This Thanksgiving party game is played similar to the classic children’s game “Duck, Duck, Goose” but with some variations to make it a little more sophisticated for youth and adapt it to the Thanksgiving theme.

1. Thanksgiving Ideas - Cluck, Cluck,
Gobble
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2. This Thanksgiving party game is played similar to the classic
children’s game “Duck, Duck, Goose” but with some variations
to make it a little more sophisticated for youth and adapt it to
the Thanksgiving theme.
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3. • Instead of “Duck”, use “cluck, cluck” and make the motion for a chicken
by flapping your elbows like wings.
• Instead of “goose” make a “gobble, gobble” sound and grab the skin
under the chin and pull it down reflecting the “wattle” of a Turkey (The
red fold of skin that hangs beneath a turkey’s chin.)
This adds silly motions and humorous sounds to the game.
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4. Game Materials
No materials are needed for this game. Players
may either sit in chairs, stand in a circle, or sit on
the ground.
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5. Game Play
1. Players sit in a circle facing inward.
2. One player walks around the outside of the circle. As he or she
passes each person in the circle he / she must tap them
GENTLY on the head and make the motions and sounds for
either the chicken or the turkey.
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6. 3. When the person outside the circle makes the sounds and
motion for a “Turkey”, the tapped player must leave his place
in the circle and chase the person who just tapped him
around the outside of the circle.
4. The first person back to the empty spot just vacated gets to fill
it.
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7. 5. If the person doing the tapping succeeds, the person
replaced now begins the process again, walking around the
circle making the sounds and motions until he or she selects
another person to be the turkey.
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8. 6. If the person doing the tapping fails three times, they are
required to walk around inside the center of the circle – “the
oven” and make turkey sounds. This adds to the confusion.
(to speed up the process of elimination, you can have
anyone who fails more than once to go to the center)
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9. 7. You can continue the game until only 3 or four persons
remain as part of the circle. Declare these the winners and
give them an appropriate prize for Thanksgiving.
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