101 Thanksgiving Jokes for Kids
February 5, 2025
Who can resist a good (or bad) Dad joke? Certainly not any of your little turkeys. These Thanksgiving jokes for kids will lighten the mood when everyone starts getting hangry. And you might even start to see a pattern here: word play about Thanksgiving food is one easy way to start making your own Thanksgiving jokes. Give all 101 jokes a whirl, and then see if you can write some of your own. How can you write your own Thanksgiving joke?
Well, maybe there’s a funny family memory that can turn into a great knock, knock joke. Or perhaps, while you’re eating, your kiddos can play with their words instead of their food. It can be a fun, easy activity for kids to pass the time—and there’s really no wrong way to build a joke as a kid. The sillier, the better, I think. And if your kiddos are laughing, that’s even better!
How do you write your own Thanksgiving jokes?
One easy way to start coming up with your own Thanksgiving jokes is to think about common words from the holiday that can also have a double meaning. Or, you could think about common Thanksgiving words that could make up part of another word.
For example:
- If you’re thinking about corn, maybe a punchline to a joke could be that something was very “corn-y.”
- As in: What didn’t the movie critics like about the new Thanksgiving film? They thought it was too corn-y!
- It’s hard to find a Thanksgiving table that doesn’t feature cranberry sauce—it’s pretty much the only time that food gets to have a moment. So, if you talk about cranberry sauce, the joke will automatically have a sense of Thanksgiving about it.
- As in: What did the casserole say when he put on the jacket that was too tight? “I cran-berry breathe in this thing!”
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Sometimes these kinds of jokes require a little bit of generosity on the part of the listener (or, maybe a lot of generosity!) to make the joke make sense. But if you lean into the delivery, there’s no way you won’t get a laugh.
Then, giving your kids the task to write their own Thanksgiving jokes can also surprise you. You might see that they make connections between things you would never make. Or maybe they remember something from a past Thanksgiving that you had forgotten about in the rush. Taking the time to have your kids write their own Thanksgiving jokes could be just the tradition you need to keep some family memories alive!
If you can’t come up with your own jokes, that’s okay, too. From jokes about pumpkins to Pilgrims, cranberries to corn, we’ve got 101 Thanksgiving jokes for kids that will help you get a little silly while you’re waiting for the turkey to cook.
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101 Thanksgiving Jokes for Kids
1) What’s the best thing to put into pumpkin pie?
Your teeth
2) What did the rudest member of your family do on Thanksgiving?
Gave you the bird.
3) What did Dad say when asked to say grace?
“Grace.”
4) Why did the cranberry blush?
He saw the turkey dressing!
5) How did everyone know the beans were jealous of the other dishes?
They were green with envy.
6) Why did the cops pull you over on the way home from Thanksgiving dinner?
You went over the feed limit.
7) Why does the turkey play percussion in the band?
He can bring his own drumsticks.
8) What do you call a turkey you see in the woods the day after Thanksgiving?
Lucky!
9) Who helps the little pumpkins cross the road on their way to school?
The crossing gourd.
10) Why couldn’t the cranberries come to Thanksgiving dinner?
They were bogged down with work.
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11) What crime was the turkey suspected of?
Fowl play.
12) The turkey crossed the road not once—but twice. Why?
To prove he wasn’t chicken.
13) Why did the Pilgrim’s pants fall down?
His buckle was on his hat!
14) Why kind of music did the Pilgrims listen to?
Plymouth Rock
15) What smells the best at Thanksgiving dinner?
Your nose!
16) How do you fix a broken pumpkin?
A pumpkin patch!
17) What did Sweet Potato Popeye the Sailor say when asked who he was?
I yam what I yam!
18) Why can’t you tell secrets in a cornfield?
The corn has ears.
19) Why can’t you hide in a potato patch?
The potatoes have eyes.
20) How does Thanksgiving always end?
With a “g.”
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21) What sound does the turkey’s phone make when he gets a call?
Wing wing!
22) What will you and the turkey have in common on Thanksgiving?
You’ll both be stuffed!
23) What do you call a sad cranberry?
A blueberry.
24) What did the Pilgrim wear to Thanksgiving dinner?
A har-vest
25) What’s a Pilgrim’s favorite unit of measurement?
The Pil-gram!
26) What did the turkey say to the butter that couldn’t stop making jokes?
You’re on a roll!
27) What did the turkey say when you told him to stop smoking?
“I can’t just quit cold me!”
28) Why was Grandpa late to Thanksgiving dinner?
He ran out of thyme.
29) What happened to the herbs that fell in love?
They got rose-married.
30) What happened when the bread kissed the butter?
The butter melted.
List (Continued)
31) Why was the turkey made after we tied up his legs?
He felt like he couldn’t “truss” anyone anymore.
32) Why did the desserts think getting ready for Thanksgiving was so easy?
They said it was a piece of cake!
33) What are the members of a gourd’s family called?
Their pump-kin!
34) What rank did the corn hold in the army?
Kernel!
35) Have you listened to the green bean’s new show?
It’s a pod-cast.
36) Why can’t you go to the pumpkin’s house?
It’s in the seedy part of town.
37) What did the squash say to the rest of the side dishes about showing up to dinner?
“You butternut be late!”
38) Why couldn’t the cranberry sauce come to the door?
It was in the can.
39) Did you hear about the well-informed turkey?
