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Information and Inspiration

A Good Reason for Thanks An article by Shirley Dobson

Holiday Thankfulness A way for a family or group to express gratitude to God

C'mon Back Thanksgiving Reclaiming our neglected holiday for God

The Other Side of Thank You A devotional in "Our Daily Bread"

Be Filled with Thankfulness A devotional in "Our Daily Bread"

Hymns of Thanksgiving Thanksgiving hymns with midi and score (Click on Thanksgiving on the topic menu)

The Thanksgiving Story A story about the first Thanksgiving and Bible verses about being thankful

Praise Works Wonders A Thanksgiving devotional about giving thanks from Keys for Kids

More Thanksgiving Devotionals From Keys for Kids about showing faith by your actions

Giving Thanks - 13 creative ways to encourage gratefulness this Thanksgiving. These ideas could be used by parents, classroom teachers, or children's ministry workers

The Pilgrims Came A Thanksgiving Poem

Words and Music to "We Gather Together"

Listen to Come Ye Thankful People Come Midi This is from hymntime.com

Listen to the Doxology Midi

 

Teacher Lesson Resources

Writing Activities

Thanksgiving Certificates  Have your students fill out a thank you certificate to give to someone. Print these two to a page

Thanksgiving Notes - I always had my third graders write thank you notes to someone in the school, and someone outside of school. They can color these and write a note inside.(quarterfold card -.pdf file)

Turkey Hunt Story Prompt and Writing Paper This for younger students. For older students click here

Thanksgiving Writing Paper

More Thanksgiving Writing Paper

Thanksgiving Writing Paper For younger students.
Students could write about things for which they are thankful

Thanksgiving Writing Paper For older students

Write-on Seasonal Shapes These shapes have lines on them and and are on the Story It web site

Thanksgiving Writing Paper (small lines) I am thankful for...

Thanksgiving Writing Paper (large lines)

If I was a Pilgrim Child Writing worksheet (Requires copying and pasting to a blank document to get rid of ads)

Pilgrim Boy and Turkey Picture Prompt Story Starter The teacher can type in a word list before printing

Thanksgiving Book Report Form If you want your students to research Thanksgiving this will be helpful

Write About Your Favorite Book This worksheet has a picture of a turkey at the top, and lines for writing below it

Thanksgiving Postcards Students can write a postcard to someone at Thanksgiving, and make a picture on the outside. Prints two to a page

Pilgrim Postcards Students pretend they are Pilgrims writing to someone back home in England or Holland. This is from Scholastic

Pilgrim Did You Know Cards Print out these cards for students to write facts they learned about the Pilgrims. These are from abcteach.com

Native American Did You Know Cards Print out these cards for students to write facts they learned about the Native Americans. These are from abcteach.com

Thanksgiving Powerpont Story Template

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Reading Activities

Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension (elementary) This is from abcteach.com

Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension (upper elementary) This is from abcteach.com

Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension This is from teach-nology.com (Requires copying and pasting to a blank document to get rid of ads)

Thanksgiving Mini-book This is from DLTK and is for Pre K - K. Print in color or black and white

Tiny Title Books Tiny Thanksgiving books to cut out and put together. Choose from Thanksgiving - Give Thanks, or Thanksgiving Turkey. Students write on the lines

Happy Thanksgiving Bookmarks

Bible Memory Activities and Bible Related Resources

Psalm 100 Poster (NIV)

Psalm 100 Poster (KJV) The top can be colored by the children

Psalm 100:4 (KJV) Color the cornucopia and learn the verse

Psalm 100:4 (NIV) Color the cornucopia and learn the verse

Salmos 100 Poster (en español)

Psalm 92:1,2 Poster (NIV)

Psalm 92:1,2 Poster (KJV)

Salmos 92:1,2 Poster (en español) (NVI)

Salmos 92:1,2 Poster (en português) (João Ferreira de Almeida Atualizada)

Psalm 107:1 Poster to Color (KJV)

Psalm 107:1 Poster to Color (NIV)

Salmos 107:1 Poster to color (en español)

Psalm 107:1 Bookmarks - NIV    KJV There are four to a page

Thanksgiving Bible Memory Verse Suggestions

Find and Circle the Words in Colossians 3:17

Bookmarks I Thessalonians 5:18

Cornucopia of Thanks This could be used for a Thanksgiving Lesson, object lesson, or childrens' sermon. This is from Children's Ministry

Object Lesson - And Be Thankful This is from Children's Ministry Today.

