40+ Thanksgiving Crafts For Kids (+ Free Activities)

The Thanksgiving holiday offers endless crafting inspiration and opportunity for your kiddos! This list of Thanksgiving crafts for kids offers ideas everyone will have a blast creating and great projects for kids of all ages.

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays – it’s all about food and enjoying friends and family.

But just like everything else in life, there are downsides, and the biggest one for kids is all the downtime while waiting for the food to be ready or the dishes to be cleaned up.

As one of our Thanksgiving traditions, we like to get someone (friend, cousin, aunt, uncle, etc.) to do something active with the kids outside, if the weather permits. Playing frisbee, football, or going on a nature walk are all favorites. But when the weather doesn’t work in our favor, that’s when it’s time to get creative!

If you’re looking for a way to keep little ones entertained so you can get something done, easy Thanksgiving crafts give kids a focus for their attention and energy! Keep these Thanksgiving crafts ideas (and a few supplies) in your back pocket for when you’ve run out of Thanksgiving activities!

I promise – you’ll thank me for them!

Top 40+ Thanksgiving Crafts For Kids

Here are some of my favorite Thanksgiving crafts and activity ideas for kids to do while waiting for the food (or cleanup!) to be done. Check out these fall crafts too – they would also be perfect Thanksgiving craft ideas!

Turkey Thanksgiving Crafts For Kids

1. Easy Kids Paper Plate Turkey Craft For Thanksgiving

Make this easy paper plate turkey craft for kids this Thanksgiving season! Kids will love creating unique patterns as they paint their turkey feathers!

2. Easy Paper Bag Turkey Craft For Kids (Free Template)

Bright feathers, cute shapes, and silly eyes make cute little turkeys and an irresistibly fun Thanksgiving craft!

A Paper Bag Turkey Craft handcrafted to resemble a turkey. The turkey has a brown body, a white chest, an orange beak, and yellow feet. Its colorful tail feathers are shades of red, orange, and pink, and the background features a yellow striped pattern.

3. Paper Turkey Finger Puppet from Red Ted Art

I love that you can make these adorable paper turkeys from some brown paper and scraps of paper from other projects!

4. Foam Square Turkey Craft from DIY And Fun

This inexpensive and easy idea transforms a craft foam dice into a cute turkey with colorful feathers that can be displayed on a shelf or as part of a great centerpiece!

5. Turkey Toilet Paper Roll Craft from Mommy Evolution

Transform a simple toilet paper roll and colorful construction paper into a unique turkey that’s perfect for decorating your Thanksgiving table or home.

6. Turkey Popsicle Stick Craft from Oh My Creative

All you need are a few simple supplies to make this turkey craft. Trust me – it’s going to be a hit (and you’ll get some amazing creations with the colorful turkey’s feathers)!

7. Curly Turkey Craft from Easy Peasy And Fun

This Thanksgiving craft is a great recycling project idea! It’s easy (and colorful) to swap out the pieces of construction paper for magazines or painted newspaper.

8. Printable Turkey Hat from Fox Farm Home

Is there anything cuter than a child in a festive homemade hat? This Thanksgiving turkey hat is simple enough that kids of all ages can make it – grab the free printable.

9. Turkey And Pie Bottle Cap Craft from Crafty Kids Play

When these turkey and pie crafts are done, they wobble back and forth like a bobblehead – use them as a toy or part of your Thanksgiving table decor.

10. Turkey Headband Craft from Simple Everyday Mom

This turkey headband craft is a perfect way to build new family memories, craft, and get in the Thanksgiving spirit.

11. Turkey Handprint And Lacing Craft from Crafty Kids Play

Looking for the perfect craft to celebrate Thanksgiving and help your kids practice their fine motor skills? This fun handprint turkey craft will give you an adorable keepsake that your family can cherish.

12. Fork Painting Turkey from The Dragon Mama

Fork painting is a fun and creating method of painting that kids LOVE. If your kiddo tries making this turkey and wants to do more, try this Lion Fork Painting and this Flower Fork Painting.

13. Pom Pom Turkey Craft from Growing Up Gabel

It’s easy to bring this cute pom pom turkey craft to life using just yarn, felt, feathers, pipe cleaners, and googly eyes.

14. Handprint And Footprint Turkey from A Little Pinch Of Perfect

Handprint and footprint crafts always melt my heart, so try this Thanksgiving craft for kids. Any craft made with kid’s little hands is just too cute!

15. Coffee Filter Turkeys from Darcy And Brian

If your kids really want to get crafty, tie-dye coffee filters and turn them into adorable turkeys. Wouldn’t these make amazing Thanksgiving dinner table centerpieces?

