My Turkey

To the tune of: I'm a Little Teapot

I have a turkey, big and fat.

He spreads his wings
(fan hands at hip).

And walks like that.
(strut back and forth).

His daily corn he would not miss,
(pretend to eat corn).

And when he talks, he sounds like this
( gobble, gobble).

Thanksgiving Meal

To tune of: Mary had a Little Lamb

Let's all be a turkey fat, turkey fat, turkey fat!  (flap wings, strut like turkey)
Let's all be a turkey fat, on Thanksgiving day!
FREEZE  (freeze)
Let's all be a jello mold, jello mold, jello mold!  (wiggle)
Let's all be a jello mold, on Thanksgiving day! 
FREEZE  (freeze)
Let's all be a dinner roll, dinner roll, dinner roll!  (squat and curl up like roll)
Let's all be a dinner roll, on Thanksgiving day!
FREEZE  (freeze)
Let's all be a pumpkin pie, pumpkin pie, pumpkin pie!  (circle arm and puff cheeks to be fat pie)
Let's all be a pumpkin pie, on Thanksgiving day!
FREEZE  (freeze)

Pilgrim Children

(Count off on 10 fingers)

Pilgrim children did not play
On that first Thanksgiving Day.

The first chopped wood which he could take
to help his sister cook and bake.

The second took a great big sack,
and brought some nuts, all they could crack.

The third one got a turkey and she helped to roast it in a pan.

The fourth ground corn to make the bread

The fifth made covers for the bed.

The sixth one brought a pumpkin by
she cut it up to make it pie.

The seventh came and popped some corn.

The eighth fed horses in the barn

The ninth watched food or it might burn,

The tenth churned butter in a churn.

Pilgrim children did not play

On that first Thanksgiving Day.

Five Fat Turkeys

Five fat turkeys were sitting on a fence.
(Hold up one hand)

The first one said, 'I'm so immense.'
(Point to thumb)

The second one said, 'I can gobble at you.'
(Pointer finger)

The third one said, 'I can gobble, too.'
(Middle finger)

The fourth one said, 'I can spread my tail.'
(Ring finger)

The fifth one said, 'Don't catch it on a nail.'
(Little finger)

A farmer came along and stopped to say
(Pointer finger of other hand.)
'Turkeys look best on Thanksgiving Day.'

Five Little Pilgrims

Five little Pilgrims on Thanksgiving Day
(hold up hand and count off fingers with the rhyme)

The first one said, "I"ll have cake if I may."

The second one said, "I'll have turkey roasted."

The third one said, "I'll have chestnuts toasted."

The fourth one said, "I'll have pumpkin pie."

The fifth one said, "Oh, cranberries I spy."

But before the Pilgrims ate their turkey dressing,

They bowed their heads and said a Thanksgiving blessing.

Thanksgiving Dinner

Thanksgiving Dinner

Every day when we eat our dinner

Our table is so small
(interlace fingers of each hand, pushing fingers together, palms down, and thumbs extended to be table legs)

Just room for Mother, Father, Sister, Baby, And Me-that's all

But when Thanksgiving comes and company

You'd scare believe your eyes
(pull fingers and hands apart as far as possible keeping finger tips interlaced)

That very self-same table

Stretches out until it's this size.