This free Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt printable is a super fun activity for the entire family! The perfect no-prep Thanksgiving game for all ages – simply print and play!
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Free Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt Printable
Bring the food and the FUN this year with our Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt. It’s a fun Thanksgiving-themed search and find game that’s a great way to keep the kids entertained while you’re making dinner this year!
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Free Printable Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt
It’s time to start planning those Thanksgiving menus, crafts, games, and activities for Thanksgiving Day! We’ve got you covered with our free printable Thanksgiving Planner, Thanksgiving craft ideas, and our collection of Thanksgiving game ideas including this brand new Thanksgiving scavenger hunt game! Get your copy below!
This fun Thanksgiving scavenger hunt is a great activity to keep the kids occupied before Thanksgiving dinner, and it’s also the perfect after-dinner activity for the whole family! Burn off some of those dinner calories and avoid the tryptophan-induced sleepiness that often comes after the big Thanksgiving meal!
This fun scavenger hunt is perfect for kids of all ages, though little ones may need help from the older kids or adults reading some of the words.
How to Play the Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt Game
- Provide each participant with the printable scavenger hunt checklist, a clipboard (optional, but highly recommended!), and a pen or pencil. Decide whether to play as individuals or in pairs (or even in small groups if you have a lot of people). If you have lots of younger kids present, let them buddy up with older children who can help them read the words, if necessary.
- Send the kids through the house, into the yard, and around the neighborhood (with supervision, of course!) to discover and check each item off of their lists. Note: if you’re experiencing bad weather on Thanksgiving Day, you can opt to print pictures of each item off of the internet and hide them around the house. This option still provides the fun of searching with the comfort of staying warm and dry inside!
- There are two ways that you can choose to end the game and declare a winner:
1) The first team or player to find all of the items on the list and return to the original starting place wins.
2) Set a time limit and then gather back at the starting place to see who found the most items. The player or team with the most items checked off in the time allotted is the winner. (This method is preferable if you don’t expect that your players will be able to find all of the items on the list) - In the event of a tie, we like to play a Thanksgiving Word Search or Thanksgiving Word Scramble game as a tie-breaker. The winner is the first to find all of the hidden words or unscramble all of the letters.
Tip: Make this Thanksgiving game even more fun and a little more challenging by having the players take photos of each item that they find. You can use the pictures to create a fabulous Thanksgiving Day collage later!
Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt Prize Ideas
- Mini Cornucopia filled with candy (You can even make your own DIY Candy Cornucopia with our easy tutorial!)
- Thanksgiving Stickers
- Thanksgiving Stamps
- Gratitude Journal
- Silly Thanksgiving Hats & Headbands
- Thanksgiving Sunglasses
- Thanksgiving Pencils
- Thanksgiving Books
- Thanksgiving Novelty Socks
The list of words includes items that you may find outdoors in nature, indoors as holiday decorations, on the Thanksgiving dinner table, and even a “Thankful” clue that is left open to your interpretation – search for a literal “Thankful” written out somewhere, or be figurative in your interpretation and discover someone being thankful or something you’re especially grateful for!
With so many different ways to play this scavenger hunt game, it is sure to become one of your favorite Thanksgiving activities and new family traditions!
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