Stuff The Turkey Thanksgiving Game For Kids
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Stuff The Turkey Game is an easy-to-make game that is a Thanksgiving Game for Kids. It’s a fun fall game and is the perfect game for your Thanksgiving parties. It’s so, so super simple to make, and a lot of fun for everyone.
Stuff the Turkey Game – A Thanksgiving Game for Kids
Boy oh boy, my kids have plum worn out this turkey bag! They spent three days tossing paper “stuffing” into it and still couldn’t get enough. It’s one of those simple Thanksgiving games they wanted to play again and again.
If you’re looking for an easy Thanksgiving game for kids, this one is simple to make and fun to play at home or at a party. You’ll find the supplies, step-by-step photos, game rules, variations, a video tutorial, and printable instructions below.
What I love about this Turkey Toss game
- Easy to set up. The turkey is made from ordinary paper bags.
- Fun to play again. My kids kept coming back to it for days.
- Perfect for Thanksgiving. It’s a simple game for family gatherings or classroom parties.
- Easy to adjust. Change the tossing distance or try the team variation below.
Supplies You’ll Need:
- 1 large paper bag
- 2 small brown paper bags
- scrap pieces of paper or newspaper
- 2 pieces of white tissue paper
- Stapler
- Warm glue gun and glue sticks or Tacky Glue (affiliate link)
- White paper for onions
- Brown paper for bread
- Green paper for celery
Safety note: Always supervise children during crafts and activities. An adult should handle the hot glue gun and stapler.
Instructions:
VIDEO
Step One
- If the large paper bag has advertisements on the outside, carefully turn it inside out so the plain side shows.
Step Two
- Fold the top of the large paper bag down toward the inside, making a fold about 4 inches deep.
- Fold the two front edges inward, as though you’re wrapping a present.
- Staple those two folds down
Step Three
- Crumple the scrap paper into balls.
- Stuff the bottoms of both small brown paper bags with the crumpled paper.
- Tuck the white tissue paper into the bags, leaving about 1–2 inches sticking out at the ends.
- Twist the tops of the small bags and secure them with glue or staples.
- Glue the finished turkey legs onto the large paper bag.
- Crumple the brown, white, and green paper into balls to resemble stuffing ingredients, such as bread, onion, and celery. Use any other colors you’ve chosen for your stuffing. These paper balls are what players toss into the turkey.
- Set the turkey on a table and let players take turns tossing the paper stuffing into the bag.
Scoring in the Game
For a team version with point values, see the Turkey Game Variations section below.
Players take turns tossing their paper stuffing balls into the turkey. Whoever gets the most stuffing balls into the bag wins.
Expert Tips
- Adjust the challenge. Move the turkey closer or farther away, or place it higher or lower to suit the players.
- Make colorful stuffing. Use white paper for onion, brown for bread, green for celery, and red for cranberries, if you’d like.
- Challenge older kids. Set the turkey farther away to make their tosses more difficult.
- Try another variation. You can also change the turkey’s height or try a blindfolded round with adult supervision and a clear play area.
Turkey Game Variations
Stuff the Turkey Toss Game
For the team version, make three paper bag turkeys and divide players into two teams. Arrange the turkeys in a line, one behind the other. The closest turkey is worth 1 point, the middle turkey is worth 2 points, and the farthest turkey is worth 3 points. Give each team three crumpled paper balls in its own color—for example, white for Team One and brown for Team Two. Teams take turns tossing the paper stuffing into the turkeys, similar to a bean bag toss. The first team to reach 21 points wins.
This Turkey Game can easily be played indoors or outdoors. It is perfect for any party and is easy to transport.
Kids, teens, and adults alike enjoy playing this Turkey Game
Paper bags are generally found at most grocery stores. All you have to do is ask. You can also order paper bags.
More Games for Thanksgiving
Looking for more Thanksgiving games? Try Haystack Bowling, Turkey Leg Ring Toss, or our Thanksgiving Minute to Win It games. For more ideas, see 37 of the Best Thanksgiving Games for the Whole Family.
