Thanksgiving Activities for Kids

Fall is drawing to a close, and with Christmas up ahead {and many people getting ready earlier and earlier each year}, Thanksgiving doesn’t always seem to get the attention it deserves except on the actual big day.

Today, I’ve rounded up a whole bunch of Thanksgiving Activities for Kids that are perfect for the weeks before Thanksgiving or even to keep the kids busy on turkey day itself.

There are crafts, printables, and sensory activities for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners featuring turkeys, corn, pumpkins, and more! They’re quick, simple, and fun so as to not add any extra pressure during a busy time.

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Cutting and pasting makes learning anything more fun! This cute printable Pumpkin Seed Counting Cut and Paste Worksheet is great for preschoolers and kindergarteners practicing counting and recognizing numbers 1-6.

What a fun way to practice counting: These Pumpkin Seed Counting Puzzles cover numbers 0 through 10, perfect for preschool and kindergarten. The VIP version includes three different fonts and black and white versions.

Toddlers can learn and review colors with this printable Rainbow Pumpkin Color Matching Game! Simple, large cards and just a few matches, perfect for little hands and minds.

New to I spy games? Try this cute no prep Quirky Turkey I Spy Game for Beginners. Counting up to 5 and 1:1 correspondence. {Part of the 7 Days of Turkey Printables for Kids series.}

Learn and have fun with this cute Turkey Facts for Kids Mini Folding Coloring Book! Made from a single page with no gluing or stapling, perfect for a quick literacy activity for kindergarteners and first graders.

Work on letter recognition of letter T with these cute differentiated T is for Turkey Letter Find Printables for preschoolers and kindergarteners! {Part of the 7 Days of Turkey Printables for Kids.}

Explore the letter T with these cute, simple T is for Turkey Dot Marker Coloring Pages! Toddlers and preschoolers love them, and kindergarteners can use them for review. {Part of the 7 Days of Turkey Printables for Kids series.}

Toddlers love matching! These cute colorful turkeys are fun to look at and talk about, and the cards are the perfect size for little hands: Quirky Turkey Matching Game for Toddlers! B&w and in color. {Part of the 7 Days of Turkey Printables for Kids.}

Practice subtraction with a cute turkey paper doll: Dress a Subtraction Turkey (1-3) for kindergarten and first grade. {Part of the 7 Days of Turkey Printables for Kids series.}

Practice counting and number recognition with these cute Turkey Feather Counting Cards! Toddlers and preschoolers love them. {Part of the 7 Days of Turkey Printables for Kids.}

Ready for Thanksgiving? Follow along with the 7 Days of Turkey Printables for Kids series for cute, fun, educational printables every day of the week. There's something for everyone: math, literacy, games, and more for preschoolers, kindergarteners, toddlers, and elementary students.

Give your toddler or preschooler a simple introduction to the letter P with these cute P is for Pumpkin Dot Marker Coloring Pages! Now includes a font with directional arrows and numbers for tracing. Part of the 7 Days of Pumpkin Printables for Kids series.

Practice writing the letter P in both upper and lowercase with these cute P is for Pumpkin Handwriting Letter Mazes! Includes both tracing and fill-in-the-blank versions. The VIP edition also includes black and white pages.

Have fun learning and reviewing shape recognition with this cute printable Pumpkin Shapes Board Game! Perfect for toddlers and preschoolers and part of the 7 Days of Pumpkin Printables for Kids series on Simple Fun for Kids.

Practice simple patterns and fine motor skills by cutting and pasting these Colorful Pumpkin Patterns! Basic math skills, part of the 7 Days of Pumpkin Printables for Kids series.

Practice counting up to 10 and fine motor skills with these cute printable Pumpkin Counting Clip Cards. Perfect for preschoolers and part of the 7 Days of Pumpkin Printables series.

Practice reading, handwriting, and fine motor skills with these cute Kids and Pumpkins Emergent Reader Coloring Pages! Great for all ages from toddlers to first graders, and part of the 7 Days of Pumpkin Printables series.

Learn and review the letter P with these Differentiated P is for Pumpkin Letter Find printables! Perfect no prep literacy practice for preschoolers and kindergarteners, and part of the 7 Days of Pumpkin Printables series.

Learn and have fun with these cute fall-themed printables: Follow along with the 7 Days of Pumpkin Printables for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners!

Practice writing letters with a Thanksgiving theme using these cute no-prep printable T is for Turkey Handwriting Letter Mazes! Perfect for older preschoolers and kindergarteners.

Your kids will love these 10 fun Thanksgiving activities for kindergarteners: printables, sensory, science, fine motor, and more!

