Lela Davidson is a mother and writer, passionate about healthcare and education for women and children.

What’s better than a good joke to get you feeling festive? Children's education experts agree that sharing jokes is an excellent way to develop kids' language skills. Kids don’t care about that; they just want to laugh! (And for the grown-ups in the house, there's nothing like a silly joke to ease holiday tension!)

Get ready for autumn fun with these Thanksgiving jokes collected from around the web. I didn’t make them up, but I do guarantee they're all G-Rated and oozing corniness. In other words: just right for kids!

Knock-Knock Jokes About Thanksgiving Dinner

• Knock, knock. Who's there? Norma Lee. Norma Lee who? Norma Lee I don't eat this much!
• Knock, knock. Who's there? Olive. Olive who? Olive the stuffing too!
• Knock, knock. Who's there? Aida. Aida who? Aida lot more than I should have!
• Knock, knock. Who's there? Phillip. Phillip who? Phillip a big plate and dig in!
• Knock, knock. Who's there? Tamara. Tamara who? Tamara we'll have turkey leftovers!

Thanksgiving Riddles

• If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring? Pilgrims!
• If the Pilgrims were alive today, what would they be most famous for? Their age.
• What kind of music did the Pilgrims like? Plymouth Rock.
• Where did the first corn come from? The stalk brought it.
• Why did everyone wear red stockings to Thanksgiving dinner? They thought they were supposed to bring cranberry socks.

Riddles About Turkeys

• Which side of the turkey has the most feathers? The outside.
• Why did they let the turkey join the band? Because he had the drumsticks.
• Why did the police arrest the turkey? They suspected it of fowl play.
• Why did the turkey cross the road? It was the chicken's day off.
• What did the turkey say before it was roasted? Boy! I'm stuffed!
• What did the mama turkey say to her naughty son? If your papa could see you now, he'd turn over in his gravy!
• Why can't you take a turkey to church? Because they use such fowl language.
• Can a turkey jump higher than the Empire State Building? Yes—a building can't jump at all.
• What do you get when you cross a turkey with an octopus? Enough drumsticks for Thanksgiving.
• How can you make a turkey float? You need two scoops of ice cream, some root beer, and a turkey.
• What did the turkeys sing on Thanksgiving Day? God save the kin.
• What sound does a space turkey make? Hubble, hubble, hubble.

Share With Your Children and Enjoy!

I hope you enjoyed these jokes! And please, feel free to add your own in the comments section!

Comments

Tiffany Delite from Wichita, KS on October 31, 2012:

hahaha! what a fun fun hub! i just read another one a few minutes ago with some more jokes on it. thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, and i am pretty sure i will have enough little jokes to last the whole day. yay! blessings...

2010* homecomiiiiing (: whoop whoop! on November 25, 2010:

soooooooooo funnnnnnnnnnnny awessssssoooooommmmee!!!

rodriguez284 on November 25, 2010:

thank u i enjoy the knowck knowck ones

LilMissTurntUp on November 24, 2010:

The knock knock jokes were lute :)

kylie on November 24, 2010:

why did the turkey cross the road? To prove he wasn't a chicken

Emma on November 17, 2010:

Why to turkeys always say "gobble, gobble"? Because they never learned good table manners.

Uncle Steve on October 23, 2010:

Give these to grand kids Neices nephews so they can tell them to their Parents

Kira on September 05, 2010:

I'm 6 3/4 and me and my Mom loved them! Thanks for the jokes!

Kayla Nickelson on January 17, 2010:

Any joke is sooooooo funny!!!!!!!!!! I love telling jokes to people.

melcisieelcat on November 25, 2009:

these are funny i told them in chorus and everyone got a crack at it!!!!

Person on November 25, 2009:

Lame

Alyssa&Lauren on October 10, 2009:

Q: is turkey soup good for your health?

A: not if you're the turkey! hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! THAT'S THE FUNNIEST JOKE IN HISTORY HAHAHAHAHAH:)

Vizey on September 08, 2009:

lovely and cute jokes. I would like to read more jokes. Thanks for making this hub.

india1817 on November 27, 2008:

that is very cool bye

kelly on November 26, 2008:

good ones but you should put DIFFERENT ones in your page.

cindyschulson from San Diego, CA on November 25, 2008:

These are great. My 7 year old son is going to be all over this. I'm going to print them out for him so he can entertain us. thanks!

J_Eds from Blackpool on November 25, 2008:

Is that an oven glove on the photo? If so i WANT ONE! :D

How cute!

But thanks for the child friendly jokes, very sweet.

KDorfman from Pacific Northwest on November 24, 2008:

Would making a bad turkey joke be considered fowl play? Some people think so, but I beak to differ.

marketingmergenow from Spokane on November 23, 2008:

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Lela Davidson!  Thank you for the information, I appreciated how you presented this hub. 

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topguntc on November 23, 2008:

that's funny keep writing more

Rebecca Graf from Wisconsin on November 22, 2008:

These are GREAT! I read them to my son and we had fun.

Carlosweb from USA on October 21, 2008:

Thank you.!!

jim10 from ma on October 21, 2008:

My kids will love these. Thanks for the jokes and riddles.