16. Pinecone Turkeys from A Pumpkin And A Princess

To make these cute little guys go on a nature walk with the kiddos and find some pinecones. Grab some felt, feathers, googly eyes, and you’re ready!

I love this colorful hand print Thanksgiving craft for kids. It’s super simple but also offers plenty of opportunity for personalization.

18. Watercolor Hand Turkey Place Settings from Days With Grey

Watercolor turkey place settings are a great idea for making personalized table settings. They’re also great as just-for-fun Thanksgiving art projects too.

19. No-Sew Sock Turkey Craft from Easy Peasy And Fun

It’s turkey time! Try this adorable no-sew sock turkey craft, which will make a wonderful DIY gift or decoration for your home during the fall months.

20. Turkey Windsock from Happiness Is Homemade

These adorable turkey windsocks made from a recycled tin can, ribbon, and basic craft supplies are the cutest Thanksgiving turkeys around!

Gratitude And Kindness Thanksgiving Crafts For Kids

21. Free Thanksgiving Bingo (Acts of Kindness Bingo) Printable

Play this free Thanksgiving Bingo game at school, while waiting for the turkey to cook, or for a fun Thanksgiving gathering.

22. Thankful Thanksgiving Tree Craft

This Thankful Thanksgiving Tree Craft makes expressing gratitude fun, interactive, and creates a beautiful piece of art!

23. Gratitude Toilet Paper Roll Turkey from Tomorrow Is A Mother Day

This is a fun and easy grateful turkey craft for kids to enjoy! It’s perfect for the Thanksgiving season and teaching kids about gratitude.

24. Praying Hands from Kid Friendly Things To Do

This is a simple and sweet Prayer Craft that would just be so adorable on the Thanksgiving table. The praying hands are also sentimental hand prints from your kids to cherish.

25. Gratefulness Leaf Garland from A Beautiful Mess

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, it’s a great time to make note of the things that we are thankful for.

26. Painted Rocks from Handmade Charlotte

We kept it simple using solid colors on the rocks, leaves, and pine cones but you and your little ones can definitely mix and match, or paint playful patterns!

27. Gratitude Cootie Catcher from Brendid

This free gratitude activity for kids is an easy (and fun!) way to practice thankfulness with your kids. Kids love the fun folded paper fortune tellers (aka cootie catchers), and you’ll love the opportunity to practice gratitude.

Pilgrim Thanksgiving Crafts For Kids

28. Paper Plate Pilgrim Craft

This Paper Plate Pilgrim Craft is the perfect opportunity to talk to your children about the history of our country. Travel back in time with this super fun pilgrim Thanksgiving craft!

Paper Pilgrim hats will make you the best-dressed guest at your Thanksgiving dinner.

Adorn your Thanksgiving table with a paper Mayflower Ship. Thanksgiving is a time to come together with friends and family and celebrate all that we are grateful for.

Other Simple Thanksgiving Crafts And Activities

31. Best Free Thanksgiving Coloring Pages For Kids

Thanksgiving turkeys, leaves, pumpkins, cornucopias, and more! These free printable Thanksgiving coloring pages are sure to be a huge hit for kids of all ages!

32. Thanksgiving Turkey Handprint Poem from Mimosas And Motherhood

Simply download the Thanksgiving Turkey Handprint Poem Free Printable for a fun handprint keepsake – perfect for preschool Thanksgiving crafts!

33. Thanksgiving Corn Craft from Coffee Cups And Crayons

The beauty of this craft is that as long as your young kids are past the stage where they put everything in their mouth (I promise that stage ends at some point!) then you can adapt it to fit your kids’ ages.

34. Bedazzled Gourds from Aunt Peaches

Here is an amazing and unique craft for older kids that’s surprisingly easy and perfect for the whole family (or anyone not cooking!) to make!

35. Beaded Pipe Cleaner Indian Corn from One Little Project

This beaded pipe cleaner Indian corn cob craft is so adorable! These mini corn are cute, colorful, and very inexpensive to make – a perfect Thanksgiving craft for kids!

36. Suncatchers from Crafts By Amanda

Take your Thanksgiving decorations to the window! Make adorable fall suncatchers from tissue paper, construction paper, and contact paper! Make a pumpkin, apple, and acorn to hang.

37. Orange Glitter Fall Slime Recipe

Slime is all the rage these days so our Orange Glitter Fall Slime is just the ticket for all the kiddos in your home. It is super easy, safe, and enthralling for even the smallest hands.