A Thanksgiving charades list the whole table can play between dinner and pie: the cooking, the parade, the football and everything after. Play from one phone with a timer and the score kept for you, or print the cards.
21 cards to a Letter page with the category and level on each card. Cut them out and draw them from a bowl or hat. Prints the deck and level picked above.
Use your own words
All 84 thanksgiving charades ideas
33 easy, 35 medium and 16 hard (the dots: ●○○ easy, ●●○ medium, ●●● hard).
Movies (1)
Free Birds●●●
TV shows and specials (1)
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving●●○
Songs (1)
Over the River and Through the Wood●●●
Characters (2)
Scarecrow●○○
Pilgrim●●○
Things to act out (58)
Carving the turkey●○○
Falling asleep on the couch after dinner●○○
Unbuttoning your pants after dinner●●○
Pie-eating contest●○○
Sitting at the kids' table●●○
Thawing a frozen turkey●●●
Throwing a football●○○
Mashing potatoes●○○
Holding a parade balloon rope●●○
Pulling the wishbone●○○
Basting the turkey●●○
Watching the parade●○○
Raking leaves●○○
Stuck in holiday traffic●●○
Jumping in a leaf pile●○○
Fighting over the last slice of pie●●○
Grandpa telling the same old story●●●
Setting the table●○○
Eating too much●○○
Saying what you're thankful for●●○
Hugging your relatives●○○
Washing dishes●○○
Smoke alarm going off●●○
Pouring gravy on everything●○○
Black Friday shopping●●○
Waiting in line for a doorbuster●●●
Baking a pie●○○
Picking apples●○○
Rolling out pie crust●●○
Eating corn on the cob●○○
Running a turkey trot●●○
Eating a turkey leg●○○
Kicking a field goal●●○
The turkey timer popping up●●●
Taking the turkey out of the oven●○○
Taking leftovers home●●○
Tracing your hand to make a turkey●○○
Yelling at football on TV●●○
Marching in a band●○○
Making a turkey sandwich●●○
Driving to Grandma's house●○○
Stuffing the turkey●●○
Touchdown dance●○○
Burning the rolls●●○
Using a leaf blower●○○
Volunteering at a food bank●●○
Cooking for a crowd●●●
Putting on oven mitts●○○
Getting lost in a corn maze●●○
Being a falling leaf●○○
Going on a hayride●●○
Running out of chairs●●●
Dropping the turkey●●○
Wearing stretchy pants●●○
Waiting at the airport●●○
Grocery shopping the night before●●○
Rolling a giant pumpkin●○○
Reading Grandma's handwritten recipe●●●
Animals (2)
Turkey●○○
Squirrel●○○
Jobs (5)
Chef●○○
Cheerleader●○○
Football player●○○
Quarterback●●○
Referee●●○
Things (7)
Cornucopia●●●
Mayflower●●○
Plymouth Rock●●●
Parade float●●○
Gravy boat●●●
Cranberry sauce●●○
Leftovers●●○
Phrases and ideas (7)
Gratitude●●●
Food coma●●○
Presidential turkey pardon●●●
Counting your blessings●●●
Sweater weather●●●
Second helpings●●○
Giving thanks●●○
Questions
When is the best time to play Thanksgiving charades?
After dinner, before pie: everyone is at the table and nobody wants to move far. Teams of the kids table versus the grown-ups table work well.
Are there easy ones for little kids?
Yes. Pick the Easy level: gobbling like a turkey, rolling out pie dough, a falling leaf.