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30+ Easy Thanksgiving Crafts

Polly Conner
By: Polly ConnerPosted: 10/16/24Updated: 10/16/24

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This roundup of 30+ Thanksgiving Crafts should give you some festive ideas for toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary kids. Includes a variety of easy arts and crafts around turkeys, fall, gratefulness and more. Enjoy!

Collage of Thanksgiving Craft Ideas for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners. this …


 
Table of Contents
  • Turkey Crafts
  • Ultimate No-Fuss Thanksgiving Guide
  • Thanksgiving Crafts to Cultivate Gratitude
  • More Fun Thanksgiving Craft Ideas

Turkey Crafts

Young girl with a construction paper hat made to look like a turkey.

Hand Print Turkey Hat

by Crafty Morning

Use hand prints to make turkey feathers and glue it to a headband for the kids to wear. I remember my kids making this in their Kindergarten class.

Hand Print Turkey Hat
A child's hands holding brown construction paper in the shape of a turkey body with google eyes, orange construction paper beak, and different color pipe cleaners for the feathers.

Pipe Cleaner Turkey

by Mess for Less

This is a simple craft that would be perfect for kids to make on Thanksgiving day when the food is being prepared. They would also make adorable place cards at a Thanksgiving table.

Pipe Cleaner Turkey
Lunch-size brown paper sacks with google eyes, an orange construction paper beak, and red, orange, yellow crepe paper feathers.

Paper Bag Turkeys

by No Time for Flashcards

People have been making paper bag turkey crafts for ages. It’s the perfect low mess make and take craft for your kid guests at Thanksgiving dinner.

Paper Bag Turkeys
A large brown construction paper accordian fan, with a medium-size yellow fan, and a small orange one layered as the feathers of a turkey.

Paper Fan Turkey

by A Girl & a Glue Gun

Grab some construction paper and start folding!

Paper Fan Turkey Craft
Different color child footprints as feathers for a turkey with the head a cutout of the child's face.

Footprint Turkey

by Crafty Morning

A footprint turkey craft is always a basic one to do for Thanksgiving but consider making it more personalized with your child’s face as the turkey!

Footprint Turkey Craft
A card made out of gold and white card stock with a brown hand print on the front decorated to look like a turkey.

Handprint Turkey Card

by Glued to my Crafts

This Thanksgiving paper card idea is great for family members because they get to see how much the kids have grown throughout the year.

Handprint Turkey Card
A paper plate painted brown in the middle and different colors all around the edge and with google eyes and a construction paper beak.

Paper Plate Turkey

by I Heart Crafty Things

It’s fun to see how everyone’s turkey turn out differently with color choices and stuff!

Paper Plate Turkey Craft
A construction paper turkey with the feathers made out of brown construction paper decorated to look like footballs.

Football Turkey

by Crafty Morning

A fun turkey twist for your football loving kiddos!

Football Turkey Craft
A mini pumpkin with feathers glued to the back and a head made of construction paper.

Mini Pumpkin Turkeys

by The Inspired Treehouse

A fun craft to honor our favorite fall toys (pumpkins and gourds) by dressing them up as turkeys for Thanksgiving!

Mini Pumpkin Turkey
A painted coffee filter for the feathers of a construction paper turkey.

Coffee Filter Turkey Craft

by Buggy and Buddy

With just a little painting, cutting, and gluing, you’ve got some colorful decorations for Thanksgiving!

Coffee Filter Turkey
Roasted whole turkey on a platter surrounded by various side dishes.

Ultimate No-Fuss Thanksgiving Guide

We’ve created a one-stop shop for all of your thanksgiving needs!

Our guide includes simple recipes, fun activities for the whole family, ideas for leftovers, and more.

Thanksgiving Guide

Thanksgiving Crafts to Cultivate Gratitude

Collage of paper sack turkeys and writing on paper bags of things to be thankful for.

Thankful Turkeys Craft

by Thriving Home

Thankful Turkeys not only got my kids cutting, gluing and using their creative skills but they also gave us an excuse to articulate some things we are thankful for. Doing this craft together stirred up conversation about why we celebrate Thanksgiving and helped all of us to practice being grateful.