Give beginning writers the support they need when working on these printable Thanksgiving Writing Prompts for Kindergarteners! Four differentiated versions at different levels of difficulty.

Toddlers love sorting and matching! This is a fun little printable Thanksgiving matching game that's perfect for working on matching, 1:1 correspondence, visual discrimination, visual scanning, and more!

Give greater purpose to your preschooler's or kindergartener's scissor skills practice with these fun and simple printable Thanksgiving Cutting Practice Puzzles! Great fine motor practice and fun puzzles rolled into one!

Check out these 20 Fun Pumpkin Printables for Preschoolers (that my kindergartener loves!)! Math, literacy including the alphabet, sight words, CVC words, dot marker printables, and more!

Super simple, no-prep printable dice game for preschoolers: Thanksgiving Grid Game!

Get your little one in the mood for Thanksgiving with this cute and simple Thanksgiving Sensory Bin! Perfect for toddlers, and my older preschooler still loved the feel of the bean, rice, and corn mixture in her hands!

No prep Thanksgiving coloring pages! Use them to talk about the history of Thanksgiving or put them on the table at Thanksgiving dinner - individual pages can double as a placemat to keep your little ones entertained!

Do them in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, or even on the big day to keep the little ones busy: 10 Thanksgiving Printables for Preschoolers

Is your preschooler learning to count to 10? These cute Turkey Counting Clip Cards (1-10) are great for reviewing - in November or any other month!

Check out these fun and simple Thanksgiving activities for preschoolers! There are crafts, art, sensory activities, science, even snacks!

Help your kindergartner learn sight words with these Pre-Primer Sight Word Pumpkins! Perfect as flash cards, for sensory bins or memory and other games!

Practice visual discrimination, counting, 1:1 correspondence, and number recognition with this Thanksgiving I Spy Game printable for preschoolers and kindergartners!

Hands on practice for sounding out words with -at Family CVC Word Pumpkins - several ways to play!

My son's very first craft at 13 months: Pumpkin Suncatcher Toddler Craft!

Have fun learning letters: P is for Pumpkin - Letter P Maze!

Crafts for kids: Make more turkey handprints quickly and simply with your kids to decorate for Thanksgiving! Great for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners!

Pumpkin washing: A simple and useful sensory activity!

Fall gross motor play with pine cones and pumpkins!

Make Handprint Turkeys with your kids - a simple, classic Thanksgiving craft!

Use shaving cream and liquid watercolors to make Marbled Pumpkins and decorate for fall!

Pumpkin Seed Counting Cut and Paste Worksheet

Pumpkin Seed Counting Puzzles

Rainbow Pumpkin Color Matching Game

Quirky Turkey I Spy Game for Beginners

Turkey Facts for Kids Mini Folding Coloring Book

T is for Turkey Letter Find

T is for Turkey Dot Marker Coloring Pages Printables

Quirky Turkey Matching Game for Toddlers

Dress a Subtraction Turkey (1-3)

Turkey Feather Counting Cards

7 Days of Turkey Printables for Kids

P is for Pumpkin Dot Marker Coloring Pages

P is for Pumpkin Handwriting Letter Mazes

Pumpkin Shapes Board Game

Colorful Pumpkin Patterns

Pumpkin Counting Clip Cards

Kids and Pumpkins Emergent Reader Coloring Pages

Differentiated P is for Pumpkin Letter Find

7 Days of Pumpkin Printables for Kids

T is for Turkey Handwriting Letter Mazes

10 Fun Thanksgiving Activities for Kindergarteners

Thanksgiving Writing Prompts for Kindergarteners

Thanksgiving Matching Game for Toddlers

Thanksgiving Cutting Practice Puzzles

20 Fun Pumpkin Printables for Preschoolers

Thanksgiving Grid Game

Simple Thanksgiving Sensory Bin

Thanksgiving Coloring Pages

10 Thanksgiving Printables for Preschoolers

Turkey Counting Clip Cards (1-10)

15 Thanksgiving Activities for Preschoolers

Pre-Primer Sight Word Pumpkins

Thanksgiving I Spy Game

-at Family CVC Word Pumpkins

Pumpkin Suncatcher Toddler Craft

Letter P Maze

More Turkey Handprints

Pumpkin Washing

Pine Cones and Pumpkins

Handprint Turkeys

Marbled Pumpkins

What’s your kids’ favorite Thanksgiving activity? What’s yours? Tell me all about it in the comments!

Are you working on pre-primer sight words?

Make it fun with these cute Pre-Primer Sight Word Pumpkins! Perfect for use as flash cards, in a kindergarten literacy center, or for hands-on activities.

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