12 Thanksgiving Games for Adults and Kids (Printable)

12 easy Thanksgiving games for adults and kids, from gratitude charades to pie trivia with answers. Free printable Thanksgiving pages included.

Why games make Thanksgiving better

The turkey takes hours, but the games are what everyone remembers. These 12 games need little more than paper, pens and a printer. They work for the whole table, from grandparents to the youngest cousin.

Table games (no getting up)

1. Gratitude Telephone: whisper "I'm thankful for…" down the table and see what comes out the other end.
2. Thanksgiving Trivia (with answers):
3. In what year did the Pilgrims and Wampanoag share the Plymouth harvest feast now remembered as the "First Thanksgiving"? 1621
4. Which president's 1863 proclamation began the yearly national Thanksgiving Day? Abraham Lincoln (Oct. 3, 1863)
5. In a 1784 letter, Benjamin Franklin called which bird "a much more respectable bird" than the bald eagle? The turkey
6. What state grows the most cranberries? Wisconsin
7. Two Truths and a Pie: each person shares three facts about their year, and the table guesses which one is made up.
8. Alphabet Gratitude: go around the table naming one thing you're thankful for, A to Z.
9. Leftover Story: each person adds one sentence to a story that has to include the word "gravy."

Games for the kids' table

1. Coloring contest: print our free Thanksgiving sampler and let a grown-up judge "most colorful turkey."
2. I Spy, Thanksgiving edition: spot fall colors around the room.
3. Turkey Feather Count: see the Turkey Feather Counting Craft.

Games for big groups

1. Pumpkin pie charades: act out fall words (raking leaves, carving, napping after dinner).
2. Word search race: pairs race through a Thanksgiving word search.
3. Thankful jar reveal: guests drop in anonymous notes, and the table reads them aloud over dessert.
4. Craft station: set out cut-and-color projects from DIY Thanksgiving Crafts.

Make it a quiet-time win too

After the meal, a stack of Thanksgiving coloring pages keeps everyone cozy while the dishes get done.

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