Thanksgiving is a wonderful time for celebration, gratitude, and spending time with friends and family. Online Thanksgiving games can help teach kids more about the history and meaning of the holiday, as well as keep them busy while mom or dad preps the Thanksgiving feast.
Play Fun Thanksgiving Online Games for Kids
If your little ones are looking for Thanksgiving activities, playing Thanksgiving games online is an excellent way to enjoy this festive and meaningful holiday for longer than just one day. From preschoolers to preteens and elementary school kids to teenagers, there are Thanksgiving games for all ages to play and enjoy. Options include word games and puzzles, action games, arcade games, jigsaw puzzles, thinking games, match games, and more.
Thanksgiving Dinner
This unique Thanksgiving dinner game from Math Game Time is an interactive online logic puzzle that is great for elementary-aged kids. It has a focus on math and logic, so parents can feel good about its educational value, while kids will love the fun factor. The game includes twelve guests and even Thanksgiving food preferences. Kids will need to solve who sits where in order to solve the game.
Fun Educational Games from Primary Games
Primary Games has several games that have an educational focus and a Thanksgiving theme, including math and vocabulary. Although some games require Flash, there are also a few that do not, including:
- Turkey Touchdown - Move the turkey towards the goal by correctly answering math facts. Choose easy, medium, or hard depending on age.
- Gobble Squabble - A Pac-Man style game played with a Thanksgiving turkey that reinforces math facts.
- Online Thanksgiving crossword
- Thanksgiving word search
Digipuzzle's Thanksgiving Games
Digipuzzle has a variety of Thanksgiving-themed online games. Some games, such as the Thanksgiving Match or the online Thanksgiving coloring pages are suited for younger children, many of the games are better for upper elementary and middle-school children. Games include Thanksgiving riddle games, Thanksgiving Sudoku, a Thanksgiving count-it game, Hit-the-Turkey, and more.
Gobo Play Thanksgiving Puzzle Games
For kids that love jigsaw puzzles, Gobo Play is a good source with several Thanksgiving-themed online puzzles, such as turkeys, pumpkins, candy corn, and more. This is appropriate for upper elementary students. Parents should know that ads do show before allowing the game to load. Click on the "Skip Ad" tab in the lower right corner to avoid ads.
Spot the Differences
In the Spot the Thanksgiving Differences Game from Y8, kids' can hone their attention to detail as they compare two Thanksgiving scenes and click on the small differences between the pictures. There are ten different levels to play, but each level must be unlocked by getting previous ones correct. Some differences are obvious, but others are difficult to spot, so this is a good option for upper elementary students.
Thanksgiving Crossword Game
Upper elementary students will enjoy the challenge of a Thanksgiving crossword. This one includes nine crossword questions, and kids can get hints and check answers as well.
Thanksgiving Turkey Dress Up
Younger kids will love this Thanksgiving turkey dress-up game. Children can choose from a variety of beak and feather options, as well as accessories like a scarf, hat, boots, and more. Parents should be aware a brief ad shows before play - click the lower right "Skip Ad" button to allow your child to proceed with the game.
Online Puzzle Games at Hello Kids
Hello Kids features nine fun puzzle games with Thanksgiving themes such as a cute turkey, harvest dinner, the Mayflower, pilgrims, and a cornucopia. These puzzles are great for all ages because you can choose the level of difficulty. The levels range from Easy (only four pieces) which would be great for toddlers and younger kids, to Very Hard (36 pieces) that will offer a challenge to older elementary students. They also have four online slider puzzles for the holiday.
Thanksgiving Memory Math
This Thanksgiving memory match game has 20 card options, so it's probably best suited to mid or upper elementary students. There are fun Thanksgiving images like pies, pilgrims, and turkeys. This is a time-based game, so evaluate whether it's right or not for your child before playing.
Pilgrim and Turkey Tic-Tac-Toe Online
Although most of the games at DLTK Growing Together are no longer supported, the website offers a simple version of Thanksgiving Tic-Tac-Toe young kids will enjoy. It features Pilgrims and turkeys and kids can play against the computer to try to win as many rounds as they wish.
Thanksgiving Apps for Kids
For kids who have tablets or mobile devices, apps can be a good option to keep them busy on Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving Games for Kids Preschool Game Set
Available from Kid Games on Google Play for free, this Thanksgiving Game Set is geared towards preschoolers. It includes 18 games that helps teach young kids shapes, numbers, and attention to detail.
Silly Turkey
Starfall offers a great fun and educational app geared towards kids eight and younger with its Silly Turkey game. It is available for Android and iOS for 99 cents. Kids can practice their reading skills, use their imagination to create new farm animals, and work on logic and vocabulary with fun puzzles.
Thanksgiving Puzzle App
Thanksgiving Puzzles has a free version available from the App Store or Google Play that offers several cute animated puzzles geared towards younger kids. The full version of the game with more puzzles is $1.99.
Hidden Thanksgiving Objects
Older kids will enjoy the challenge of trying to find hidden objects on the Hidden Objects Thanksgiving Fall Harvest app. It is available for both Apple devices and Androids for free. With bold graphics and over 30 levels to master, this game will keep kids busy.
Cook a Virtual Thanksgiving Dinner
Kids who like cooking games will love creating their own virtual Thanksgiving dinner from start to finish with the Turkey Roast Holiday Family Dinner app, available from Google Play for free. The App Store offers a realistic virtual Thanksgiving dinner app with the More Holiday Dinner game (available for $1.99).
Kids' Games for Thanksgiving Day
There are many websites providing a variety of Thanksgiving online games for kids of all ages. Whether you love puzzles, action games, word searches or the classics, finding fun Thanksgiving versions of your favorite games is easy to do and provides hours of holiday fun. For more turkey day fun, try these free Thanksgiving lesson printables or check out free Thanksgiving game ideas.
