Turkey Table Talk
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Don't Eat Your Words This Thanksgiving!
For some families, Thanksgiving is the one day each year when families join one another for a meal and those extra special recipes are prepared to be shared with loved ones.
When you bring young and old together there are bound to be some interesting and controversial topics that erupt while passing the potatoes. And then there are the moments when you need to create a diversion before your cousin's date answers Grandpa's question in front Aunt Sally and your 4 year old nephew who has taken a sudden interest in the conversation. If your family is anything like mine, you get the idea!
For example, you can imagine my first Thanksgiving as a vegetarian when my grandfather (who I have the utmost respect for) was a cattle rancher and to make matters worse, my dad a very enthusiastic game hunter. Oh, my! Please pass the Tofurky!?
These situations call for an entertainment emergency kit! Thankfully, Thanksgiving themed games and dinner conversation starters should do the trick and get your dinner party back on track to family friendly topics.
*This lens was created for the Squidoo Thanksgiving Charity Cookoff contest. If it gets selected, Room to Read will get $1000!
Photo courtesy of ccharmon on Flickr.
Start A New Family Tradition
Ready, set, go... clear the table, pass the pie, draw a card!
The Box Girls: The Thanksgiving Box of Questions
Amazon Price: (as of 02/16/2012)
A beautifully designed gift box with a snug top and 35 glossy pumpkin pie cards. Playful, original illustrations with clever, engaging and entertaining questions.
Bonus: 20 place cards + 20 Thanksgiving stickers
Cherish The Memories
Collect and save all the thankful thoughts!
Duplicate your guest's notes on your home scanner/printer, add some photos and create a beautiful memory book for each member of your family as a gift for Christmas!
Eat, Drink And Be Thankful
Play the 'Thanksgiving Box Of Questions' game at dinner!
What are you most thankful for this year?
What is your favorite Thanksgiving tradition?
What is your family motto?
What food reminds you of a special memory?
What do you appreciate most about the person to your right?
The Box Girls: The Thanksgiving Box of Questions (TGB103)
Amazon Price: (as of 02/16/2012)
50% recycled paper. Printed with soy ink.
'Thankful' Activities & Stories
It's important to remind ourselves of the spirit in which Thanksgiving was started and show gratitude for our blessings.
Thank You, Lord! - Greeting CArd by DudaDaze
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Games For Grateful Hearts
Teach your kids to show gratitude this holiday season. Sometimes it's the little things that matter the most!
- The 'Thankful' Game | Jules Pieri
- First, you give two pieces of paper to each person. On one, they write the end of this sentence, "I am thankful for" The answer can be comic, sincere, or anything in between.
Then the pieces of paper are folded and put in a bowl. The bowl is passed and each person around the table takes a piece of paper. You go around the table and each person reads what they have in front of them. - Thanksgiving Craft: Thankful Tree | Growing a Garden
- Let your family put their gratitude on display with a classic tree of thanks.
- How to Start a Thanksgiving Gratitude Jar or Bowl Tradition
- With all the stress of the holidays upon your family, a Gratitude Jar or Bowl can be a great tradition to help you and your family remember the things you are thankful for in your life—a perfect activity to...
- A 'Gratitude Box' Will Help Your Kids Say Thank You
- If it's true that focusing on gratitude can increase your sense of well-being, than this project is bound to make you delirious with joy.
- What Are You Thankful For? (Printable Activity for Kids)
- Families will love these printable Thanksgiving 'thankful' cards.
Fun For The Kid's Table
This game is irresistible and the kid's table just might become the cool place to hang out once these ridiculous questions start rolling!
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS:
Would you rather eat a bucket of apple stems -OR- eat 20 banana peels?
Would you rather always sound extremely mean -OR- always look like you've just smelled something bad?
You Gotta Be Kidding (WYR for
Amazon Price: $21.32 (as of 02/16/2012)
160 "Would You Rather" Questions
To win, you must correctly guess what your friends will say and collect 5 cards.
Grown Ups Can Play Too
Classic Version For Ages 12 to Adult
Would you rather suck clean an unknown person's set of dentures -OR- eat popcorn that has been blown out of an elephant's trunk?
Would you rather always sound extremely mean -OR- always look like you've just smelled something bad?
Would you rather wake up to find your neck has grown five inches longer -OR- that your rear end has doubled in size?
Would You Rather...
Make up your own silly 'would you rather' questions!
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Can You Beat Grandma At Bingo?
A game the whole family can enjoy while gobbling up yummy pumpkin pie!
Thanksgiving Jingo
Amazon Price: $13.13 (as of 02/16/2012)
Each game contains 30 player cards and 36-50 question cards.
3 to 30 players.
Reading skills not required.
- Printable Thanksgiving Bingo
- Print bingo cards and use your own markers. Pictures on the cards for younger kids who can't read!
- Thanksgiving Day Bingo | Printable Activity Pages for Thanksgiving
- Kids will love this printable Thanksgiving bingo game.
Bingo! Prizes
If you play with the kids, you've got to have prizes!
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Susan52
Nov 24, 2009 @ 10:35 am | delete
- What fun suggestions!
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OhMe
Nov 16, 2009 @ 7:26 pm | delete
- I really enjoyed this lens of Turkey Table Talk for Thanksgiving Day Activities. Lensrolling to My Thanksgiving Prayer and blessing this lens.
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eccles1
Nov 13, 2009 @ 12:56 pm | delete
- What a nice, nice lens I like the picture of the little pumpkin soup bowl
Happy Thanksgiving
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KimGiancaterino Nov 11, 2009 @ 7:16 pm | delete
- Lots of good ideas here! Excellent lens and cause... Blessed by a Squid Angel.
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Evelyn_Saenz
Nov 7, 2009 @ 5:37 am | delete
- Coming from a New England family, getting a conversation going at the dining room table can be difficult. We all learned to speak when spoken to, take turns and never to speak with your mouth full so everyone waits for someone else to start the conversation.
I love all these ideas for getting the conversation started.
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hlkljgk Nov 5, 2009 @ 10:01 am | delete
- great ideas! lr to my cookoff lens. :)
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mbgphoto
Nov 5, 2009 @ 7:07 am | delete
- Wonderful lens! 5* and blessed.
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SoyCandleLover-Maker
Nov 4, 2009 @ 10:34 pm | delete
- How fun. I love the idea of other table questions beyond our overused "What are you thankful for?" :D 5 stars and Fav. Also lensrolled to my Thanksgiving stuffing lens.
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Comfortdoc
Nov 4, 2009 @ 7:54 pm | delete
- Another one of my favorite charities. Hope your lens is picked so Room to Read gets $1000.00. Thank you for including two of my lenses for 'Thankful' Activities & Stories.
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What am I thankful for this Thanksgiving? I am grateful the little moments that I share with my girls, my handsome husband, my family, my health, my daughter's Montessori school, my morning coffee, hot running water and last, but not least, Squidoo for giving me the opportunity to be a work at home mom!
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