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Thanksgiving Activities and Printables

Between the pilgrim costumes and the pumpkin pie, Thanksgiving provides some wonderful opportunities for learning. Here are some activity ideas, fall crafts, and printable pages to keep your child's mind active over the holiday break.

Thanksgiving Activities

Make Thanksgiving Finger Puppets!

Help your child make these charming Thanksgiving finger puppets. Then, use them to reenact the first Thanksgiving.

Make a Family "Thankful Box"

This holiday season, help your third grader celebrate the many gifts--so often both cost-free and priceless--that the family has shared this year.

Make a Thanksgiving Thank You Apron

Help your child give a heartfelt "thank you" to your family's chef this Thanksgiving with this "handy" painted apron.

Create an Autumn Tree of Resolutions

Celebrate the season by sharing your thoughts and resolutions for the fall with the family!

Make a Paper Plate Turkey Photo Frame

Your child can say thanks by surprising a friend, a teacher or a grandparent with this paper plate turkey which doubles as a festive wall hanging and special photo display.

Make a Paper Papoose and Cradleboard!

Make a papoose (Native American baby) and a homemade cradleboard out of construction paper for a wonderful way to celebrate Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving Printables

Holiday Word Search: Thanksgiving

We celebrate Thanksgiving with a feast, but there's no reason that a little education can't be involved, too. Challenge your kid to search for the hidden Thanksgiving words in ...

Food Groups For Kids: Thanksgiving

Grain, dairy, meat, or vegetable? Teach your kids about the food groups with a Thanksgiving-themed cut-and-paste sorting activity.

Holiday Math: Thanksgiving Subtraction

The Thanksgiving holiday brings turkey, stuffing, family...and subtraction? Here's a great way to sneak in some math over Thanksgiving weekend.

Sudoku for Kids: Thanksgiving

Kindergarteners can solve this festive Thanksgiving-themed Sudoku puzzle by cutting and gluing pictures into the puzzle, with each picture appearing only once in each row, ...

Draw Your Thanksgiving Dinner

What's on your Thanksgiving plate? Your child can use this empty place setting as her canvas to draw and color a delicious Thanksgiving meal.

Thanksgiving Day Maze

In this Thanksgiving Day maze, your child must complete the loopy maze to connect the little boy with his lost turkey.

Fun Fall Activities

Make a Raffia-Wrapped Fall Wreath

Boost fine motor skills and get in the spirit of fall with this fun wreath-making project. The end result is a beautiful autumn decoration, perfect for hanging on your front ...

Fall Science: Study a Leaf Skeleton

Five-year-olds: they're fascinated by nature, science, and especially enjoy investigative experiments! Making a leaf skeleton helps the curious kid investigate and study the ...

Make Leaf Rubbing Gift Cards

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

Create Changing Leaves Scratch Art

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

Pumpkin Science: To Float or Not to Float?

Help your kindergarten scientist discover relative size, density, and buoyancy with this fun, pumpkin science project!

Corn Kernel Necklaces

Make corn kernel necklaces this Fall and help build your child's hand-eye coordination along with her fine motor skills.

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