Annie's Thanksgiving Grace Page Several traditional children's prayers here

Psalms of Thanksgiving Crossword Puzzle You will need to look up many of these verses to complete this puzzle. This is for older students or adults

 

Thanksgiving Worksheets

Thanksgiving Worksheets and Games

Thanksgiving Noun Worksheet

Thanksgiving Food Group Worksheet

Miscellaneous Thanksgiving Resources

Thanksgiving Lessons

Learn About Native Americans This site has a clickable map to learn about Native Americans in different parts of the U.S.

Thanksgiving Mini-Unit

Free Thanksgiving PowerPoint Templates

Discussion Topics for Thanksgiving

Lincoln Thanksgiving Proclamation

Thanksgiving Theme A large number of Thanksgiving ideas from abcteach.com

Thanksgiving Word Quiz Use this as a pretest to test your student's knowledge of Thanksgiving. Have students look up the ones they miss, or use as a posttest after a unit of study

Mayflower Map and Quiz This is from Enchanted Learning

Turkey Printout A labeled picture and information about a turkey's anatomy, diet, etc. from Enchanted Learning

Thanksgiving Thematic Units and Activities

The First Thanksgiving from Scholastic You'll find a timeline, pictures, and teacher's guide here

Thanksgiving Printouts Check out this page for all kinds of printouts from Enchanted Learning

Thanksgiving Math Count/add worksheet for kindergarten (scroll to bottom of page)

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Thanksgiving Bulletin Boards and
Other Room Decorations

Thanksgiving Name Plates from preschoolprintables.com

Thanksgiving Sticker Charts Put stickers on these colorful charts from preschoolprintables.com for books read, etc.

Thanksgiving Banner (pdf) Print this colorful "Happy Thanksgiving" banner

Give Thanks With a Grateful Heart Banner (3 sheets)

Thanksgiving Sticker Charts Use to reward good behavior or use for other incentive

Some Wall and Door Displays

Thanksgiving Boards

More Thanksgiving Boards

Our Thankful Hearts

Give Thanks for Good Health

Fall Bulletin Board Border

Thanksgiving Border

Give Thanks Border  (words facing flat side)You might want to use this on the bottom Give Thanks Border (words facing curve side)You might want to use this on the top and sides. You could print this on orange or yellow paper

Thanksgiving Door Decoration I think I would enlarge it if I wanted to use it on a door. I think it would make a nice book cover as is


Thanksgiving Coloring   

Psalm 107:1 Poster to Color (KJV)

Psalm 107:1 Poster to Color (NIV)

Psalm 100:4 (KJV) Color the cornucopia and learn the verse

Psalm 100:4 (NIV) Color the cornucopia and learn the verse

Color a Cornucopia

Thanksgiving Coloring Pages from bible-printables.com

Thanksgiving Coloring Color a cornucopia, a pilgrim boy, turkey on a platter, and two turkeys

Color a Turkey This is from a to z teacher stuff

A Worried Turkey

Color a Turkey

Turkey and Cornucopia A cute coloring page from familyfun.go.com

Turkey - Leaf Diving Fun from familyfun.go.com

T is for Turkey Coloring Page A coloring page with traceable letters from www.first-school.ws. This page is also available in color as a poster

Turkey Glyphs Students color turkeys according to specific instructions. A great following directions activity and the finished turkeys make an interesting board.(Put a key for the meaning of the colors)

 


Dot to Dot Turkey (using letters) Follow the letters in correct order and then color the turkey

Color Me Thankful Coloring pictures for young children about things for which we are thankful. Choose pictures with or without a Bible verse. These are from akidsheart.com

Thanksgiving Pictures Some nice Thanksgiving pictures to color from Kids Domain. There are pictures of pilgrims, a turkey, and a cornucopia. This is slow loading, but worth the wait

Thanksgiving Placemat (two 8.5X11 sheets black and white) Print, overlap .5 -1.5 inches and glue together. Color to finish   Left side
Right side
 

 

 

Give Thanks Placemat Trim one inside edge and right and left edges.  Glue together and color


 


