100+ Funny Thanksgiving Jokes For Kids
Enjoy laughs, food, and quality time with family as you celebrate this harvest festival.
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Most children are excited for thanksgiving day as they get to relish yummy delicacies. You may double the joy by adding some thanksgiving jokes for kids.
Thanksgiving day came into being in 1961 and was first celebrated after the autumn harvest feast in Native America. It’s a national holiday in the US, and everyone enjoys binging on traditional meals. Relatives and pals gather for Thanksgiving to mark this special occasion and thank each other with a gift and an authentic meal.
So, why not mark this celebratory day with some exciting activities and share these Thanksgiving jokes for kids to spread loads of joy and laughter.
Thanksgiving Turkey Jokes
What’s special on Thanksgiving? It’s the stuffed and roasted Turkey. Make the celebration more special by sharing these Thanksgiving turkey jokes with your little ones.
- Why did the turkey cross the road?
Because it was the chicken’s day off!
- Why did the chewing gum cross the road?
Because it was stuck on the turkey’s foot!
- Why did the turkey cross the road twice?
To prove he was not chicken!
- What did the pumpkin say after Thanksgiving?
“Good-pie, everyone.”
- Why did the referee send the turkey off from the field?
Because it committed a fowl
- Why did the rockstars ask Turkey to join the band?
Because Turkey had its drumsticks
- What happened to the turkey that was involved in a fight?
He got stuffing knocked out of him!
- Why shouldn’t you sit next to a turkey at dinner?
Because he will gobble it up
- If you call a big turkey a gobbler, what do you call a small one?
A goblet
- What do you call a running turkey?
Fast food
- What’s blue and covered in feathers?
A turkey holding its breath
- Why didn’t the turkey eat dinner?
He was already stuffed.
- What did the turkey say to the computer?
Google, google, google
- What do you get if you cross a turkey with a ghost?
A poultry-geist
- What kind of weather does a turkey like?
Fowl weather
- Why did the police arrest the turkey?
They suspected it of fowl play.
- Why do turkeys always go, “gobble, gobble”
Because they never learned good table manners
- Why did the farmer separate the turkey and the chicken?
He sensed fowl play.
- What did the turkey say to the turkey hunter on Thanksgiving Day?
“Quack, Quack!”
- What key has legs but can’t open a door?
A turkey
- What’s the best song to play while cooking a turkey?
All about that baste (no truffle)
- Why did the turkey cross the road?
He wanted people to think he was a chicken.
- Why was the turkey put in jail?
The police suspected fowl play.
- What instrument does a turkey play?
The drumsticks!
- What’s the best dance to do on Thanksgiving?
The turkey trot
- What kind of noise does a limping turkey make?
Wobble, wobble
- Why didn’t the cook season the Thanksgiving turkey?
There was no thyme!
Thanksgiving Food Jokes
Thanksgiving food looks stunning on the dining table. Share these Thanksgiving food jokes with your family and make everyone at the dining table laugh out loud.
- Why was the Thanksgiving soup so expensive?
It had 24 carrots.
- What did the mother turkey say to her disobedient children?
If your father could see you now, he’d turn over in his grave-y!
- Why did the cranberries turn red?
Because they saw the turkey dressing!
- What role do green beans play in Thanksgiving dinner?
The casse-role
- What’s Frankenstein’s favorite Thanksgiving dish?
Monster mash potatoes and grave-y
- What’s a turkey’s favorite dessert?
Peach gobbler!
- Who said, “I was going to serve sweet potatoes with Thanksgiving dinner, but I sat on them.”
Squash
- What Thanksgiving side dish could be given out at Halloween?
Candied yams!
- What do you call a retired vegetable?
A has-bean
- What did the baby corn ask the mama corn?
“Where’s pop-corn?”
- What was the pumpkin’s favorite sport?
Squash
- What side dish would you get if you accidentally sat on the sweet potatoes?
Squash casserole
- My grandma made mashed potatoes from a box. That’s it. That’s the joke.
- What smells the best at a Thanksgiving dinner?
Your nose
- What’s a turkey’s favorite Thanksgiving food?
Nothing—it’s already stuffed.
- What happens when you’re mean to cranberry sauce?
It turns into blueberry sauce.
Pilgrim Thanksgiving Jokes
Pilgrims hold high importance in the history of Thanksgiving Day. The pilgrims of Plymouth were the first people to celebrate the harvest feast. Spread the joy by sharing these pilgrim Thanksgiving jokes with your family.
- What kind of music did Pilgrims listen to?
Plymouth Rock
- When the Pilgrims landed, where did they stand?
On their feet
- If pilgrims traveled on the Mayflower, what do college students travel on?
Scholar ships
- What kind of face does a pilgrim make when he’s in pain?
Pil-grimace
- What do you call a pilgrim’s vocabulary?
Pilgrammar
- What’s the smallest unit of measurement in the pilgrim cookbook?
Pilgram
- What do you call the evil being that comes to get pilgrims?
Pilgrim Reaper
- What’s a pilgrim’s mother called?
Pilgranny
- If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?
Pilgrims
- Why didn’t the pilgrim want to make bread?
