I have done several parites for my daughter (age 6). Here are some games and songs. Hope this helps!!
Nicolesmom
Thankerchief"
Arrange the children/players in a circle. Pass around a "thankerchief" (handkerchief) around as everyone recites this poem:
Thankerchief, thankerchief, around you go --
Where you'll stop, nobody knows.
But when you do, someone must say,
What they are thankful for this day.
The player holding the "thankerchief" when the poem ends, must
say aloud, one thing for which they are thankful. This continues until
everyone has had a turn.
Turkey Hunt !
Hunt quietly, you don't want to scare the turkeys...
On a dozen or so index cards, draw or paste a picture of a turkey.
To play, everyone leaves the room except the leader. The leader hides
the cards around the room. Hunters return and begin the hunt.
As each turkey is found, it is brought back to the leader who corrals
them in a separate pile for each hunter. When all the turkeys have been found, the hunter with the most turkeys is the winner and becomes the leader for the next round.
Tip:
Let your children make the cards before the Holiday. They'll find lots of magazine pictures and can color some as well!
Where is Mr. Turkey?
Instead of saying "warmer...cooler" you gobble?
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 with a mission to find the turkey. Helpers give clues by "gobbling" like turkeys. 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!
Don't forget the video camera!
Thanksgiving Songs
Turkey Dinner
author unknown (sung to Frere Jacques)
Turkey dinner, turkey dinner,
Gather round, gather round,
Who will get the drumstick,
Yummy, yummy drumstick,
All sit down, all sit down.
Cornbread muffins, chestnut stuffing,
Pudding pie, one foot high,
All of us were thinner, til we came to dinner,
Me, oh, my, me, oh, my!
Gobble Gobble Fat Turkeys
(sing to tune "the more we get together")
Gobble Gobble Gobble
Fat turkeys fat turkeys
Gobble Gobble Gobble
Fat turkeys are we
We're NOT for Thanksgiving
We're just here for living
Gobble Gobble Gobble
Fat turkeys are we
Turkey Dinner
(sung to tune of Frere Jacques)
We eat turkey we eat turkey
Oh so good! Oh so good!
Always on Thanksgiving
Always on Thanksgiving
Yum Yum Yum! Yum Yum Yum!
Mashed Potatoes Mashed Potatoes
Oh so good! Oh so good!
Always on Thanksgiving
Always on Thanksgiving
Yum Yum Yum! Yum Yum Yum!
Home-made biscuits Home-made biscuits
Oh so good! Oh so good!
Always on Thanksgiving
Always on Thanksgiving
Yum Yum Yum! Yum Yum Yum!
Turkey dressing Turkey dressing
Oh so good! Oh so good!
Always on Thanksgiving
Always on Thanksgiving
Yum Yum Yum! Yum Yum Yum!
Pie and ice cream Pie and ice cream
Oh so good! Oh so good!
Always on Thanksgiving
Always on Thanksgiving
Yum Yum Yum! Yum Yum Yum!
Gobbly Wobbly Turkeys
(sung to 10 little Indians)
One little Two little Three little Turkeys
Wobbly Gobbly Bobbley Turkeys
Hurried scurried worried Turkeys
It's Thanksgiving Day!
Thanksgiving Song
(sung to twinkle little star)
Thankyou thankyou very much
For everything that I can touch
Thanks alot for nature's food
And for when I'm feeling good
Thankyou thankyou very much
For moms and dads and friends and such!
and another version that can be sung:
Let's be thankful for this day
For our friends and for our play
Let's be thankful Let's be glad
For the food and things we have
Let's give thanks for you and me
For our friends and family.
