Hilarious Thanksgiving Games for Family Fun
If you’ve ever hosted Thanksgiving, you know the struggle, trying to keep everyone entertained between the turkey coma and pie round two.
The kids are restless, the adults are pretending to “help in the kitchen,” and you’re secretly Googling fun Thanksgiving games for families while basting the bird.
Sound familiar?
Well, friend, I’ve got your back. Thanksgiving Minute to Win It Games are the ultimate solution for bringing big laughs, friendly competition, and pure chaos (in the best way) to your holiday gathering.
These quick, easy, and hilarious challenges are perfect for everyone, from tiny turkeys to grumpy uncles.
So grab your timer, clear the table (after dinner, of course), and get ready to turn your Thanksgiving party into a full-blown game show with the best Thanksgiving party games for all ages.
Why We LOVE Minute-To Win It Thanksgiving Party Games
We love Minute to Win It games because they’re the perfect mix of simple, silly, and side-splittingly fun. You don’t need fancy supplies or hours of prep, just everyday items, a timer, and a group of people ready to laugh until they cry.
They’re fast-paced, so no one ever gets bored, and they work for all ages, kids, parents, grandparents, and even that one overly competitive friend who treats everything like the Olympics.
Plus, these games have a magical way of breaking the ice and getting everyone off their phones and into the moment.
It’s good, old-fashioned fun—with a dash of chaos—that brings everyone together.
What Are Minute-To-Win-It Games
Minute to Win It games are short, fast-paced challenges that players have to complete in, you guessed it—under one minute!
Inspired by the popular TV show, these games are all about quick thinking, goofy tasks, and a whole lot of laughter.
Think stacking cups, balancing cookies on your face, or racing to move marshmallows with a spoon in your mouth, all while the clock ticks down.
The best part?
They’re super easy to set up, use things you probably already have at home, and can be played solo, in teams, or head-to-head.
Basically, they’re the ultimate low-effort, high-fun addition to any party or classroom celebration.
Fun Friendsgiving Game Ideas
Let’s go over a list of fun and easy Thanksgiving Minute to Win It games that you can do for your next friendsgiving or family gathering.
We’ll break them down with supplies, tasks, how to play, and how to win.
This way, you have a quick guide you can reference as you go. You can choose a few of these to add to your next Thanksgiving for some extra family fun.
If you’d rather have a printable version you can keep on hand, I’ve created a Thanksgiving Minute-to-Win-It Bundle.
It’s got all the games on individual little cards with instructions on how to play, how to win, and what supplies you need.
Plus, it includes game instructions, a winner certificate, and a score sheets to keep track.
1 . Harvest Tower
Task: Stack as many apples as you can- using only one hand – before the timer runs out!
How to Play: Stack apples to build a tower. If the tower falls, start stacking again – the clock keeps ticking!
Win: Tallest Apple Tower Wins
Supplies: Apples
2. Stuff A Turkey
Task: Scoop up “stuffing” (cotton balls, pom poms, or paper balls) and fill your turkey bag as fast as you can using a spoon!
How to Play: You can’t hold the bag open with your hands. Fill up your turkey with all the stuffing.
Win: The fastest stuffer to fill up their turkey wins!
Supplies: paper bags, spoons, cotton balls/pompoms/balled paper
3. Pilgrim Hat Stack
Task: Stack as many mini peanut butter cups upside down (like pilgrim hats) as possible
How to Play: Use only one hand. If the stack falls, rebuild fast before time runs out!
Win: When time’s up, measure each tower. The tallest standing stack wins!
Supplies: mini peanut butter cups
4. Cran-Tastic Transfer
Task: Transfer as many cranberries as you can from a plate to a cup using only a straw.
How to Play: One hand stays behind your back — suck, move, and drop!
Win: The player who transfers the most cranberries in 1 minute wins.