A Thanksgiving Placemat to Color from Jan Brett
 

Thanksgiving Coloring Pages There are 16 coloring pages here. They are from Activity Village

Thanksgiving Coloring Turkeys and pilgrims to color

Turkeys and Pilgrims to color from DLTK

Native American Coloring Pages

The Indian Years Coloring Book (Texas) This has some great Indian pictures

Turkeys With a Thanksgiving Greeting 

November Coloring Calendar Children fill in dates and color picture of children helping with a food drive

Thanksgiving Coloring from Crayola

More Fall Coloring

 

Thanksgiving Songs and Hymns

Hymns of Thanksgiving Thanksgiving hymns with midi and score (search for Thanksgiving or hymn title)

Printable Lyrics to Thanksgiving Hymns

Thanksgiving Poems and Songs

Listen to Come Ye Thankful People Come Midi This is from hymntime.com

Listen to the Doxology Midi

Music:Over the River and Through the Woods

Music:Turkey in the Straw

 

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Placemats

Thank You God for Everything Placemat (pdf) (in color 8.5X11) This could be glued to a large piece of construction paper. The edges of the construction paper could be fringed or scalloped with scissors

 

Thanksgiving Placemat (two 8.5X11 sheets black and white) Print, overlap .5 -1.5 inches and glue together   Left side
Right side
 

 

Give Thanks Placemat Trim one inside edge and right and left edges.  Glue together and color

 

 

Thank You God Placemat Students write their own poem or prayer and color this placemat, or you can type in a poem or verse before printing

Thanksgiving Placemat Craft This is from christiancrafts.net

A Thanksgiving Placemat to Color from Jan Brett

Native Americans Crafts

Make a Corn Husk Doll

Kids' Thanksgiving Centerpiece - Native American Family This cute centerpiece is made from paper towel tubes (from Better Homes and Gardens)

Native American Friends or Pilgrim Friends Clothing for Native American friends. These are in color or are available in black and white

Make an Indian headband, drum, and vest

Make a Pinch Pot

Native American Symbols and Designs Use some of these symbols on your Native American crafts

Canoe Craft A Native American canoe craft to print, color, cut, and lace. Print on card stock

Turkey Crafts

Turkey Goodie Can This is from Kansas City Public Library. *The turkey pattern for this could also be used for a bag puppet or other turkey craft

T is for Turkey Art Project This is a cute art project for young children learning letters and sounds

Little Gobbler Cups This is from Woman's Day

Clay Pot Turkey This is from Making Friends

Clay Pot Turkey from Kinderart

Another Clay Pot Turkey  This clay pot is right side up and can be used to hold candy or nuts

Turkey Centerpiece A cute centerpiece or Thanksgiving treat bag from Woman's Day

Straw Hat Turkey

Origami Turkey

Printable Turkey Craft An easy craft for young children in black and white (in color here)

Turkey Patterns You'll find 3", 5", and 8" turkey patterns at this site (preschoolexpress.com)

Turkey and Leaf Template These templates can be used for a variety of Thanksgiving crafts including the one below

Thanksgiving Chain - First, print one of the turkey patterns from preschool express (five or eight in.)on brown or orange paper.  Decorate the turkey as you wish.(color, add feathers, leaves, etc.)Or use this already decorated turkey (p.2). Cut a slit in the bottom of the turkey. Print as many chain links as you need.(there are 17 to a page) Every day in November have children write something for which they are thankful on a link and attach it to the chain.

Turkey Door Hanger

Turkey Hat This is a cute hat that is easy to make.

Another Cute Turkey Hat This one is from Making Friends

Turkey Puppet This is a cute turkey puppet using a brown sock and construction paper

Tiny Tom Pinecone Turkeys  Cute and easy pinecone turkeys

Turkey Body Pattern Use hands or leaves for the feathers

Paper Bag Turkey

Handprint or Maple leaf Stand Up Turkey Large and small versions to print from First School

Turkey Crafts A variety of easy crafts from familyfun.go.com

Hand and Foot Turkey Make a great looking turkey

Turkey Table Decoration Just print and cut
 

Leaf Crafts

Leaf Template  Print this leaf template on colorful paper or have the children color them. Use with other Thanksgiving crafts

A Colorful Leaf Craft There are no patterns shown here, but these look easy enough to copy

