Thanksgiving Jokes for Kids
30 funny Thanksgiving jokes for kids, with the answers. Tap a joke to see the answer. Tap 🔊 and Peabody reads it to you. Silly, never mean.
Pick a joke and tap it. Then go and tell it at dinner!
Turkey jokes
Gobble, gobble. These are the silly ones.
Why did the turkey cross the road?Tap for the answer
To prove it wasn't chicken.
What sound does a turkey's phone make?Tap for the answer
Wing, wing!
Why was the turkey asked to join the band?Tap for the answer
It brought its own drumsticks.
How do you keep a turkey in suspense?Tap for the answer
I'll tell you tomorrow.
What did the turkey say to the computer?Tap for the answer
Google, google!
What is a turkey's favorite kind of weather?Tap for the answer
Fowl weather.
What do you get if you cross a turkey with a ghost?Tap for the answer
A poultry-geist.
Where does a turkey go to dance?Tap for the answer
The Butter Ball.
Pie and dinner jokes
Jokes about everything on the table.
What kind of pie can fly?Tap for the answer
A magpie.
Why did the cranberries turn red?Tap for the answer
They saw the turkey dressing.
What do you put into a pumpkin pie?Tap for the answer
Your teeth.
What do you call a sad cranberry?Tap for the answer
A blueberry.
Which side dish never stops talking?Tap for the answer
The corn. It's all ears.
What smells the nicest at dinner?Tap for the answer
Your nose.
What do you call a pie that plays music?Tap for the answer
A pie-ano.
Autumn jokes
Leaves, scarecrows and pumpkins.
What did one autumn leaf say to the other?Tap for the answer
I'm falling for you.
What is a tree's favorite month?Tap for the answer
Sep-timber!
Why did the scarecrow win a prize?Tap for the answer
It was out-standing in its field.
What falls in autumn but never gets hurt?Tap for the answer
The leaves.
How do you fix a cracked pumpkin?Tap for the answer
With a pumpkin patch.
Dinner table jokes
Tell these while you wait for dessert.
What did the plate say to the fork?Tap for the answer
Lunch is on me.
Why did the football coach go to the bank?Tap for the answer
To get a quarter-back.
Why did the dinner roll go to the gym?Tap for the answer
It wanted to be a bread-winner.
What do you call a turkey the day after Thanksgiving?Tap for the answer
Lucky!
Thanksgiving knock-knock jokes
Knock knock! Tap to hear who's there.
Knock knock!Who's there?Norma Lee.Tap for the answer
Norma Lee who?Norma Lee I don't eat this much pie, but it's Thanksgiving!
Knock knock!Who's there?Arthur.Tap for the answer
Arthur who?Arthur any leftovers in there?
Knock knock!Who's there?Gladys.Tap for the answer
Gladys who?Gladys it's dinner time!
Knock knock!Who's there?Dewey.Tap for the answer
Dewey who?Dewey have to wait for dessert?
Knock knock!Who's there?Olive.Tap for the answer
Olive who?Olive Thanksgiving dinner, especially the pie.
Knock knock!Who's there?Annie.Tap for the answer
Annie who?Annie body want the last roll?
How to tell a joke so people laugh
A joke is a tiny story, and the trick is the waiting. Say the question, then stop. Count two whole seconds in your head while everybody thinks. Then say the answer, and say it a bit louder than the question.
Pick three jokes you really like rather than trying to tell all thirty. Three is enough for a whole table, and you will remember them without looking. If a joke does not land, say “I have a better one” and go straight to the next one. Every comedian does this.
The knock-knock ones need somebody else, so teach a grown-up their two lines first: they say “Who's there?” and then the name back with “who?” on the end. Little brothers and sisters are very good at this part and will do it fourteen times in a row.
For grown-ups
- What age are these jokes for?
- About 4 to 11. Every one is short enough for a kindergartner to remember and retell, and the answer is one line. Younger children can tap the speaker and hear it, so they can join in before they can read.
- How does the page work?
- Tap a joke and the answer opens underneath. Tap the speaker and Peabody reads it out, the question first and the answer only once the joke is open, so nothing is given away early.
- Are they kind jokes?
- Yes. They are about turkeys on the phone, talkative corn and a scarecrow winning a prize. Nothing is mean about anybody, and nothing is about the bird coming to harm. The one joke about the day after Thanksgiving ends with the turkey being lucky.
- Why is there nothing here about the history of the day?
- Because a joke is the wrong place for it. The story of the first harvest meals in New England is a hard history for Native families, and it is not something to make a punchline out of. Peabody keeps the two apart: these are jokes about dinner, and the history is written plainly elsewhere, in its own words.
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