I would have placed these in Our Rainy Days
forum but thought it best that everything that was related
to Thanksgiving be under one board, so I placed it here!
Odds or Evens
A quiet game for two players
Each player starts out with the same number of small beans, pebbles, buttons, or marbles. One player hides a few of his beans in his hand. The other player must guess if the number of hidden beans is odd or even. If he guesses correctly, he may add the beans to his pile. The players take turns hiding and guessing, until one player has all the beans!
Pumpkin Roll
A silly old outdoor race
This is a simple race but since pumpkins are not nice smooth balls and refuse to roll in nice straight lines, you will need plenty of wandering room! If you need to play inside, use small pumpkins.
You need two large pumblins and two sturdy sticks. The racers, line up on the starting line with the pumpkins turned on their sides. On the signal, the racers use the stick to roll the pumpkins to the finish line. Younger players may want to use their hands instead of the stick. If you want to play this as teams, make it a relay race.
Cornucopia
The old "Fruit Basket" game with a Thanksgiving name.
The players sit on chairs forming a circle. There should be one more player than there are chairs. The player without a chair is the leader. The leader points to each of the other players and gives them a name, such as "Squash," "Corn," "Apple," "Turkey," anything related to Thanksgiving.
After everyone is named, the leader calls out two of the names, "Corn and Apple." Those two players must quickly switch places. The leader continues calling like this (keeping up a brisk pace) until suddenly she says "The cornucopia has tipped over!" Everyone, including the leader, then scrambles for a new place. The one who ends up without a seat is the new leader.
The leader may give the same name to more than one person. This makes the switching of places a little more confusing and a lot more exciting.
Where is Mr. Turkey?
A noisy variation on "Hide the Button"
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 and starts to search for Mr. Turkey. The helpers gobble to give the hunter clues to Mr. Turkey's hiding place. If the hunter is not close, the helpers gobble very quietly. As the hunter gets closer, the helpers gobble more and more loudly until Mr. Turkey is found!
forum but thought it best that everything that was related
to Thanksgiving be under one board, so I placed it here!
Odds or Evens
A quiet game for two players
Each player starts out with the same number of small beans, pebbles, buttons, or marbles. One player hides a few of his beans in his hand. The other player must guess if the number of hidden beans is odd or even. If he guesses correctly, he may add the beans to his pile. The players take turns hiding and guessing, until one player has all the beans!
Pumpkin Roll
A silly old outdoor race
This is a simple race but since pumpkins are not nice smooth balls and refuse to roll in nice straight lines, you will need plenty of wandering room! If you need to play inside, use small pumpkins.
You need two large pumblins and two sturdy sticks. The racers, line up on the starting line with the pumpkins turned on their sides. On the signal, the racers use the stick to roll the pumpkins to the finish line. Younger players may want to use their hands instead of the stick. If you want to play this as teams, make it a relay race.
Cornucopia
The old "Fruit Basket" game with a Thanksgiving name.
The players sit on chairs forming a circle. There should be one more player than there are chairs. The player without a chair is the leader. The leader points to each of the other players and gives them a name, such as "Squash," "Corn," "Apple," "Turkey," anything related to Thanksgiving.
After everyone is named, the leader calls out two of the names, "Corn and Apple." Those two players must quickly switch places. The leader continues calling like this (keeping up a brisk pace) until suddenly she says "The cornucopia has tipped over!" Everyone, including the leader, then scrambles for a new place. The one who ends up without a seat is the new leader.
The leader may give the same name to more than one person. This makes the switching of places a little more confusing and a lot more exciting.
Where is Mr. Turkey?
A noisy variation on "Hide the Button"
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 and starts to search for Mr. Turkey. The helpers gobble to give the hunter clues to Mr. Turkey's hiding place. If the hunter is not close, the helpers gobble very quietly. As the hunter gets closer, the helpers gobble more and more loudly until Mr. Turkey is found!
Now...should I tell the boys' teachers about "Mr Turkey" or not? 