Because it’s a crummy job
- What do you call the age of a pilgrim?
Pilgrimage
- Why do pilgrims’ pants always fall?
Because they wear their buckles on their hats!
- If the Pilgrims were alive today, what would they be most famous for?
Their age!
- Why did the Pilgrims sail from England to America?
Because they missed their plane
Thanksgiving Knock-Knock Jokes
Thanksgiving knock-knock jokes make everyone laugh out loud. These jokes are based on names, so you can take inspiration from them and create your own Thanksgiving knock-knock jokes for your friends and family members.
- Knock knock!
“Who’s there?”
“Esther”
“Esther who?”
“Esther any more sweet potato pie?”
- “Knock knock.”
Who’s there?”
“Wanda”
“Wanda who?”
“Wanda go watch the Thanksgiving Day parade?”
- “Knock knock!”
“Who’s there?”
“Arthur”
“Arthur who?”
“Arthur any leftovers?”
- “Knock knock!”
“Who’s there?”
“Don”
“Don who?”
“Don eat all the gravy; I want some more.”
- “Knock knock!”
“Who’s there?”
“Phillip”
“Phillip who?”
“Phillip a big plate of turkey and start eating!”
- “Knock knock!”
“Who’s there?”
“Arthur”
Arthur who?”
“Arthur any Thanksgiving leftovers?”
- “Knock knock!”
“Who’s there?”
“Dewey”
“Dewey who?”
“Dewey have to wait long for the turkey?”
- “Knock, knock!”
Who’s there?
“Harry”
“Harry who?”
“Harry up, I’m hungry!”
- “Knock, knock!”
“Who’s there?”
“Gladys”
“Gladys who?”
“I’m Gladys Thanksgiving. Aren’t you?”
- “Knock knock!”
“Who’s there?”
“Eddie”
“Eddie who?”
“Eddie more stuffing, and I’m going to get a stomach ache.”
- “Knock, knock!”
“Who’s there?”
“Ava”
“Ava who?”
“Ava seen a play about the first Thanksgiving?”
- “Knock knock!”
“Who’s there?”
“Norma Lee”
“Norma Lee who?”
“Norma Lee I don’t drink or eat this much!”
- “Knock knock!”
“Who’s there?”
“Tamara”
“Tamara who?”
“Tamara, we’ll eat all the leftovers!”
- “Knock knock!”
“Who’s there?”
“Annie”
“Annie who?”
“Annie body seen the turkey?”
Thanksgiving Puns
One-line jokes or puns are great to bring a chuckle on a special day. Make Thanksgiving Day celebration merrier and fun-filled by sharing these Thanksgiving puns.
- “I’m all about that baste.”
- “Stop, drop, and pass the rolls!”
- “Let’s get basted.”
- “Gobble ’til you wobble.”
- “I only have pies for you.”
- “Whip, whip, hooray.”
- “When I whip, you whip, we whip…”
- “Oh my gourd! I overate.”
- “Let’s give ’em pumpkin’ to talk about.”
- “Activate Feast Mode.”
- “Don’t marsh my mellow.”
- “You’ve really got your turk cut out for you.”
- “You’re the belle of the (Butter)ball.”
- “Eat, drink, and cranberry.”
- “Hey, I just met you, and this is gravy, but here’s my stuffing, so carve me maybe.”
- “My family told me to stop telling Thanksgiving jokes, but I said I couldn’t quit cold turkey.”
Funny Thanksgiving Jokes For Kids
Tell these funny Thanksgiving jokes to your kids and make them laugh aloud.
- What should you wear to Thanksgiving dinner?
A har-vest!
- When do you serve tofu turkey?
On Pranksgiving
- Which side of the turkey has the most feathers?
The outside
- What always comes at the end of Thanksgiving?
The letter “g”
- “Where does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
In the dictionary
- What do you get when a turkey lays an egg on top of a barn?
An eggroll!
- Where do you find a turkey with no legs?
Exactly where you left it!
- What do you call it when it rains turkeys?
Foul weather!
- Why did the turkey sit on the tomahawk?
To hatchet!
- What’s the best thing to put into pumpkin pie?
Your teeth
- How many cranberries grow on a bush?
All of them
- How did the turkey get home for Thanksgiving?
She took the gravy train.
- What side dish tells the worst jokes?
Corn(y) bread!
- What has feathers and webbed feet?
A turkey wearing scuba gear
- Can a turkey jump higher than the Empire State Building?
Yes, because a building can’t jump.
- Why did the farmer run a steamroller over his potato field on Thanksgiving Day?
He wanted to raise mashed potatoes.
- What animal has the worst eating habits?
The turkey. It gobbles everything up!
- Which holiday is Dracula’s favorite?
Fangs-giving
Thanksgiving is when we express our gratitude towards our loved ones, and children get the chance to feast on yummy delicacies and enjoy themselves. Therefore, to add more fun and joy to this day for the little ones, we have curated this list of thanksgiving jokes for kids. These jokes will up the fun quotient and add a dose of love and laughter to the celebrations. Be it jokes on turkey or puns related to thanksgiving, we have covered it all in this post.
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