Thanksgiving Riddles for Kids (With Answers)

1. I am big, round and orange. I grow on a vine, and on Thanksgiving I end up inside a pie. What am I?

2. I have lots of feathers and a red, wobbly chin, and I say "gobble, gobble". What am I?

3. I drop from the tree in autumn. I can be red, yellow or brown, and I crunch when you jump in a pile of me. What am I?

4. I am white and soft, but I am not a cloud. I am made from potatoes and you eat me with a spoon. What am I?

5. I am small, red and sour, so people cook me into a sauce for the turkey. What am I?

6. Plates, forks and the turkey sit on top of me, and the whole family pulls their chairs up close. What am I?

7. I am brown and pointy at both ends. People throw me and run with me in the Thanksgiving game. What am I?

8. You say me when someone passes you the rolls. I am two words, and the first starts with T. What am I?

9. I am yellow, I grow in rows on a tall green plant, and you can eat me right off the cob. What am I?

10. I am cooked inside the turkey or in a dish beside it. Bread, celery and onion all go into me. What am I?

11. I am a Y-shaped bone. Two people pull me apart, and whoever gets the bigger piece makes a wish. What am I?

12. Nobody cooks me on Friday, yet I fill the fridge and often end up in a sandwich. What am I?

13. I am brown and I pour. I am made from the roast's juices, and I love to sit on top of mashed potatoes. What am I?

14. I get hotter and hotter, but I never get a fever. The turkey spends hours inside me. What am I?

15. I am orange inside but I am not a carrot. I grow underground, and some families bake me with marshmallows on top. What am I?

16. I am a month with eight letters, and Thanksgiving in the United States always happens inside me. What am I?

17. I have a crust on the bottom and sometimes on top. At Thanksgiving I often come as pumpkin, apple or pecan. What am I?

18. We wear matching uniforms, march in step and play drums and horns in the parade. What are we?

19. My first letter is in FALL but not BALL, my second in PEAR but not PAR, my third in BEAN but not BEN, my fourth in PEAS but not PEA, and my fifth in TEA but not EAR. I am a very big meal. What am I?

20. I am a harvest grain. Take away my first letter and I become what an oven gives off. Take away one more and I become what everyone does at dinner. What am I?

21. I am a three-letter dessert. Take away my last letter and I become a famous number from math class. What am I?

22. I mean thankful. I start with G, and a word for shredding cheese hides at my front. What am I?

23. Which season has six letters and hides the word "tum" inside it?

24. Mix up the letters of STEW and you get one of the four directions on a compass. Which one?

25. The table is set for 8 people, each with a fork, a knife and a spoon. The 3 big dishes get 1 serving spoon each. How many pieces of silverware is that?

26. A pie is cut into 8 slices. Four cousins each eat 1 slice. Then Dad eats half of what is left. How many slices remain?

27. Ava, Ben and Cal each brought one dish: rolls, salad or pie. Ava did not bring dessert. Ben brought something green. What did Cal bring?