Looking for a fun, screen-free activity for your kids this Thanksgiving? Try giving them this free printable Thanksgiving matching game.

There are 20 matching pairs of images in this memory game. The pictures feature Thanksgiving symbols, foods, and plants.

For more free printables this season, be sure to get these additional Thanksgiving printables (word search, word scramble, crossword and scavenger hunt), and these fall printables (word find, word scramble, crossword, scavenger hunt, matching game and coloring pages).

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Printing instructions:

Choose portrait orientation and “fit to page” on your printer settings for a full page printout.
You can also get the Thanksgiving printables free in a slightly smaller size from the project card at the bottom of this page. Just scroll down and press “print”.
After you get these free printables for Thanksgiving, cut out each image along the black lines. You will end up with 20 cards (10 matching pairs).
If you want to make these cards very durable, you can laminate them. Otherwise, you can start playing the Thanksgiving memory game.

How to play this free printable Thanksgiving matching game:

To play this Thanksgiving memory game, follow the instructions below:

Shuffle all of the cards, and lay them picture side down, in a grid, on a flat surface.
Have the first player turn over two cards (one by one).
If those cards match, leave them face up, and take another turn. If they don’t match, turn them back over and give the next player a turn.
Keep flipping the cards over in this manner until all of the matches are revealed.
The player with the most matches in this Thanksgiving memory game wins!
If you have older kids who want make this a more challenging game, have them race against the clock to see how quickly they can solve this free printable Thanksgiving matching game.

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Thanksgiving Matching Game - Free Printable Memory Game

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Looking for a fun, screen-free activity for your kids this fall? Get this Thanksgiving matching game printable!

There are 10 matching pairs of images in this Thanksgiving memory game.

The images feature symbols, food and plants associated with the Thanksgiving holiday.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Active Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Difficulty easy

Estimated Cost $1

Materials

Heavy cardstock

Tools

Computer
Printer
Scissors

Instructions

How to make the Thanksgiving matching game printable cards

Load heavy cardstock into your printer.
Using the print function on this card will give you a Thanskgiving memory game printable that fills about ¾ of an 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper.
Choose portrait layout and if possible "fit to page" in your settings. Doing this will fill the entire page.
Alternatively, you can get the Thanksgiving printable free as a high resolution images using the print feature in your browser window with these links: Thanksgiving matching game PDF and JPG.
After you print this Thanksgiving memory game, cut each image out, along the black lines. You will end up with 20 cards (10 matching pairs).
If you want to make these cards very durable, you can laminate them. Otherwise, you can start playing the Thanksgiving matching game.

How to play this Thanksgiving memory game

Shuffle all of the cards, and lay them picture side down, in a grid, on a flat surface.
Have the first player turn over two cards (one by one).
If those cards match, leave them face up and take another turn. If they don't match, turn them back over and give the next player a turn.
Keep flipping the cards over in this manner until all of the matches are revealed.
The player with the most matches in this Thanksgiving matching game wins!
If you have older kids who want make this a more challenging game, have them race against the clock to see how quickly they can solve this Thanksgiving memory game.

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