Fun Thanksgiving Activities for Kids
Everyone knows the highlight of the Thanksgiving holiday is the prepared meal, the turkey on the dinner table, and all the pumpkin pie you can eat. Although feasting is the main event of Thanksgiving day, it barely takes most of the day to prepare and eat the meal. Keeping your lil’ tots busy with fun thanksgiving activities for kids will let them enjoy the holiday more.
So what does a person do to pass their time that is equally fun and would leave up to the festive day? Especially for the little kids who barely help out with the meal and are left to sit around being bored. That is why we decided to round up 26 amazing and fun thanksgiving activities to keep the little ones company.
Children of all ages can indulge in this and help make thanksgiving day memorable and fun. And an added advantage is that the crafts made during these thanksgiving activities can be kept around as a fun reminder of the day!
Fall Leaves Suncatchers
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Kids love to get creative with their colors, and what better way to fill their day than making their fall leaves with tissue papers that have bright hues? It can also be an easy and colorful way to add a bit of festive fall touches around the house with the craft.
‘I’m So Grateful’ Coloring Sheets
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These are a three-in-one deal. There is a coloring part that every kid loves, part placemat, and part gratitude activity that adds a good touch to the festival day. Coloring sheets are always here to the rescue when you find yourself frazzled!
Tom Turkey’s Word Search
Words searches are always fun and good brain activity to have the kids quiet and thinking, seated in one corner of the house with the fun-filled Thanksgiving-themed word search.
Butcher Paper Tablecloth
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Butcher papers give a rustic feel, making for a cool coloring sheet and cleaning up much easier. Bundle them with color sheets allowing kids to pass the time with their coloring sets. It’s a win-win for everyone!
DIY Thanksgiving Piñata
If this is your first time being introduced to this, you are welcome! It is surely fun to have a stuffed bird or turkey filled with sweets and confetti and give the kids a go at it. They could have the treats after their meal, and every kid loves sweets for dessert. Another thing, the piñata can act as a beautiful kids’ centerpiece for their table.
Thanksgiving Kids Table Game
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A fun way to do this is by having the kids make their pieces by themselves, something colorful and creative to keep them occupied. Let them roll with it on the children’s table.
Turkey Tail Napkin Rings
An activity that can stand as a pretty place card and a napkin ring simultaneously. You could have fun with it and cut up the turkey, arrange the napkins in a fun way and drop some colored pencils and you are ready to have a good time with them!
Color-Sorting Activity
It is an educational and easy-to-do activity with kids ages 2-8 participating. It is just a simple sorting activity, but the colors add a good splash to it.
Turkey Crowns
Crowns are fun accessories to wear on your head, and making them with heavier card stock would have them sturdy, and the kids could paint or color them the way they want it! It’s an engaging and fun activity that will make a statement.
DIY Gourd Turkeys
You would need a bit of imagination, a few feathers, and some googly eyes to finish the ensemble you need to make the gourd turkeys. The gourds are easy to find in supermarkets, but it’s always much more fun to have the kids make it and engage them on thanksgiving day.
Turkey Banner Craft Kit
Turkey banner craft kits already have pre-cut parts and prices ready to assemble. You can have it hung on the kid’s front door or the house’s front door, a cute festive decoration made by hand by the kids with joy.
Woodland Creatures Wood Painting Craft
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It is never too late to kick off the holidays so the kids can have fun painting adorable woodland animals. Of course, there will be a lot that comes with everything you’ll need, from paint to pre-cut wood disks and anything else you could need!
Pumpkin Tic Tac Toe
Tic tac toe is a fun game to play. Not only kids, even grown-ups, do play it.
Every kid knows how to play the “tic tac toe” game, if I may say. If not everyone, then a few have only heard about it. You create a space on your table and let the kids play it using a pumpkin with a mark at the core. You can use small rocks or any other play tool to fit in with the table size; perhaps the table is too tight.
Word Scramble
This is a most-to-concentrate game. Get everyone in the family engaged in this fun game and watch how time flies while trying to fix some tricky words, and laughter comes in when they misspell the words and make some funny pronunciations. The feeling is just priceless!
Felt Leaf Finger Puppets
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You can be left all for yourself while the kids make these colorful finger puppets and play with them. This drives more of their attention away when they trace their skins with their fingers.
Thanksgiving Turkey Playdough
Turkey after the turkey! For kids to create beautiful turkeys of their own, this is perfect! They are good to go with some craft supplies, brown play dough, and other goodies. They make an adorable one after eating a delicious one. That’s so practical!
Thankful Tree With Clay Gratitude Leaves
Have a word or two with the kids and let someone among them volunteer to point at the reason for the season. Then enlighten them more while making the thankful tree and filling the clay leaves with words of gratitude. They will live to remember your sweet discussion because it was fun all through.
Chocolate-Covered Pretzels in a Turkey Jar
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Chocolates are heaven!! Place this jar within their reach and watch them while they enjoy this delicious dessert until it is emptied. It’s a heavenly arrangement your kids will love.
Fall Wind Chimes Craft
Save some food for later. You will lead the kids to the woods to gather sticks, pinecones, and rocks. Hello lovely? Don’t forget to throw away the thorns stuck in your beautiful socks. Together with the kids, make a set of autumn-themed wind chimes and hang them wherever you deem fit.
Turkey Tracks
Don’t worry about serving dinner late. It’s not what you planned. But you can keep the kids busy and finish your preparations in time. Stuff them with Turkey tracks until dinner is served
I Spy Game
It’s really fun to play this game, and it will keep the kids occupied for as long as needed. Make sure they are being served well before they dive into this game.
Gratitude Jar
This jar contains empty sheets. You need a few pens, hand them over to everyone after dinner and let everyone write what they are thankful for, just something sweet and loving. The fun part is asking some kids to read out the notes while everyone enjoys the dessert.
Candy Cornucopia Thanksgiving Craft
It’s a horn that the kids create, which can contain lots of candies and pumpkins. It’s really fun for everyone to grab sweets there. Moreover, it’s adorable and makes candy taste even sweeter.
Leaf Foxes
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You send the kids outside on their own to rummage for the brightest leaves before serving dinner. They can make cute critters with the perfect pieces they find. Make sure they are full before the fun begins.
Sponge-Painted Thanksgiving Turkey Craft
Your kids will find it exciting and love sponge painting the turkey’s feather, of course. Your smile will never seize when you’re watching your kids enjoying the best moments of their lives, and especially with the cost efficiency of crafting paper plates; it would be a lot of fun for the kids!
Conclusion
What more will matter during Thanksgiving events than the fun your kids will grab and enjoy? The simple and risk-free games and DIY that will keep them occupied all night long? Nothing, of course! Any other thing will seem dull and tiring. Make the moment memorable by letting them do one of the above and pour their fun to the fullest. Let’s not remind them to study while this is happening. They would enjoy the fun, laughter, the walk in the woods, the paintings, and gaming together. Make the kids happy and be happy too.
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