Searching for Friendsgiving games to play at your Friendsgiving party?
Check out these 27 Friendsgiving games that are guaranteed to bring laughter, fun, and a little competition to your holiday gathering.
Whether you’re into trivia, outdoor activities, or classic board games, these ideas are perfect for creating memorable moments with your crew.
Friendsgiving Games
1. Musical Chairs
Get everyone up and moving with a lively game of musical chairs.
It’s the perfect mix of fun and nostalgia for your party.
As friends dash, dance, and laugh their way around the circle, all trying to snag a seat.
2. Pumpkin Painting
Bring out your friend’s creative side with a pumpkin painting session.
Provide paints, brushes, and pumpkins, and let your friends design their own pumpkin masterpieces.
Overall, this is a great way for everyone to relax and show off their cute pumpkin creations.
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3. Friends Trivia
Test how well you really know each other with a personalized trivia game.
Come up with questions about inside jokes, shared memories, or quirky habits for an epic “Friends trivia.”
This activity is a fun and interactive way to strengthen bonds, reminisce over your favorite memories, and celebrate the unique dynamics of your friendship circle.
4. Friendsgiving Charades
Charades never gets old, and it’s so easy to set up!
Add a Friendsgiving twist with Thanksgiving-themed words or phrases for an extra festive touch.
5. Pin the Feather on the Turkey
Give the classic “Pin the Tail on the Donkey” a Thanksgiving makeover.
Blindfold players and have them try to pin a feather onto a turkey cutout. It’s simple, hilarious, and requires minimal materials.
How to Play “Pin the Feather on the Turkey”
1. Start by attaching a paper cutout of a turkey to the wall.
2. Blindfold each player and hand them an artificial faux feather with either a thumbtack or double-sided tape to stick it onto the turkey.
3. Spin the player around a few times to make things fun and disorienting.
4. Once spun, the player has to try their best to pin the feather onto the turkey.
5. The person who gets their feather closest to the turkey’s target spot wins!
6. Movie Night
After your Friendsgiving feast, cozy up with your friends for a Thanksgiving-themed movie.
It’s a relaxing way to wind down and end the party.
Outdoor Friendsgiving Games
7. Cornhole
Set up cornhole boards for some friendly competition.
Play solo or in teams, and see who can score the most points by landing bean bags on the board or through the hole.
8. Tug of War
Divide into teams and battle it out in a good old-fashioned game of tug of war.
Plus, this game is perfect if your Friendsgiving party is outdoors.
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9. Potato Sack Race
Channel your inner child with a potato sack race.
This Friendsgiving game idea is pure chaotic fun as players hop towards the finish line.
10. Three-Legged Race
Pair up with a buddy and see who has the best coordination in a three-legged race.
It’s silly, challenging, and a great teamwork game idea.
11. Apple Relay Race
Balance an apple on a spoon and race to the finish line.
Drop it? Start over!
The suspense will have everyone laughing and cheering.
Friendsgiving Game Ideas
12. Gratitude Cards
Set up a crafting station where guests can make personalized gratitude cards for each other and/or loved ones.
It’s a meaningful activity that will add a heartfelt touch to your gathering.
13. Scavenger Hunt
Plan a scavenger hunt to get everyone moving.
Here are some entertaining ways to plan your scavenger hunt:
1. Classic Scavenger Hunt: Hide a variety of items like pumpkins, acorns, flowers, and more, and create a list of all the hidden items for teams to find. The first team to locate all the items on the list wins the game.
2. Specific Item Hunt: Hide a particular item, such as mini plastic pumpkins, and let participants search for them. The person or team who finds the most pumpkins wins a prize.
14. Karaoke
Encourage guests to sing their heart out with a Friendsgiving karaoke session.
In addition to karaoke, here are some other musical based games that you can incorporate into your party:
- Finish the song lyrics
- Guess the song title and artist
- Dance off
15. Who Am I?
Who am I?” is a fun guessing game where players wear sticky notes with words written on them on their foreheads.
The objective of the game is for each player to guess the word written on their forehead by asking only yes-or-no questions.
How to Play “Who Am I?”
1. Write the names of famous people or Thanksgiving-themed items on sticky notes.
2. Without showing them, stick one note on each player’s forehead.
3. Have players go around the room asking each other questions to figure out who (or what) they are.
4. The catch? They can only ask yes-or-no questions, like “Am I a food?” or “Am I commonly eaten at Thanksgiving dinner?”
5. The game wraps up once everyone has guessed the name or item on their forehead.
16. Junk in the Trunk
Using a string, have each player tie an empty tissue box filled with cotton balls around their waist.
The objective is to shake and wiggle their bottoms (Without using their hands) until all the cotton balls fall out.
The first person to shake out all of their cotton balls wins the game.
17. Face the Cookie
For this game, place a cookie on the forehead of each player.
The challenge is for each player to move the cookie down from their foreheads and into their mouth without using their hands.
If the player’s cookie falls on the ground in the process, place a new cookie on their forehead.
The first person to successfully get the cookie into their mouth wins the game.
18. Cotton Ball Scoop
Blindfolded players compete to scoop up as many cotton balls as they can, in this lighthearted and funny game.
How to Play “Cotton Ball Scoop”
1. Grab two players and have them stand on opposite sides of a table, then blindfold them.
2. Place a pile of cotton balls in the center of the table, and give each player a bowl and a large spoon or scoop.
3. Set a timer and challenge them to scoop as many cotton balls as they can into their bowl before time runs out.
4. The player with the most cotton balls in their bowl at the end wins!
19. Twister
Break out the Twister mat and watch your friends twist and stretch into hilariously awkward positions without falling.
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20. Friendsgiving Family Feud
Whether you’re playing the board game or the online version, divide into teams and get ready to buzz in with a fun game of “Family Feud.”
21. Coloring Station
Provide fall-themed coloring pages and markers for a calming and creative activity.
Plus, this is a great party favor since guests can take their colored pages home as souvenirs.
If you’re looking to elevate this activity, you can provide picture frames, so that your friends can frame their art.
Card & Table Friendsgiving Games
22. Taboo
Challenge your friends to describe words without using the “taboo” terms.
It’s a fast-paced game that always leads to laughter.
23. Uno
A Friendsgiving classic!
Keep it light or go all out with an intense tournament. Either way, don’t forget to shout “Uno!”
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24. What Do You Meme?
Pair meme-worthy captions with hilarious photos to see who can create the funniest combination.
This game is perfect if your friends love pop culture and a good laugh.
25. Jenga
Jenga, with its towering blocks, is another classic party game.
Whether you go with the giant or regular size jengas, your friends are going to love this game.
26. Connect Four
Keep it simple with a quick game of Connect Four.
It’s easy to set up and perfect for casual competition.
27. Dominoes
Last on the list of Friendsgiving games is dominos. This table game is super laid-back yet slightly competitive.
