Thanksgiving games
Games for a full house, a full table and three generations in one room.
Start with a guide: Thanksgiving games the whole family can play at the table
All thanksgiving games
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Candy Jar Guess
Fill a jar with candy, let everyone write down a guess, and whoever comes closest to the real number takes the jar home.
- 4+ players, think game
- 5 min
- Ages 5+
- Calm
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Categories
Pick a category and a letter, then race to name things that fit before the rhythm or the timer catches you out.
- 2+ players, think game
- 15 min
- Ages 7+
- Calm
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Charades
One player acts out a word or phrase without speaking while their team races the clock to guess it.
- 4+ players, talk game
- 20 min
- Ages 6+
- Lively
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Consequences
Each player adds one line to a story without seeing what came before, then the folded papers are opened and read aloud.
- 3–12 players, make game
- 15 min
- Ages 8+
- Calm
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Marshmallow Tower
Teams have a fixed time to build the tallest free-standing tower they can from dry spaghetti and marshmallows.
- 3+ players, make game
- 20 min
- Ages 7+
- Lively
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Twenty Questions
One player thinks of something and the rest have twenty yes-or-no questions to work out what it is.
- 2+ players, think game
- 10 min
- Ages 7+
- Calm
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Would You Rather
Players choose between two equally tempting, or equally awful, options and then have to defend their choice.
- 2+ players, talk game
- 15 min
- Ages 6+
- Calm
How to choose
Thanksgiving games have to fit around the kitchen and the table. Look for games with no set-up that can pause when the food is ready, and for ones that work with people sitting where they already are. Mixed-age teams keep the youngest and the oldest in the same game instead of in separate rooms.
Not sure which of these fits your group? The game picker asks how many people you have, how old they are and where you are, then deals three games.