Thanksgiving with children is a waiting game: waiting for dinner, waiting for cousins, waiting for the grown-ups to stop talking. These seven printable turkey games are built for exactly that wait. There is a fortune teller to fold and play, a set of memory cards to cut out and match, counting cards that turn feathers into a maths game, a ten-day countdown turkey, a kite, a shaker and a popsicle-stick puzzle — all in one free PDF, all black-and-white so children can colour them in before they play. Print once, cut once, and the table has something to do that is not a screen.
What’s Included
In this collection, we publish 7 turkey games crafts and images.
How to print and play your turkey games
- Download the free PDF (A4 or US Letter — both files contain the same 7 pages).
- Print at 100% scale, black-and-white, on plain paper or light card. Card is better for the memory cards, the puzzle strips and the shaker.
- Colour the pieces in, then cut along the dashed lines.
How to play each game
- Fortune teller: fold into a cootie catcher, pick a turkey face, count, and open a flap for a fortune.
- Kite: assemble the turkey kite; fly it or hang it as decoration.
- Gobble shaker: cut out the round turkey face and feather-back circle, fill with dried beans or rice, seal, and shake.
- Memory cards: cut out all 12 cards, shuffle face down, and match the pairs.
- Counting cards: count the dashed circles on each turkey, then glue the matching number of feather counters on.
- Countdown: glue one numbered feather onto the turkey each day for the ten days before Thanksgiving.
- Popsicle-stick puzzle: cut the six strips apart, glue each to a popsicle stick, mix them up, and reassemble the turkey.
Ages and difficulty
Ages 3–7 (preschool to early elementary). Counting cards and the shaker suit ages 3–5; memory cards suit ages 4–6; the fortune teller, countdown and popsicle-stick puzzle suit ages 5–7. Difficulty is Easy to Medium: memory, counting and the shaker are Easy, while the fortune teller (folding) and the popsicle-stick puzzle (cutting six even strips, gluing to sticks) are Medium and need an adult’s help for younger children.
More turkey printables
- Turkey Crafts for Kids — the parent hub with more turkey templates.
- Turkey Handprint Craft — nine free handprint and footprint turkey printables for kids.
- Pilgrim Crafts for Kids
- Handprint Thankful Tree Craft
- Turkey Pumpkin Craft
