Thanksgiving Activities for Kids
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Here is a simpler version of the gratitude journal for young kids. Pictured is a printable that I found online many years ago and is no longer available.
You could easily just put it together with a plain piece of paper cut into squares. Try also using my Folded Book with 1 Piece of Paper method. Just have kids draw things they are thankful for on each page.
Play the Gratitude Game. This is a favorite around here! This is a DIY game we made years ago, but that makes an appearance most years. It’s perfect to do around the table or when waiting for food to cook. Thanksgiving games for family are a fun bonding activity.
Check out this Thanksgiving Alphabet, Thankful Writing Prompts & Conversation starters. It’s a bundle of a few fun thankful activities. It can be used in a preschool thanksgiving theme, too! The conversation cards are great to put on the Thanksgiving table to get the conversation going.
We love this Thanksgiving tradition: Thanksgiving Traditions: Five Kernels of Corn. Use this when you set the table for Thanksgiving Dinner to bring some more meaning to the meal. Place five corn kernels with the printable message!
Teach Kids Gratitude with a Thanksgiving Garland This was a favorite of my whole family! This one is made out of construction paper, but it could be fun with paper leaves strung together, too!
Learn about Thanksgiving Then and Now. This is a fun educational thanksgiving activity for young kids.
Try some Thanksgiving math & counting activities.
Print out some Thanksgiving Turkey Activity Pages to keep the kids entertained until turkey time! Â Grab some crayons or colored pencils and get coloring!
This printable Thanksgiving Writing Activity is a fun one! It could also be used as a placemat for your kids at the table.
Turkey Tag is a really fun Thanksgiving craft and activity to get kids active & playing. It’s an easy craft for turkey day! We made it out of feathers and clothespins.
Thanksgiving Activity: Dinner Scratch-Off Cards are a really fun activity for kids during the dinner! What’s on the menu? Pumpkin pie, mashed potatoes? Â Scratch off each item as you eat! Older kids and younger kids enjoy this one!
Try out these First Thanksgiving Coloring Pages, they are educational and fun!
Make a Fold Out Thankful Book with your little ones. This was a really fun project!
Family Thankful Jar Craft– the thankful or gratitude jar is great to have on your kitchen counter all month long. Add a little to it each day, then read it together as a family on Thanksgiving day.
Write a Thanksgiving Acrostic Poem:
Write something you are thankful for with each letter of the word Thanksgiving.
Here is what my son came up with:
Turkey
Home
Apple Cider
Night
Kindness
Soil
Grandma
Ice Cream
Village of the Pilgrims
Iron (the metal)
Nice Parents
Grandpa
Plus, we have been reading tons of fun books about the Thanksgiving holiday.
How are you celebrating Thanksgiving this week? I hope you have a wonderful holiday week filled with family, friends, love, laughter and lots of good food!
All I can say is WOW! thanks for all this information! I gave my kids most of this week off (besides a few prescheduled lessons like Latin with Nana and piano) but I wanted to do some Thanksgiving stuff! This is perfect! chickensbunniesandhomeschool.blogspot.com
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Thanks for sharing the animated hero classics- I love those! (btw Gov Bradford is my ancestor too 😉 There’s also a fun resources for kids at http://stage.plimoth.org/learn/thanksgiving-interactive-you-are-historian
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