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Thanksgiving Activities for School Aged Kids

A collection of fun and easy Thanksgiving Activities your child can do as you prepare for a special turkey day. Activities featuring Gratitude, Turkeys, Pilgrims and Native Americans that incorporate educational activities for Thanksgiving.
40+ Thanksgiving Activities for School Ages. Fun and Easy Activities featuring Turkeys, Pilgrims, Native Americans and Gratitude projects for a special turkey day with your child. #thanksgiving #kids

There’s something very special about taking the time to make a few turkey crafts with your kids for Thanksgiving. No matter what your child’s age is it’s fun to treasure those special growing handprints and share moments of gratitude together.  Our magnetic thankful tree is a great place to start!   

We’ve gathered 40 Thanksgiving Ideas from some of our favorite kids Bloggers who share their ideas on the After School Linky Party each week just in time for you to do a few with your child before Thanksgiving.  They include fun ideas for Writing, Gifts, Printables, Crafts, Math, Books, Cooking, Gratitude Projects and more!  One of our Thanksgiving favorites is our collection of Turkey Learning Games and Activities. 

Start of your month of gratitude with this Turkey Gift Idea inspired by your child’s turkey artwork.


Thanksgiving Activities for School Ages 

  • 10 Ways to Celebrate Thanksgiving from Let’s Lasso the Moon 
  • Black Glue Turkey Art Project by I Heart Crafty Things
  • Egg Carton Turkey from School Time Snippets 
  • Felt Board Turkey Feather Matching from Teach Beside Me
  • Free Turkey Printables and Montessori Themed Activities from Living Montessori Now 
  • Fruit Turkey Snack from JDaniel4’s Mom 
  • Gratitude Banner with Leaves from To Be a Kid Again
  • Gratitude Tree  from Kids Activities Blog 
  • Gratitude Turkey Gift Idea from The Educators’ Spin On It 
  • Gratitude Turkey with Thankful Feathers from The Educators’ Spin On It 

  • Gratitude Activities to Do with Kids from Buggy and Buddy
  • Great Thanksgiving Books from KC Edventures 
  • Handmade Turkey Puzzle from KC Edventures 
  • Helping Kids Show Their Gratitude from Kids Activities Blog 
  • I Am Thankful for you Book from The Stay at Home Mom Survival Guide 
  • Indian Corn from School Time Snippets
  • Kids Cornucopia Snack from B-Inspired Mama 
  • Making Turkey T-shirts with Kids from The Educators’ Spin On It 
  • Mason Jar Turkey Craft by Premeditated Leftovers
  • Multicultural Thanksgiving Books from What Do We Do All Day 
  • November Playful Learning Checklist from Playdough to Playto

magnetic Thankful Tree a photo project for beginning readers this Thanksgiving   Teaching Gratitude at Home with Kids

  • November Printables from Trilliem Montessori 
  • November Table Topics from Growing Book by Book 
  • November Writing Prompts from This Reading Mama
  • Popcorn Thank You Turkeys from Toddler Approved 
  • Printable Thankful Journal School Time Snippets 
  • Simple Gratitude Tree from Mama Smiles 
  • Scrap Ribbon Pine Cone Turkeys by Fireflies and Mudpies
  • Standing Fruit Turkey Snack from Coffee Cups and Crayons 
  • Stuff the Turkey Game from Kid Friendly Things to Do
  • Teaching Gratitude at Home with Kids from The Educators’ Spin On It 
  • Thankful Tree from Makeovers and Motherhood 
  • Thankful Turkey Craft with Printable from Kids Activities Blog 
  • Thankgiving Thankful Cards with Stamps from Melissa and Doug 
  • Thanksgiving Books for Kids from Ready Set Read 

Acts of Kindness Activities for Kids. Simple ways to teach gratitude at home with your child.   DIY Sight Word Turkey Game for Thanksgiving with Kids   

