Have the children stand in a circle. Choose one child to be the pilgrim and stand in the middle Blindfold this child. Let the other children in the circle pass the hat to each other saying:
Pilgrim, pilgrim where's your hat?
We've passed it around the circle
Now you try to get it back.
The children stop passing the hat when the poem is completed. The child who has the hat at this point hides it behind his back. The pilgrims tries to guess who has the hat.
This is a different version of the ever popular game of Dodge ball. Play this game outdoors before Thanksgiving dinner. The kids will be ready to eat lots of Turkey and all the trimmings when they are through.
Instructions:
1.All players but one are Pilgrims, and they form a circle.
2.One player is the turkey, and stands in the center of the circle.
3.The Pilgrims have a big soft ball or an old pillow. They try to hit the turkey with the ball, and the turkey dodges and runs to keep from being hit.
4.The first Pilgrim to hit the turkey gets to trade places with the turkey.
TURKEY TAG -GAME
Choose teams. Two children, one from each team, run turkey fashion from one line to another. They must also gobble as they race. If one gets out of position to gain speed, he or she is taken away by the farmer (you). The team
to have the most turkeys left at the end of two races wins.
GOBBLE, GOBBLE -GAME
A child is chosen to be "it". "It" closes his/her eyes and sits in one spot in the room. Another child is chosen to be the turkey. The turkey runs and hides in some part of the room/house? When the turkey has been hidden, he/she should be saying, "gobble gobble, gobble." "It" tries to guess who it is from the sound of the voice. He/she has three guesses. Little ones can follow the sound and find the turkey, and older kids will like to play "Hide and seek" again.
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