Thankful Turkeys Craft
Tree branch in a pail with rocks and different color paper leaves with gratitude written on them.

Thankful Tree

by DIY Mommy

This easy Thankful Tree can be made with a branch from your yard, some construction paper, a glue gun, and a pot & rocks to hold it all together.

Thankful Tree
A multi-colored paper chain with thankful statements written on each on hanging on a dresser.

Thankfulness Chain

by The Joys of Boys

This Thankfulness Chain can be a tradition to help us remember and show appreciation for the things we are thankful for. It’s a Thanksgiving activity that keeps going all month long.

Thankfulness Chain Craft
A clipboard holding an embroidery hoop with yarn wound in different directions and leaves with gratitude written on them.

DIY Leaf Catcher

by Handmade Charlotte

There are so many wonderful things about this season, like crunching leaves, caramel apples, and family times! Make this leaf catcher and capture all of your fall favorites!

DIY Leaf Catcher
Journal made of paper bags and decorated to look like a turkey.

Thankful Turkey Book

by B-Inspired Mama

This adorable Thankful Turkey Book Kids Craft is the perfect opportunity for your child to explore what they’re thankful for.

Thankful Turkey Book

More Fun Thanksgiving Craft Ideas

A person holding a clipboard with a Thanksgiving Bingo card on it.

Thanksgiving Bingo

Looking for ways to make Thanksgiving a bit more fun? Use this free Thanksgiving Bingo printable to bring some extra excitement to your Thanksgiving gathering. Our one-of-a-kind design includes 18 Bingo cards plus materials to make it easy for the facilitator.

Thanksgiving Bingo
Toilet paper rolls covered with construction paper to look like a native american and a pilgram wit small pumpkins and multi-colored corn cobs in the background.

Thanksgiving Cardboard Tube Characters

by Fun Family Crafts

This cute craft project is fun to make and only requires a few inexpensive supplies.

Thanksgiving Cardboard Tube Characters
Collage of nature items being glued on to paper in the shape of different letters to make a banner.

Nature Collage Thanksgiving Banner

by Joy in the Works

This is a two part activity since you have to find the nature supplies you want to use before making the letters out of them. We chose to do the words, “Happy Thanksgiving”, but you could do something shorter as well, like the words “Grateful” or “Blessed”.

Nature Collage Thanksgiving Banner
A child's hands holding brown construction paper in the shape of a turkey body with google eyes, orange construction paper beak, and different color pipe cleaners for the feathers.

Autumn Handprint Tree

by Arty Crafty Kids

Autumn is a gorgeous, colorful season that never fails to get the creative juices flowing and if you’re looking for an opportunity to explore simple color-mixing techniques within a seasonal theme, then this project is for you.

Autumn Handprint Tree
A paper plate cut in a triangle with orange tissue paper glued on as the pie and brown construction paper glued on as the crust with two cotton balls on top as whip cream.

Pumpkin Pie Craft

by A Night Owl

With just some tissue paper, a paper plate and tons of glue you can make a calorie-free slice of pie.

Pumpkin Pie Craft
Popsicle sticks glued side by side to look like a scarecrow with the top part painted orange to look like a hat, a black smile drawn on, straw glued on the sides for the hair, and an orange triangle glued on as the nose.

Popsicle Stick Scarecrow

by One Sharp Bunch

Who can resist such a cute scarecrow?

Popsicle Stick Scarecrow
A piece of paper printed with with the outline of a corncob and cheerios glued to the middle to look like the kernels.

Cheerio Corn on the Cob

by Glued to my Crafts

Using just ordinary cardstock paper, school glue and inexpensive cereal as your embellishment – this art project is sure to be a hit! It’s not only super simple, really cheap, and great for younger children, it’s also the perfect excuse to munch on some cereal during your craft time.

Cheerio Corn on the Cob Craft
Different shaped and colored dried leaves with faces painted on them to look like animals.

Leaf Animals

by Handmade Charlotte

It’s time to head outside and hunt for interesting leaves! Here are two great ideas for using fresh leaves as a canvas for embroidery or press them and draw fun animal friends!

