{"id":14178,"date":"2024-11-20T10:39:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T18:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/?p=14178"},"modified":"2024-11-20T15:31:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T23:31:08","slug":"celebrate-thanksgiving-with-coding-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/celebrate-thanksgiving-with-coding-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Coding Projects: Celebrate Thanksgiving with these Fun Projects!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kids are out of school and have plenty of time on their hands. In addition to spending quality time with family members and friends, why not encourage your child to use some of their screen time to develop their coding skills?<\/span> Tynker has some fun coding projects to delight your entire family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you’ve probably heard, the ability to code will reap benefits for a lifetime while developing essential problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills. This will help children succeed at school and become architects of their own future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tynker Has 4 Fun-Filled Thanksgiving Coding Projects<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In our newest Thanksgiving coding project,<\/span> Falling <\/a>Feast<\/a><\/strong>, kids build a food-catching game using Tynker\u2019s Pose Tracking AI library for Thanksgiving. Kids use Face Detection in JavaScript<\/strong><\/a> or Tynker Blocks<\/strong><\/a> to track the state and position of their mouth in their camera feed, to “catch” virtual food items with their open mouths, and to score points. This DIY module includes a sample project, a step-by-step tutorial, and ideas on how kids can modify their code. Webcam required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kids love Tricky Turkeys<\/strong>. With Tricky Turkeys, kids can use block coding<\/strong><\/a> or JavaScript and the HTML canvas<\/strong><\/a> to create a game where turkeys hide behind a grid of obstacles. You aim to find them all by clicking on them before time’s up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In Gobble Trouble<\/a><\/strong><\/span>,<\/span><\/a> kids can code a hide-and-seek game with turkeys! It\u2019s almost time for Thanksgiving dinner, and all of the turkeys want to be the last one caught. Children will use coding concepts like simple events and messaging, program control, and cloning in this holiday activity!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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