a bit by adding games? Who knows, perhaps it will become
a new Thanksgiving tradition.
In addition to the normal American Thanksgiving turkey dinner
and football game, what about a game of popcorn relay? Just take
several full bowls of popcorn and set them on one side of a room
and empty bowls on the other.
Racing To The Other Side
The teams must use a measuring cup, fill it with popcorn and
race to the other side of the room and dump it into the empty
bowl and then pass the cup to the next member. The first team
to empty the original bowl wins.
It can be a lot of fun for the kids if you incorporate crafts
into your Thanksgiving games. A few days before Thanksgiving have
the children color or find pictures in magazines of turkeys and
glue them onto several index cards.
Turkey Hunt
On Thanksgiving Day, gather all of the kids around and have them
leave the room while you hide the cards, and call them back in
for the turkey hunt. The one who finds the most wins the game
and can then hide them for the next round.
Other Thanksgiving activities could include a pumpkin race; this
is best done outside or in a garage, but it can be done inside
if necessary. You will need two large pumpkins and two good heavy
sticks; place the teams in two lines and place the pumpkins on
their sides.
The racers will then use the sticks to try to roll their pumpkins
over the finish line. Young children may need to use their hands
instead, but either way lots of fun will be had by all.
The Whole Family Sit In A Circle
For a game the whole family can enjoy, have everyone sit in a
circle and have the first person start out by saying something
they would like for the Thanksgiving meal, such as "I like
to eat turkey" and the next person repeats what they said
and then adds their own favorite food.
It continues around with everyone repeating and adding, until
someone can do it perfectly. If someone misses though, then they
are out of the circle. Why not try a new version of a popular
party game, instead of pin the tail on the donkey, try pin the
snood, or the feather, on the turkey when you are thinking of
different Thanksgiving games to play.
About the Author:
Imogen T Stubbs has written a number of articles on kitchen, food
and cooking including First
Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving
Day, Hot
Water, Refrigerator
Water Filter, Water
Filtering System, Whole
House Water.
Keep a lookout for more of her articles on this website.
Did You Know?
Do other countries than the United States have their own Thanksgiving
traditions?
There are other parts of the world that do
have their own Thanksgiving traditions and days. Canada celebrates
its Thanksgiving Day the second Monday in October.
In the Netherlands the Thanksgiving Day
is celebrated because the pilgrims, on their way to America, stopped
there. So each year in Leiden’s church there is a celebration.
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