Thankful Wreath of Leaves A pretty Thanksgiving decoration

Garland of Thankfulness Made of textured leaves

Tree of Thankfulness Children will write what they are thankful for on a leaf to put on the tree

Fall Hat This is an easy craft idea (If you can get the paper bags). If I did this with kids, I would not paint the bag but would leave it the natural color. If you don't have fall leaves, print out leaf patterns and have the children paint or color them.  Use this  Leaf Pattern or the leaf template above

Pilgrim Crafts
*Pilgrim bag puppets are here

Pilgrim Hat for Girls

Another Paper Bonnet

Pilgrim Hat for Boys

Easy Pilgrim Hat I would go one step further with this and paint the top part of the hat with glue solution(1/3 water to 2/3 white glue). Use a large brush. This will stiffen the top so that it doesn't colapse as easily

Another Pilgrim Hat from FamilyFun

Paper Cup Pilgrim Boy  These are from Activity Village and are real cute. For young children, I would make patterns for the clothes that they can cut out. Paper Cup Pilgrim Girl    Paper Cup Indian Chief

Easy Pilgrim Paper Plate Craft Cut centers from two paper plates (with the ripples around the edge).  Use edge for girl's hat and collars. Cut hat from black paper, add ribbon to lady Pilgrim, and glue yellow yarn for hair. This idea is from Michaels

Clay Pot Pilgrim Girl

Clay Pot Pilgrim Hat Centerpiece

Pilgrim Family Centerpiece Another cute centerpiece made from paper towel tubes (from Better Homes and Gardens)

Pilgrim Friends Clothing for friends. Get the dolls here. These are in color or are available in black and white

Pilgrim Hat Place Cards from 3" Pots

Pilgrim and Indian Paper/Brad Puppets

Printable Thanksgiving Jigsaw Puzzles These have to be cut out by an adult

Puppets

 

 

Pilgrim Bag Puppets Choose a Girl or a Boy and Pilgrim Hats. Add arms and clothes if you wish

 

 

 

 

Indian Boy Bag Puppet

 

 

 

Turkey Puppet This is a cute turkey puppet using a brown sock and construction paper

Mayflower Crafts

Sailing Mayflower Craft An easy paper craft with ship and sail patterns

A Map and the Mayflower Make a map of the pilgrims voyage and a miniature Mayflower

 


Miscellaneous Thanksgiving Crafts

Make an "In Everything Give Thanks" Door Knob Hanger or Wall Placque
Print out two sets per page. Cut out and glue to  white or colored cardstock. Punch holes and add yarn or ribbon to top. Laminate to last longer

 

Thanksgiving Kids Table This is from HGTV and includes directions for a paper bag turkey centerpiece, pilgrim hats, and more

Make a Thanksgiving Wall Hanging
Print and cut banner on sides and bottom only. Bend and glue top of sheet over an 8" dowel rod. Tie yarn to dowel rod and hang banner on the wall. (an alternative is to print the banner on card stock and then cut out banner, punch holes in top and attach yarn)

 

Paper Plate Cornucopia This is a clever way to make a cornucopia

A Printable Thanksgiving Activity Book for Early Readers  There is a page for each letter of Thanksgiving. This is from EnchantedLearning.com

Kids Domain A variety of Thanksgiving crafts here

DLTK Thanksgiving Crafts A variety of Thanksgiving crafts for different ages

Tabletop Crafts from familyfun.go.com



Scarecrow Puppet Children can color the scarecrow How to make the puppet

 

 

 

Paper Scarecrow Directions and patterns for a paper scarecrow

Dishtowel Scarecrow

Harvest Flip Book Just cut and staple the flip book pictures together. Then flip the pages and watch the cornucopia fill with fruit and vegetables

Send an E-card  (Give Thanks)

Thanksgiving Worksheets, Games and Puzzles

Give Thanks With a Grateful Heart Jigsaw Puzzle
35 pieces    88 pieces    108 pieces    234 pieces

Psalm 92:1-2 (KJV) Thanksgiving Jigsaw Puzzle  48 pieces   88 pieces

Wild Turkey Jigsaw Puzzle (
35 pieces) Click run to play on your computer

Pilgrims At Home Jigsaw Puzzle (40 pieces) Click run to play on your computer  197 pieces here

