Fun Thanksgiving Game Ideas for All Generations to Enjoy
Spending time with family and friends across different age groups can be incredibly rewarding, especially when you find activities everyone can participate in. Here are 15 game ideas designed to bring generations together.
Thanksgiving Trivia Night
Include questions about Thanksgiving history, famous dishes, fall traditions, or fun facts about turkeys. Create teams with fun names like "Pumpkin Pros" or "Stuffing Squad."
Thanksgiving Bingo
Design bingo cards with Thanksgiving-themed icons like turkeys, pumpkins, pie slices, and autumn leaves. Use candy corn or mini marshmallows as markers.
Turkey Charades
Add Thanksgiving-related prompts like “stuffing a turkey,” “football game,” “grandpa snoring,” or “pumpkin pie eating contest” for a holiday laugh.
Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt
Create a list of items to find around the house or outdoors, such as a cranberry sauce can, a fall leaf, a turkey decoration, or a family recipe book.
Pilgrim Pictionary
Focus on Thanksgiving words and themes, like “Mayflower,” “cornucopia,” or “Black Friday shopping.”
Harvest Board Game Bonanza
Play board games with Thanksgiving vibes. Use Candy Land as "Pumpkin Pie Land," or set up themed cards in games like Codenames.
Family Memory Match
Use photos of family members enjoying past Thanksgivings or include iconic dishes like mashed potatoes, gravy, and cranberry sauce for the cards.
Thanksgiving Lawn Games
Turn cornhole into "Turkey Toss" by decorating boards with turkey designs. Use mini pumpkins or themed beanbags as game pieces.
Musical Chairs: Turkey Edition
Play Thanksgiving songs like Over the River and Through the Woods or classics from the autumn season. Make the chairs festive with fall-colored fabric.
Thanksgiving Story Circle
Start a story with, “It was Thanksgiving Day, and the turkey escaped...” Let each person add a line to create a hilarious holiday tale.
Thanksgiving Karaoke Party
Sing songs with a holiday twist. Encourage participants to reimagine popular tunes with Thanksgiving lyrics (e.g., “Jingle Bells” becomes “Turkey Smells”).
Guess the Baby: Thanksgiving Edition
Add a twist: participants must guess family members’ favorite Thanksgiving dishes or who made the dish from a childhood photo.
“Would You Rather” (Thanksgiving Edition)
Ask Thanksgiving-themed questions like:
“Would you rather eat only turkey or only dessert for the rest of your life?”
“Would you rather cook the entire meal or wash all the dishes?”
Balloon Volleyball with a “Stuffed Turkey”
Use a balloon decorated as a turkey or in fall colors. Keep the game fun and festive!
Thanksgiving Cooking Contest
Challenge teams to decorate turkey-shaped cookies or create a dish using traditional Thanksgiving ingredients like pumpkin, cranberry, or sweet potato.
Bonus Tip
Add festive decorations, Thanksgiving-themed prizes (like mini pies or candles), and create a cozy playlist to enhance the atmosphere.
With these Thanksgiving tweaks, your games will seamlessly fit the holiday spirit and create cherished memories for all generations!