Supplies: plates, cups, straws, dried or fresh cranberries
5. Turkey Takeoff
Task: Keep three balloons (your “flying turkeys”) in the air for one full minute.
How to Play: Use any part of your body except your hands to keep them up — if a turkey touches the ground, you’re out!
Win: The player who keeps all their turkeys in the air for the full minute wins or the last person with balloons still in the air.
Supplies: balloons, optional: marker to draw turkeys on balloons
6. Pumpkin Pie Plunge
Task: Fish gummy candies out of a pie tin filled with whipped cream — no hands allowed!
How to Play: Use only your mouth to find and grab as many candies as you can in 1 minute and transfer them to another bowl.
Win: The player who collects the most gummies wins!
Supplies: pie trays, whipped cream, gummy candy, plate or bowl
7. Cookie Gobble
Task: Place a cookie on your forehead, then wiggle and scrunch your face until it slides into your mouth.
How to Play: No hands allowed! Make silly faces to move the cookie from your forehead to your mouth.
Win: The first player to gobble their cookie wins!
Supplies: Cookies
8. Ring Around The Pumpkin
Task: Toss glow-in-the-dark necklace “rings” onto pumpkins to score points!
How to Play: Line up pumpkins at different distances and mark each with point values. Stand behind the tape line and toss your rings.
Win: The player with the most points after all rings are tossed wins!
Supplies: pumpkins, glow-in-the-dark necklaces, marker/paint to write number values, colored taped to draw a throwing line
9. Turkey Waddle
Task: Waddle like a turkey while holding a balloon between your knees.
How to Play: Waddle to the finish line and back without dropping or popping your balloon.
Win: Fastest waddle wins!
Supplies: balloons, colored tape to create finish line
10. Gravy Train
Task: Use a spoon to carry “gravy drops” from one bowl to another across the room.
How to Play: Place two bowls a few feet apart. Using only a spoon, players must transfer as many pompoms or marbles as possible in one minute
Win: The player who moves the most “gravy” before time runs out wins!
Supplies: spoons, pompoms, bowls
Grab my minute-to-win it game cards so your guests can check over the rules any time they want.
11. Chopstick Chowdown
Task: Eat as many candies as you can using only a pair of chopsticks!
How to Play: Place small candies (M&M’s, Skittles, Smarties) on a plate. Each player gets chopsticks and one minute to pick up and eat as many candies as they can.
Win: The player who gobbles the most candies in one minute wins!
Supplies: plate, chopsticks, candy
12. Corn Harvest
Task: Transfer corn kernels from a plate to a cup using only a straw.
How to Play: Players must suck a kernel onto the straw, move it, and drop it into the empty container — no hands allowed!
Win: The player who transfers the most kernels in one minute wins!
Supplies: plates, cups, straws, kernels of corn
13. Turkey Stomp
Task: Pop as many “turkey” balloons as you can while protecting your own!
How to Play: Tie a balloon to each player’s ankle with a string. Everyone tries to stomp and pop other players’ balloons while keeping theirs intact.
Win: The player who pops the most “turkeys” (or is the last one with a balloon) wins!
Supplies: balloons, string
14. Feather Fling
Task: Toss lightweight craft feathers into a basket from a set distance.
How to Play: Set up a basket or bowl at one end of the room. Players take turns tossing feathers one by one into the basket within one minute.
Win: The player who lands the most feathers in the basket in 1 minute wins!
Supplies: crafting feathers, basket/bowl, colored tape to draw throwing line
15. Pumpkin Stacks
Task: Use a balloon to lift and move orange cups, then stack them into a tower!
How to Play: Place orange plastic cups facing up on the table. Blow up a balloon inside each cup to lift it, carry it across the table, and stack it on the other side — no hands!
Win: The player who stacks the most cups in one minute wins!
Supplies: plastic cups, balloons
16. Feather Flight
Task: Use a turkey baster to blow a feather from one end of the table to the other.
