Turkey Time
Save Room for Dessert
Parades and Balloons
What's on the Plate?
Thanksgiving Fun and Games
100

This is the sound a turkey makes.

What is "Gobble gobble"?

100

This bright orange pie is the most famous dessert to eat on Thanksgiving.

What is pumpkin pie?

100

This department store hosts the huge Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City every year.

What is Macy's?

100

This side dish is made by mashing up boiled potatoes with butter and milk.

What are mashed potatoes?

100

Thanksgiving always takes place on this day of the week.

What is Thursday?

200

This part of the turkey is pulled by two people, and whoever gets the bigger piece gets to make one of these.

What is a wish? (The wishbone)

200

This fluffy white topping is squirted right on top of your pie slice.

What is whipped cream?

200

Instead of just floats, the Thanksgiving parade is famous for giant flying versions of these.

What are balloons / character balloons?

200

You pour this warm brown sauce over your turkey and potatoes.

What is gravy?

200

Before eating Thanksgiving dinner, families often go around the table to say what they are most ____ for.

What is thankful / grateful?

300

What are the red, fleshy skin flaps under a turkey's beak called?

What is a wattle?

300

This red, juicy fruit sauce is served at Thanksgiving, and sometimes it stays in the exact shape of the can!

What is cranberry sauce?

300

At the very end of the Thanksgiving Day parade, this jolly guy in a red suit arrives to kick off the next holiday season.

Who is Santa Claus?

300

This yellow vegetable can be eaten right off the cob or served in baked kernels.

What is corn?

300

When kids make a turkey craft in school, they often trace this body part to make the turkey's tail feathers.

What is their hand? (Handprint turkey)

400

Turkeys have lots of these covering their bodies instead of fur or hair.

What are feathers?

400

This pie is made with a warm, spiced fruit that reportedly "keeps the doctor away."

What is apple pie?

400

To make giant parade balloons float high in the air, you fill them up with this instead of water.

What is air (or helium)?

400

This side dish is stuffed inside the turkey or baked in a dish using bread crumbs, herbs, and broth.

What is stuffing (or dressing)?

400

People usually eat Thanksgiving dinner using this round flat dish that holds all your food.

What is a plate?

500

True or False: Wild turkeys can fly for short distances, but farm turkeys are too heavy to fly.

What is True?

500

You usually bake a pie inside one of these hot kitchen appliances.

What is an oven?

500

People who can't go to New York City to see the parade in person usually watch it at home on this device.

What is a television / TV or ipad?


500

You use these two utensils—one to hold your food down and one to cut or scoop it—while eating at the table.

What are a fork and a knife (or a spoon)?

500

This is a place that teachers and students don't have to go on Thanksgiving.

What is school?