Kids Table Puzzle Placemats Choose from several placemats with coloring or puzzles on them. There are also kids table decorations at this site. (PDF format)

Psalms of Thanksgiving Crossword Puzzle (For older students or adults - 26 clues)

Thanksgiving Memory Game Print two copies for a 20 card game. If you want to print a back on the cards, turn the sheet over and print this on the back

Thanksgiving Fun for Kids  Here are some fun party or classroom games from Bethany Roberts' site

Thanksgiving Printables from Activity Village

Thankful Game

Thanksgiving Games for Kids and their Families Many of these games can be used in a classroom or Sunday School class

Children's Games for Thanksgiving

Turkey Lurkey File Folder Games

Thanksgiving Memory Game (2 sheets) print on, or glue to cardstock

Thanksgiving and Thanks Acrostic Poems Children can create a poem from the word Thanks, Thankful, or Thanksgiving. They could also list things for which they are thankful beginning with the letters. These are from Activity Village

Thanksgiving Dinner Word Search (18 words)

Thanksgiving Word Search (17 words)

Give Thanks
This game is from ChildrensMinistry.com 

A Collection of  Puzzles from the Holiday Zone

Psalms of Thanksgiving Crossword Puzzle You will need to look up many of these verses to complete this puzzle. This is for older students or adults

Thanksgiving Word Puzzles Wordsearch and crossword puzzles with beginner, medium, and harder levels from which to choose

Thanksgiving Crossword 
This is from abcteach.com

Another Thanksgiving Crossword Puzzle This is from abcteach.com

Another Thanksgiving Crossword Puzzle (8 clues)

Annies Thanksgiving Games and Activities

Thanksgiving Puzzles and Games from akidsheart.com

Thanksgiving Day Crossword Puzzle (8 clues)

 

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Thanksgiving Plays, Skits, Stories and Puppet Plays
Please read all skits and plays carefully to decide if they are suitable for your group.

Thanksgiving for Silas A group of kids attend an annual community thanksgiving dinner -none of them want to be there. They speculate on what it was like to have been a part of the first community thanksgiving meal in their town. The
discovery of a journal tells them the story of a boy named Silas that helped everyone acquire an attitude of gratitude

KJV Thanksgiving Plays There are several low cost scripts at this site ($10.00)

Thanksgiving Lesson from Bread of Life Ministries This lesson includes a puppet show, object lesson, Bible lesson, game idea and more

Glad I'm Not a Turkey Puppet Skit

Thanksgiving Song Puppet Skit

The Ugly Turkey Adapted from "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Andersen

Dramashare Thanksgiving Scripts (These scripts require membership or a small fee) 

Squanto's Thanksgiving

Miscellaneous Thanksgiving Links

Thanksgiving E-Cards A variety of Thanksgiving cards to send

Thanksgiving Greetings Send Free Thanksgiving Greetings To All Your Friends And Loved Ones (this site has pop-up ads)

Thanksgiving E-Cards Send an e-card to family and friends

Colorful Happy Thanksgiving Bookmarks Just print and cut apart

Free Thanksgiving Clipart

Read With Silly Turkey A fun easy read online book for grades k-2 

Over the River and Through the Woods
Words and midi for this old favorite

Recipes and Entertaining 

Thanksgiving Checklist

Thanksgiving Place Cards from Jan Brett

Thanksgiving Turkey Place cards Colorful place cards to print

Edible Thanksgiving Turkey A sweet treat that could be used as a classroom treat

Thanksgiving Recipes

Hey, Let's Talk Turkey A turkey recipe and activity book for children from the Alberta Turkey Producers (12 pages) Some great ideas here for your turkey leftovers

After Thanksgiving Salad Use that leftover turkey in a salad

Holiday Cooking Tips Information on buying, cooking, and storing the turkey. There are also recipes and ideas for side dishes and desserts

The ABC's of Entertaining All the information you'll need about entertaining from decorations to etiquette

DLTK's Thanksgiving Recipes Oreo turkey snacks and more

Thanksgiving Placards Just print, cut, and write names

Sugar Cone Cornucopia
Miniature horns of plenty filled with candy corn or fruit candy

Pumpkin Recipes from Land O Lakes
If you're looking for a pumpkin recipe this is the place to look

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