Diverse and Accessible Thanksgiving Art Activities for All Ages!
Get ready for a creative Thanksgiving with these easy and engaging crafts designed for kids of all ages. This collection of DIY projects includes free printable templates, making them perfect for both home and classroom settings.
Turkey Crafts
Transform your Thanksgiving decor with these adorable turkey crafts.
- Turkey Pumpkin Craft: Combine a pumpkin with painted wooden posts, googly eyes, and felt pieces to create a festive turkey centerpiece that kids can assemble.
- Turkey Rolls: Use pre-cut cardboard rolls or toilet paper tubes to create turkeys by gluing on googly eyes and colored paper feathers.
- Paper Bag Turkey Craft: Color your turkey using free printable turkey cutouts, place it inside a paper bag puppet to make a talking turkey.
- Paper Plate Turkey Craft: Glue tissue paper squares on a paper plate for feathers and color a turkey head, guided by a free template.
- Printable Turkey Mask: Download and print turkey mask templates to create wearable crafts for kids.
Pilgrim Crafts
Learn about the Pilgrims while having fun with these crafts.
- Paper Pilgrim Craft: Use colored cardstock with supplied printable templates of pilgrim boy and girl parts that children can cut out and assemble with glue and scissors.
- Paper Plate Pilgrim: Craft pilgrims on paper plates with a free printable template. This also encourages kids to talk about thankfulness during making.
Thankful and Gratitude Crafts
Express gratitude with these heartwarming crafts.
- Thankful For My Turkeys: Kids write what they are thankful for on turkey feathers, creating keepsakes for family gatherings.
- Thankfulness Wheel: Print a wheel template that kids can decorate with things they are grateful for and spin to see their thankfulness.
- Gratitude Tree: A family craft where everyone adds leaves with thankful notes to create a centerpiece.
Additional Fun Projects
Explore these creative projects that combine art, history, and science.
- Mayflower Handprint Craft: Trace kids’ hands to create a sail for a Mayflower ship, teaching history with an art project.
- Corn Craft: Simple papercraft using templates for preschool and kindergarten kids to create corn husks and cobs.
- Turkey Headband Craft: Print and create turkey-themed headbands for kids to wear during Thanksgiving celebrations.
- Pumpkin Pie Craft: Use tissue paper and cotton balls for a creative take on pumpkin pie with free templates.
These projects are designed to help kids develop fine motor skills, creativity, and an understanding of Thanksgiving themes in a fun, hands-on way. Most come with free printable templates that can be downloaded, printed, and used immediately.
Enjoy these easy Thanksgiving art projects and create memories filled with laughter and creativity!
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- Engage your child in some sensory play with homemade slime, offering a fun and educational activity that involves math concepts like measuring and precision.
- Stem activities are a great way to stimulate your child's learning, try out engineering projects like building miniature bridges using craft sticks and craft glue.
- Transform your living space with DIY home-and-garden crafts, such as handmade pot holders or decorated picture frames made from recycled materials.
- Encourage your kid's interest in STEM and art by creating crafts inspired by fashion-and-beauty, like designing jewelry using beads and charms.
- Have fun experimenting with food-and-drink projects, like baking Thanksgiving-themed cupcakes adorned with edible turkey and pumpkin decorations.
- Boost your child's confidence by encouraging them to engage in hands-on challenges, such as building complex structures like forts using pillows, blankets, and furniture.
- Don't forget about relationships, create fun and memorable family moments by engaging in arts and crafts projects together, like personalized pet portraits or souvenirs from travels.
- Keep the excitement going during car journeys by planning DIY activities that can be done in the vehicle, such as making DIY car air fresheners or advanced road trip games.
- Turn shopping trips into a fun adventure by introducing your child to scavenger hunts, where they can find items related to a specific theme, such as searching for Thanksgiving decorations or school supplies.
- Make learning fun for your preschooler by incorporating math into daily activities, like counting the number of steps while going for a walk or matching shapes and colors during craft projects.
- Use crafts as an opportunity to explore the world around you, gather natural materials like leaves, pebbles, and pinecones for nature-inspired projects that encourage sensory learning.
- Encourage your child to express their creativity by providing them with a wide range of craft supplies, such as paint, glitter, sequins, and fabric scraps, to create their own unique masterpieces.
- Creating art ties into many aspects of life, empower your child by allowing them to choose craft activities that align with their interests, whether it's fashion, food, animals, or travel.