How to Play: Place a feather at the starting line and use only the turkey baster to puff air and move it forward
Win: The first player to get their feather across the finish line wins!
Supplies: feather, turkey baster
17. Leaf Blower
Task: Use a straw to blow paper or craft leaves across the table to the finish line.
How to Play: Players must blow their leaf from one end of the table to the other — no hands allowed!
Win: The first player to get their leaf across the finish line wins!
Supplies: straw, leaves, colored tape to make a finish line
18. Pluck a Turkey
Task: Try to collect as many feathers as you can while protecting your own!
How to Play: Glue a feather onto a clothespin and clip them to the back of each player’s shirt. Clip a few clothespins for each player. Try to grab other players’ feathers while keeping yours safe.
Win: The player with the most feathers when time’s up wins!
Supplies: craft feathers, clothespins, glue/hot glue
19. Pass The Pumpkin
Task: Pass a mini pumpkin to your teammate using only your neck — no hands!
How to Play: Players are divided into teams and make a line. Place a mini pumpkin between your neck and try to pass it down the line without dropping it. If it falls, start over from the first player!
Win: First team to pass the pumpkin to the end wins
Supplies: mini pumpkins
20. Set The Table
Task: Be the fastest to correctly set a Thanksgiving place setting!
How to Play: Give each player a plate, napkin, utensils, and cup. On “Go!”, players must arrange all items correctly on their table in one minute.
Win: The player who completes a correct place setting the fastest wins!
Supplies: plates, spoon, fork, knife, cup, napkin
21. Turkey Bowling
Task: Knock down “turkeys” using a pumpkin!
How to Play: Set up empty water bottles or toilet paper rolls as turkeys at the end of a table or floor. Players roll a small pumpkin to try to knock them all down.
Win: The player who knocks down the most turkeys wins!
Supplies: empty water bottles or empty toilet paper rolls (optional: decorate to look like turkeys), mini pumpkins
22. Pumpkin Pie Puzzle
Task: Reassemble a paper plate cut into a bunch of “pie slices.”
How to Play: You have one minute to make the “pie” whole again
Win: First to piece together their pie wins!
Supplies: styrofoam or paper plates, scissors, optional (markers/paint if you want to draw a pie onto the plates)
23. Feed A Turkey
Task: Toss mini marshmallows into a turkey cup — see how many you can feed him before time runs out!
How to Play: Place a decorated cup a few feet away. Give each player a pile of mini marshmallows.
Win: whoever has the most marshmallows in the cup wins!
Supplies: plastic cups (optional: decorate to look like turkeys), mini marshmallows or regular marshmallows, plate
24. Apple Relay
Task: Roll an apple across the floor to the finish line — using only your nose.
How to Play: No hands allowed! Use your nose to roll the apple to the finish line to win.
Win: The first player to roll the apple across the finish line wins!
Supplies: apples, colored tape
If you want to make hosting these games easy-peasy, grab my Minute To Win It Game bundle, and your future self will thank you.
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Wrapping Up Funny Thanksgiving Games For Your Next Party
Thanksgiving Minute to Win It games: the secret ingredient to turning your holiday from “nice dinner” to “legendary family showdown.”
These quick, quirky challenges are easy to set up, fun for all ages, and guaranteed to spark laughter, teamwork, and maybe even a little friendly trash talk.
Whether you’re hosting a full house of relatives, running a classroom Thanksgiving party, or just looking for a new tradition to start, these games check all the boxes: simple, budget-friendly, and ridiculously entertaining. With the done-for-you game bundle, it’s even easier.
So grab that timer, raid your kitchen for supplies, and let the games begin!
Your guests will thank you, your photos will be epic, and you’ll officially earn your spot as the Hostess with the Mostest (and the Most Giggles) this Thanksgiving.
If you’re looking for Thanksgiving games with literally no fuss and zero setup but maximum laughs, check out some of the other Thanksgiving games I’ve linked above!