Indoor recess

Pin the Feather on the Turkey

Blindfolded students try to stick a paper feather on a turkey drawing. Add a review question to each feather to make it a Thanksgiving review game.

How to play Pin the Feather on the Turkey

Hang a big turkey without tail feathers on the board.
Write a student's name, or a review question, on each paper feather.
A student closes their eyes, is gently spun once, then walks to the turkey and sticks their feather on.
If the feather has a question, the student answers it after looking.
The feather closest to the turkey's tail wins a small prize.

Each feather can hold one thing the student is thankful for, making a class gratitude turkey.

Keep playing

Review games

Students act out a word or phrase without speaking while their team guesses.

Brain breaks

Play music, students dance, and when the music stops everyone freezes.

Quiet games

Seven students secretly tap classmates with their heads down, then the tapped students guess who tapped them.

Indoor recess

Students walk around a circle of chairs while music plays and race to sit when it stops.

Review games

One student draws a word on the board while their team guesses it before time runs out.

Brain breaks

Students play rock paper scissors, and losers become the cheering section of the winner.