Free Printable Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt for Kids
A Thanksgiving scavenger hunt for kids and cousins: something to do in the hour before dinner, or while the grown-ups clear the table. Find any 7 of 10 things around the house, then say one thing you're thankful for.
Here's a sample hunt — email it to yourself, print as-is, or generate a custom one below.
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Find any 7 of 10. Bonus: find them all.
0 of 7 found (10 on the sheet)
- 1.A turkey (a picture, toy or decoration)
- 2.A pie
- 3.An autumn leaf
- 4.An acorn
- 5.Corn (an ear, a picture or a decoration)
- 6.A feather
- 7.A plate set for the feast
- 8.A family photo
- 9.A mug for cocoa or cider
- 10.A basket
Mission complete: circle your favorite find and show it to your grown-up.
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Mission Complete!
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Want to turn this into a full Thanksgiving adventure?
This checklist is for spotting things. A HideQuest Thanksgiving Treasure Hunt is a connected trail: rhyming clues for your own hiding spots, math matched to each cousin's age, and one Team Code they crack together.
- Connected clue trail
- Age-matched challenges
- One shared final reveal
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When to play it
Thanksgiving has two long waits for kids: the hour before dinner, when the cousins are wound up and the kitchen is off limits, and the stretch after dessert while the grown-ups clean up. A ten-item hunt fills either one. Print a sheet per kid or one per team before guests arrive and keep a pencil with each.
Cousins of different ages
Pair a big kid with a little one. The older cousin reads the list and keeps the pencil; the younger one gets to spot each thing and call it out. Teams of two keep a four-year-old and an eleven-year-old playing the same game instead of the older one racing off.
The thankful twist
Every time a team finds something, each player says one thing they're thankful for before they check it off. Keep it light: "the dog" and "pie" are perfect answers. At the table, each kid can share their favorite find and their favorite thankful answer.
Indoor or outdoor
The sample works inside any house on the day. If the weather is good, type 'a fall backyard' into the box labeled ‘Where are you doing this scavenger hunt?’ for a yard version: leaves, acorns, pine cones and something orange. Stay where a grown-up can see the kids, and keep everyone out of the kitchen while the oven is on.
- Inside: a turkey picture, a pie, a family photo, a mug for cocoa.
- Outside: three different leaves, an acorn, a pine cone, a bird.
- At Grandma's: something older than Mom or Dad, something with a name on it.
Want a full treasure hunt instead?
A checklist is for spotting things. The HideQuest Treasure Hunt builder has a Thanksgiving theme, The Turkey Code: rhyming clues lead the cousins to hiding spots you choose, each child solves math matched to their own age, and their numbers add up to one Team Code that unlocks the last clue.
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