  • Thanksgiving Chapter Books from What Do We Do All Day 
  • Thanksgiving Do a Dot Printables from Gift of Curiosity
  • Thanksgiving Emergent Readers from The Measured Mom
  • Thanksgiving Printables for Same or Different from 3 Boys and a Dog 
  • Thanksgiving Thankful Boxes from Enchanted  Homeschooling Mom 
  • Thanksgiving Turkey Craft with Template by A Little Pinch of Perfect
  • The Grateful Turkey Project from Melissa and Doug 
  • The Littlest Pilgrim Recipe and Writing Prompt from The Educators’ Spin On It 
  • Toilet Paper Roll Thanksgiving Crafts from Crystal and Co.
  • Turkey Handprints from The Educators’ Spin On It 
  • Turkey in Disguise Printable from Momdot.com
  • Turkey Math from No Time for Flash Cards 
  • Turkey Themed Fluffy Slime from Little Bins for Little Hands
  • Turkey Thanksgiving Slime Recipe from Little Bins for Little Hands
  • Turkey Word Families from Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas 

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About Kim Vij

Early childhood teacher, author, speaker and mom of 3. Kim shares ways to make learning fun and parenting an adventure by sharing developmentally appropriate activities.

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Comments

  1. Deb Chitwood says

    November 18, 2013 at 6:56 am

    Awesome list! Thanks so much for including my Free Turkey Printables and Montessori-Inspired Turkey Activities. I pinned your post to my Kids' Thanksgiving Activities Pinterest Board. 🙂

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  2. Growing Book by Book says

    November 18, 2013 at 8:34 am

    Wow, great ideas here. We are going to be working on Thanksgiving table decorations this week so I love these ideas. Also, thanks for featuring our table topics. I'm going to use them at our Thanksgiving dinner too.

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  3. Jill R. says

    November 18, 2013 at 10:54 am

    Thank you for sharing our Thanks For Giving Gifts 🙂 This is a wonderful list of resources for some Thanksgiving themed fun. Now to get busy clicking and pinning away 🙂 Have a great week!

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  4. Malia Hollowell says

    November 18, 2013 at 10:01 pm

    Fantastic roundup, Kim!! Pinning.

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  5. Kim Vij says

    November 18, 2013 at 11:09 pm

    Thanks for sharing Deb! We are so thankful you share so many great ideas each week on our After School Party.

    Reply
  6. Kim Vij says

    November 18, 2013 at 11:10 pm

    Thanks for joining the twitter party tonight Jill! Love your Table Topics each month!

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  7. Kim Vij says

    November 18, 2013 at 11:18 pm

    Thanks Jill for sharing, we love your resources!

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  8. Kim Vij says

    November 18, 2013 at 11:19 pm

    Thanks Malia! We feel so lucky to have such great contributors each week it's fun to feature them!

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  9. maryanne @ mama smiles says

    November 19, 2013 at 12:56 am

    What a fantastic list! Thank you for including me in your roundup!

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  10. Jackie Higgins says

    November 19, 2013 at 7:42 am

    Thanks for including ready-set-read! These are great ideas for after school. My son's Kindergarten class has a theme of Thanksgiving this week and next and I see lots of awesome things I want to do to expand the theme at home!! Happy Thanksgiving

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  11. Missy says

    November 19, 2013 at 1:01 pm

    Thanks for hosting this link-up! There are always such great posts on here!

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  12. Kim Vij says

    November 19, 2013 at 3:44 pm

    I'm so thankful you're back in the After School Party Team MaryAnne! Thanks for sharing so many fun things with kids. Our Hangout on Air was Fun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr36GnbLjh4

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  13. Kim Vij says

    November 19, 2013 at 3:46 pm

    You're welcome Jackie! I'm sure you have even more fun Thanksgiving Ideas, please share more in the linky this week!

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  14. Kim Vij says

    November 19, 2013 at 3:46 pm

    Thanks Missy for your kind words. We feel so lucky that week by week we are growing with some amazing contributors to our After School Linky. So glad you're finding great things here.

    Reply
  15. Karyn Tripp says

    November 20, 2013 at 11:58 am

    Great round-up! Thanks for sharing my post!

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  16. Mia says

    November 20, 2013 at 8:08 pm

    What a great list!! Mia of PragmaticMom

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  17. Kelli says

    November 22, 2013 at 9:01 am

    What an awesome list of Thanksgiving activities, you two!! Thanks for sharing on The Mommy Club – off to pin this and check out some of the links – psst. Thanks for featuring one of my Thanksgiving Printables!

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  18. Katie Chiavarone says

    October 22, 2019 at 10:26 am

    I love that these are activities that older kids can enjoy too, thanks for this!

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