56 Funny Thanksgiving Jokes That Everyone Will Find Hilarious
These puns and one-liners are perfect for kids and adults on Turkey Day!
Although many of us look forward to all the fun to be had and the delicious meal we get to share with friends and family, hosting Thanksgiving at your home isn’t the easiest task to pull off. Between cooking Thanksgiving dinner and planning Thanksgiving activities to keep guests occupied, it can be a little stressful and overwhelming if you are the host. However, there are plenty of ways to lighten the mood and keep those worries about serving dinner on time at bay!
Keep those festive Thanksgiving cocktails flowing and a few Thanksgiving jokes in your back pocket to keep the laughter rolling. Luckily, we are sharing all our favorite Thanksgiving jokes that include puns and kid-friendly jokes so anyone can crack a smile. There are even easy one-liners, knock-knock jokes, classics like “why did the turkey…” and more. So, while Thanksgiving Day might be a little chaotic with dishes flying all over the kitchen, that doesn’t mean that you can’t crack a few jokes while doing so. You can even use one these fall puns as the perfect Thanksgiving Instagram caption to capture the memories from the day. And to spend more fun time with family and friends, you can always start a Thanksgiving game as guests waits for dinner!
So when you get ready to slice the turkey and everyone shares a meaningful Thanksgiving quote or message around the table, we hope that your Thanksgiving is filled with tons of turkey stuffing and laughter with loved ones.
What do Thanksgiving and Halloween have in common?
One has gobblers, the other goblins.
What did the mother turkey say to her disobedient children?
If your father could see you now, he'd turn over in his gravy.
What did the turkey say to the computer?
Google, google, google!
What is a pumpkin's favorite sport?
Squash.
What kind of face does a pilgrim make when he's in pain?
Pil-grimace.
What was the turkey suspected of?
Fowl play.
What's the best way to stuff a turkey?
Serve him lots of pizza and ice cream!
Which side of the turkey has the most feathers?
The outside!
What would you get if you crossed a turkey with a ghost?
A poultrygeist!
What sound does a limping turkey make?
Wobble, wobble!
What do you get if you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter?
Pumpkin pi.
What do you call a holiday dinner without the parents?
Friendsgiving.
If pilgrims traveled on the Mayflower, what do college students travel on?
Scholar ships.
What smells the best at a Thanksgiving dinner?
Your nose.
What did the turkey say before it was roasted?
Boy! I'm stuffed!
What's a turkey's favorite Thanksgiving food?
Nothing — It's already stuffed.
What happened when the turkey got into a fight?
He got the stuffing knocked out of him!
What did the Pilgrim wear to dinner?
A (har)vest.
What’s the most musical part of a turkey?
The drumstick.
When is the turkey soup bad for your health?
When you are the turkey.
Larry Stansbury is a writer whose work has appeared in POPSUGAR, Sports Illustrated, Her Campus, Distractify and more. He covers a wide range of topics, including entertainment, lifestyle and sports. Larry graduated with a B.A. in writing and rhetoric from Syracuse University in 2018. When he’s not writing, he is either working out, eating carbs or dancing to the next Little Mix song.
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