He was always abreast of the information.
40) How did the utensils get lost on the way to dinner?
They hit a fork in the road.
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41) What do you call a utensil that wants to suck your blood?
A spatula
42) When will your bread rise on Thanksgiving?
When you yeast expect it to!
43) How did the Halloween monsters help to get ready for Thanksgiving?
The goblins started gobbling!
44) How do you know when a turkey is well-dressed?
When you see him in a tuxedo.
45) What side of the turkey has the most feathers?
The outside!
46) How did the side dishes stay organized during the performance?
Everyone had their own casse-role to play.
47) Why did the cherry pie like the apple pie?
He found him so appealing!
48) What did the Thanksgiving turkey say to the asteroid?
“I thought you would be meteor.”
49) What is the sweet potato’s favorite Dr. Seuss book?
Green Eggs and Yam
50) Hey, did you hear about the huge pile of sweet potatoes out there blocking the Colorado River?
They’re called the Hoover Yam.
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51) What do you call a turkey who comes back to haunt you?
A poultry-geist
52) Knock knock! Who’s there? Tamara. Tamara who?
Answer: Tamara there won’t be any leftovers!
53) How did Frankenstein prepare the potatoes?
He did the Monster Mash.
54) What kind of key can’t open a door?
A tur-key.
55) Why did the turkey get suspended from school?
He was using fowl language.
56) What did the salt and pepper say when everyone showed up to their house this Thanksgiving?
“Seasoning’s Greetings!”
57) When is a turkey dinner bad for your health?
When you’re the turkey.
58) Why was the soup so expensive?
It had 24 carrots.
59) What happened when the turkey got into a fight?
He got the stuffing knocked out of him.
60) What’s a turkey’s favorite search engine?
Gooble.
List (Continued)
61) What do you bring to dinner if you accidentally sit on the pumpkin pie?
Squash!
62) Why do birds fly south for the winter after Thanksgiving?
It’s too far to walk.
63) How do you hire a turkey?
Put it on a ladder.
64) How many Pilgrims does it take to stuff a turkey?
Just one—the others can’t all fit!
65) Did you hear about the exceptional scarecrow?
He was outstanding in his field!
66) Why did one corn have to file a restraining order against the other corn?
He was stalking him.
67) Why was the hay stuck in jail?
He couldn’t pay the bale!
68) Why did everyone think the harvest was so cheesy this year?
It was a corny-copia!
69) Why did the Pilgrim lay out in the sun?
She wanted to get a Puri-tan.
70) Did you hear about that crazy Pilgrim lady?
Apparently, she was a real fruitcake.
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71) If a horse doesn’t gallop to Thanksgiving dinner, how does he arrive?
He does a turkey trot.
72) What type of flour did the Pilgrim’s use to make their bread?
May Flour
73) Where did the Pilgrims stand after landing at Plymouth Rock?
On their feet.
74) What was Pilgrim Elton John’s most famous hit?
Plymouth Rocket Man
75) What’s blue and covered in feathers?
A turkey holding its breath.
76) If a Pilgrim can’t get on the Mayflower, how does he get across the ocean?
A Thanksgiving parade float!
77) Did you hear about the Pilgrim who lost his left leg?
He’s all right now.
78) What’s the name of the Pilgrim woman whose right leg is shorter than her left?
I lean.
79) What do you call a turkey running away from a farmer?
Fast food.
80) What does the farmer say when he sees his friends across the field?
“Hay!”
List (Continued)
81) Why did we have to throw away the Jell-O before dinner even started?
It started to mold.
82) Why did the pie crust get so nervous when we put it in the tin?
It was having a pan-ic attack.
83) Why were the Brussels Sprouts so upset when they came to dinner?
They were still a little bitter from last year.
84) What did the productive Thanksgiving bread say to the lazy Thanksgiving bread?
“Quit loafing around!”
85) Who on the farm benefits the most from the Thanksgiving turkey?
The pig!
86) What did the turkey say when he received a confusing voice mail?
“I couldn’t hear a word of it. It was all a bunch of gobble-dygook.”
87) Did you hear about the turkey salesman?
He’s been out making cold calls all day!
88) What’s a mashed potato’s favorite way to travel by rail?
They took the gravy train.
89) What’s a mashed potato’s favorite way to travel by sea?
The gravy boat.
90) What does a turkey with a limp say?
“Wobble wobble!”
Thanksgiving Jokes for Kids (Continued)
91) What did the shocked squash say to the pumpkin?
“Oh my gourd!”
92) What did the herbs say after they’d had the best Thanksgiving ever?
“I’ve had the thyme of my life!”
93) Why can’t corn remember anything I say?
It all goes in one ear and out the other.
94) What did the grateful fruit say on Thanksgiving?
“Cran-you-berry much.”
95) Why is pumpkin pie the best dessert guest?
It takes the cake!
96) What’s the opposite of Thanksgiving?
Thanks-taking
97) What happened when the potato drank too much?
He got totally mashed.
98) Why did the jar of jelly get invited to Thanksgiving?
He’s always so grape-ful.
99) Why couldn’t the crumbs make it to dinner?
They got swept up in something else.
100) What did the quiet green beans say to the noisy green beans?
“Can it!”
101) Knock knock. Who’s there? Anita. Anita who?
Answer: Anita bigger pair of pants!
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