Use a small toy turkey or one you have cut out and made. Tell the children that the turkey is very nervous because he knows that he may become thanksgiving dinner. He is going to run and hide. The children are the pilgrims (make pilgrim hats from newspaper) and it is their job to find the turkey. Hide the turkey in various locations. For smaller children, place in plain view for the children to see and encourage the children to describe where the turkey is hiding, by using statements as, "under the table, next to the chair, on the desk, in the box" etc.