Watch My VIDEO on How to Make a Stuff the Turkey Game
Here’s the Printable Instructions
Stuff The Turkey Game
Materials
- 1 large paper bag
- 2 small brown paper bags
- scrap pieces of paper or newspaper
- 2 pieces of white tissue paper
- Stapler
- Low temp. glue gun and glue sticks
- White paper for onions scrap paper or tissue paper
- Brown paper for bread scrap paper or tissue paper
- Green paper for celery scrap paper or tissue paper
- any other color of tissue paper or scrap paper that you think will resemble an ingredient in your stuffing
Instructions
- If there is advertisement on the bag, then carefully and slowly fold it inside out
- Once you have your bag all set and ready to become a turkey, fold about 4 inches of the top down toward the inside of the bag
- Take the two edges of the bag, and fold at a diagonal like you're wrapping a present
- Staple those two folds down
- Take your scrap pieces of paper and wad them up
- Stuff the bottom of the 2 small brown bags with the wadded-up paper
- Place the ends of the white tissue paper down into the bags with only the end peaking out about 1-2 in
- Twist the top of the bags around and glue or staple them to secure
- Glue the turkey legs onto the big turkey bag
- wad up your colored paper of green, brown, white, and other colors you have chosen to resemble what you put into your turkey stuffing – These will be what you throw into the turkey
Notes
Game Variation Idea
Stuff the Turkey Toss Game
Make 3 Paper Bag Turkeys and divide players into 2 teams. Place all 3 turkey bags in a vertical line and assign the closest one worth 1 point, the middle one worth 2 points and the furthest away worth 3 points. Play the game similar to bean bag toss. Give each team 3 wadded pieces of paper of a certain color. For example, Team One would have white paper and Team Two would have brown. They should take turns trying to stuff the turkeys. The first team to get to 21 points wins the game~Melissa – KidFriendlyThingsToDo.com
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This was so creative and a must do for my class. Thank you for sharing . I am following you from here out.
Wow! I’m honored! Thank you. I hope your class enjoys it. 🙂
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This is such a cute idea! I’m just getting started blogging and am doing a small series on Thanksgiving activities. (We kind of give Thanksgiving the bum’s rush, I think.) I’m wanting to do an activity roundup of clever things like this. Do you mind if I use it? Obviously I’ll make sure to give credit where credit is due!
Of course! I would love it, if you would share an image and a link back. Let me know when you go live, so I can hop over and see your fun post! Good luck to you in the blogging world. 🙂
That was for sure the plan! Sharing is caring! 😉 And I will let you know! My blog is live now, but I’ll send you a link when I get my Thanksgiving activity roundup together this week!
That sounds perfect! Thank you for including me. 🙂
Melissa! The post is up! I will be promoting it next week. I’m hoping to do this with my nieces and nephews when they’re here for Thanksgiving. Thanks again for the fun idea!
http://www.theupandupblog.com/thanksgiving-activity-roundup/
Ok love this idea so much I posted a shot on our company’s instagram and tagged your website to visit.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate the compliment and the share. 🙂
How do they get the stuffing to play. do you hide it and they have to find one of each to play and no trading?
I hand them out to the kids. I give them the wadded up paper and they have a contest to see who can get the most into the turkey. 🙂
That’s nice little idea. I definitely have to try it this thanks giving.
This is such an amazing idea! I just made 4 of them for our little ones this Thanksgiving! Thanks so much! 🦃🥧❤️
I’m so glad that you came back to let me know that you are planning on playing the game. That makes me so happy. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving – Stuffing the turkey!
What a creative idea! I love it and will do it with my sons every year from now on! Thank you! Quick question, was this a regular sized grocery paper bag? It seems bigger than the Publix bags at our local grocery. Do you have a recommendation for which bag you used, please? Hopefully I can find a similar size! No one wants a skinny turkey! 🦃😁 Thanks again!
LOL! I agree with the skinny turkey. I used a regular-sized paper bag from a grocery store called ALDI. I’m not sure if you have that particular grocery chain in your neck of the woods. I would assume it would be about the same size as Publix’s.
Just wanted to say thank you!
Thank YOU for coming back to say that. You are most welcome. Hope you enjoy it.