Leaf Animals Craft
Pinecones with peanut butter and bird seed with strings to use as bird feeders.

Homemade Pinecone Bird Feeders

by Freebie Finding Mom

If you simply have a few hours to kill before dinner and want to have some fun with the kids this is the perfect project.

Homemade Pinecone Bird Feeders
Fall-colored tissue paper pieces glued to leaf shapes to make suncatchers.

Fall Leaf Suncatchers

by The Best Ideas for Kids

Fall is the perfect time to brighten up your windows with some beautiful suncatchers.

Fall Leaf Suncatchers
Construction paper shapes glued to a blue piece of paper to make a Mayflower Ship.

A Mayflower Ship Craft

by Paging Supermom

Kids will love hearing the story of the pilgrims venturing out on the Mayflower as you make this craft together.

A Mayflower Ship Craft
A paper plate with a yellow triangle hat with straw hair, google eyes, pipe cleaner mouth, and construction paper for a nose and cheeks.

Scarecrow Paper Plate

by Finding Zest

When it comes to Thanksgiving crafts, you might think of turkeys or pumpkins. But if are looking for a fun craft for fall or Thanksgiving, this Scarecrow Paper Plate Craft is a great alternative!

Scarecrow Paper Plate

Different sized leaves glued on construction paper in the shape of a person.

Leaf People Craft

by My Mommy Style

Go for a walk around the park or your neighborhood and gather colorful leaves of all shapes and sizes to make some adorable leaf people.

Leaf People Craft
Fall tree made of green, orange and brown pom poms, pipe cleaners, and acorns.

Fall Pom Pom Tree

by Play Trains

This fall pom pom tree activity is as pretty as it is fun! It could even work as a combination kids’ activity and centerpiece at Thanksgiving dinner. My favorite part is the acorns — they look so cool in the tree, plus they add so much to activity by presenting an added challenge to fine motor skills and a tactile contrast to the light, fluffy pom poms

Fall Pom Pom Tree
Small child with a homemade paper plate turkey hat.

Paper Plate Turkey Hats

by Honey + Lime

Try making these Thanksgiving paper plate turkey hats with your kids! If you’ve got paint, scissors, glue, and paper plates, you can make these right away.

Paper Plate Turkey Hats
Pumpkins made of strips of paper and pipe cleaners.

Paper Pumpkins

by Alpha Mom

This is a really super easy and fun craft that would be great for decorating your house for fall. All you’ll need are a couple of square pieces of scrapbook paper in pumpkin colors, some scissors, a hole punch and some chenille stems (aka pipe cleaners) in fall colors.

Paper Pumpkins
Colorful leaf painting hanging on a wall.

Colorful Leaf Printing

by Little Page Turners

Find a big leaf like the one in the photo or use some different smaller leaves for a different look.

Colorful Leaf Printing
Card stock cut into ovals like the shape of corn with legos used to stamp different color circles as the kernels.

Lego Stamped Indian Corn

by Craft Morning

Kids always love to build with Lego blocks but what about painting with them? They make awesome stamps that you can use to make this cool Indian corn craft! It’s perfect for Thanksgiving or just for a fall art project

Lego Stamped Indian Corn Craft

Whether you’re a seasoned crafter or a beginner looking for a new holiday tradition, similar to our Halloween Crafts and Christmas Crafts, these easy Thanksgiving arts and crafts offer something for every child.

Get your glue guns and paintbrushes ready, gather your little ones, and let the creativity flow. Happy crafting and happy Thanksgiving!

Good New of Great Joy advent devotional pages laid out.
Our Gift to You!

Good News of Great Joy

A simple, weekly Advent devotional that’s intended to help your family focus on the story of Jesus’ birth.

The discussion questions and wide range of fun activities are designed for children ages 2-11.

Each weekly activity focuses on a different aspect of the Christmas story.

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As co-founder of Thriving Home, Polly’s passionate about helping busy parents get dinner on the table. With a house full of kids, dogs, and (usually) a DIY project in the works, she knows firsthand how every minute (and every dollar) counts. As a business owner, she enjoys wearing multiple hats and serves best as a project manager for Thriving Home.

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