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25+ Fun Thanksgiving Craft Ideas for Preschoolers

November 12, 2020 by Sheryl Cooper

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Inside: 25+ Thanksgiving Craft Ideas for Preschoolers to do at home or in the classroom. A fun addition to your fall curriculum!

While planning for November, I was amazed to find so many Thanksgiving craft ideas for preschoolers!

During this month we do a lot of different turkey crafts that work on our fine motor skills, strengthen our color recognition development, and that allow us to be as open-ended as possible so that we can be creative.

We focus on the thankfulness part of Thanksgiving with our 3 year olds. This is a great time to help our youngest preschoolers learn how to reach out to others, to express gratitude for what is given to them.

We talk about our families and the good food we are blessed with. We end our unit with a Thanksgiving feast, where all our families come together and bring food that we eat together. I just love this time of year!

25+ Thanksgiving Craft Ideas for Preschoolers

 

Thanksgiving Craft Ideas for Preschoolers

 

  • Have each child decorate a leaf and make a Thanksgiving banner (free printable labels).
  • Use dyed pasta and work fine motor skills while making a Thanksgiving necklace.
  • Strengthen fine motor skills while making a simple turkey craft.
  • Grab fall cookie cutters for some simple Thanksgiving process art.
  • Learn about thankfulness (free printable included) while making a turkey with popsicle sticks.
  • Attach feathers onto clothespins for a fine motor turkey activity. (Stir the Wonder)
  • Use pipettes to create a colorful watercolor thankful turkey.
  • Dye corn kernels to make a Thanksgiving corn craft.
  • Make colorful turkeys using 3 different sizes of circles.

Thanksgiving Craft Activity

  • Help your family reflect on what makes them thankful with a brown bag thankful tree. (Premeditated Leftovers)
  • Gather up some tissue paper squares and make a colorful paper plate turkey. (Happy Home Fairy)
  • Make a handprint turkey hat for Thanksgiving. (Crafty Morning)
  • Replace feathers with colorful clothespins to add some fine motor to your turkey art. (Messy Motherhood)
  • Make a thanksgiving garland with your kids to hang in your house or classroom. (No Time for Flashcards)
  • Recycle toilet paper rolls to make a cute clothespin turkey. (The Simple Parent)
  • Use dyed kernels to make a colorful corn mosaic. (Fun-a-Day)
  • Make a colorful fine motor turkey. (Rubberboots and Elf Shoes)
  • Make (and then wear) a turkey hat – fun for a Thanksgiving party! (Crafty Morning)
  • Practice cutting, gluing, and painting skills while making a colorful turkey. (Buggy and Buddy)
  • Make a pretend slice of pumpkin pie before eating the real thing. (A Night Owl Blog)
  • Add some candy corn to your turkey handprint art. (Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails)
  • Use bubble wrap to add interesting design to paper turkeys. (Crafty Morning)
  • Pack a lunch or special treat in a handmade turkey lunch sack. (Happy Home Fairy)
  • Fill your sensory tub with fixings for a pretend turkey dinner. (Carrots are Orange)

Thanksgiving Craft Ideas

 

  • Make a simple turkey using a craft stick. (The Simple Parent)
  • Enjoy some process art while painting with corn. (Fun-a-Day)
  • Make a Thanksgiving wreath using handprints. Would be fun for a classroom! (Education.com)
  • Put a turkey suncatcher in your window. (No Time for Flashcards)
  • Learn the letters in your name while making a feather letter turkey. (Growing Book by Book)

Free Thanksgiving Printables

Color Recognition Turkey Activity

Thanksgiving Dinner Dramatic Play Printables

Turkey Color Pages

25+ Thanksgiving Craft Ideas for Preschoolers

Are you following my fall Pinterest board?

More fall ideas:

Fun Fall Leaf Painting

Beautiful Watercolor Leaves

Easy Paper Plate Fall Wreaths

 

Come see how our classroom was set up for the Thanksgiving theme!



 

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About Sheryl Cooper

Sheryl Cooper is the founder of Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds, a website full of activities for toddlers and preschoolers. She has been teaching this age group for over 20 years and loves to share her passion with teachers, parents, grandparents, and anyone with young children in their lives.

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  1. Happy Home Fairy

    October 23, 2014 at 4:34 pm

    This is one of my FAVORITE sites! Thank you for the honor of being a teeny part of it! I teach 2’s and this site has been my best resource. Thanks for what you do!

    • Sheryl

      October 29, 2014 at 10:47 pm

      Thank you SO much for the kind words!

  2. Aprile

    November 13, 2020 at 5:30 pm

    Sheryl,
    Thank you so much for all your great ideas. Being home with a 21/2 year old granddaughter, these have been such helpful resources!

    Aprile

    • Sheryl Cooper

      November 13, 2020 at 11:10 pm

      I’m so happy they’ve been helpful with your granddaughter! Enjoy your time with her. ❤️

  3. Emma

    November 24, 2020 at 4:37 pm

    Love what I’ve seen so far. Will definitely keep checking it out.

    • Sheryl Cooper

      November 25, 2020 at 12:03 am

      Happy to hear this! Thank you!

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