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Turkey in Disguise
This turkey wants to skip dinner! Dress it up as a pirate, an astronaut or a chef so nobody can find it.
Tip: Hang them in the hall with a sign: “Can you find the turkeys?”
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Free printables · grades K–5
Thanksgiving worksheets for kids
20 free Thanksgiving printables: disguise a turkey, solve a pumpkin patch maze, color pie fractions, play dinner bingo and write a THANKFUL poem. Every page uses Kevin Coulston’s cartoon characters and prints on one sheet of paper.
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Draw the Turkey by Grid
Copy Kevin Coulston’s cartoon turkey one square at a time. The grid turns one hard drawing into 16 easy ones.
Tip: Have kids put a finger on the square they are copying in both grids.
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Draw Your Thanksgiving Plate
Fill the plate with everything you hope to eat, from turkey and corn to a giant slice of pie.
Tip: Kids who don’t celebrate can draw their favorite family meal instead.
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Fill the Harvest Horn
A cornucopia is a horn full of food. Make it spill over with fruits, vegetables and anything else you like.
Tip: Show a real basket of fall produce first and talk about shapes: corn is an oval, a pear is two circles.
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Design a Parade Float
Plan a float for a Thanksgiving parade: a giant balloon, a band, a stage or a character as big as a house.
Tip: Line the finished floats up across a wall to make a class parade.
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Thanksgiving Shape Starters
Turn each shape into something you might see at Thanksgiving: a pie, a pumpkin, a leaf or a turkey.
Tip: Pairs well with the Shape Drawing Challenge: one shape, many ideas.
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Thanksgiving Word Search
12 Thanksgiving words hidden across, down and on the diagonal. No backwards words, so it’s friendly for new readers.
Tip: Younger kids can find the words in a buddy pair, one reading and one circling.
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Pumpkin Patch Maze
A maze for Thanksgiving: help the turkey run from the farm to the pumpkin patch, then draw where it hides.
Tip: Trace the path with a finger first, then with a crayon.
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Unscramble the Feast
Eight Thanksgiving words with their letters mixed up. Use the word bank if you get stuck.
Tip: Cover the word bank for a harder version.
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Pie and Turkey Sudoku
Two letter sudoku puzzles: an easy one that spells PIES and a harder one that spells TURKEY.
Tip: In the TURKEY puzzle the boxes are 2 rows by 3 columns. Shade one box to show students.
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Thanksgiving Dinner Bingo
Bring this to the table. Mark a square each time you spot something, and shout “Thankful!” for three in a row.
Tip: Print a few so every kid at the table gets a card.
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Math
Pie Fractions
Color the slices to show halves, thirds, quarters and eighths, then cut a pie so everyone at your table gets a piece.
Tip: Compare 1/2 and 1/4 out loud: which slice would you rather have?
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Math
Count the Harvest
Count the leaves, acorns, pumpkins and apples in the field, make tally marks and find the total.
Tip: Give kids a crayon for each kind so they can color as they count.
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Math
Thanksgiving Food Graph
Ask your family or class to pick a favorite Thanksgiving food, tally the votes and draw a bar graph.
Tip: Do it as a class on Monday and send it home to survey family on Thanksgiving.
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THANKFUL Acrostic Poem
Write a word or a line for each letter of THANKFUL about the people and things you’re grateful for.
Tip: Younger kids can write one word per letter; older kids write a full line.
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Thank-You Postcard
Draw a picture for someone you’re thankful for, write them a note and deliver it.
Tip: Brainstorm helpers first: the bus driver, the cafeteria team, a grandparent, a neighbor.
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Thanksgiving Then and Now
Interview a grown-up about Thanksgiving when they were little, then compare their answers with yours.
Tip: Great homework for Thanksgiving week: kids bring the answers back on Monday.
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My Thanksgiving Day
Draw and write what happens from morning to night on Thanksgiving, or on any day off with family.
Tip: Use it before the break to plan, or after the break to remember.
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The Great Turkey Escape
A four-panel comic: how does the turkey escape before dinner? Add speech bubbles and a big ending.
Tip: Give a starter: “It was the night before Thanksgiving, and Turkey had a plan…”
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Thanksgiving Place Cards
Six place cards for the table. Kids draw a little picture and write each guest’s name, then cut and fold.
Tip: Print on card stock so the place cards stand up on the table.
Print this sheet (PDF)The whole set
All 20 worksheets and the answer key in one PDF. Print the whole thing for a Thanksgiving folder, or pick the pages you need from the print dialog.
Print all 20 (PDF)Kids’ table pack
Five pages for the kids’ table while dinner cooks: Thanksgiving Dinner Bingo, Thanksgiving Place Cards, Turkey in Disguise, Unscramble the Feast, Pumpkin Patch Maze.
Print the kids’ table pack (PDF)A Thanksgiving week in class
- Monday: start the Thanksgiving Food Graph as a class vote, and send home Thanksgiving Then and Now for the long weekend.
- Tuesday: math centers with Pie Fractions and Count the Harvest, then the Thanksgiving Word Search for early finishers.
- Wednesday: write a THANKFUL Acrostic Poem and a Thank-You Postcard for a school helper, then hang up the Turkey in Disguise drawings.
- After the break: My Thanksgiving Day and The Great Turkey Escape make good writing prompts.
At home
- The night before: kids make the Thanksgiving Place Cards and decide where everyone sits.
- While dinner cooks: the kids’ table pack, crayons and a few clipboards.
- At dinner: Thanksgiving Dinner Bingo keeps kids looking and listening at the table.
- Long weekend: Draw the Turkey by Grid, Design a Parade Float or Pie and Turkey Sudoku for a quiet afternoon.
More free Thanksgiving activities
- Trace then color the turkeyThe free page this turkey comes from. Ages 3 and up.
- Thanksgiving drawing activitiesA kids’ table drawing station, place cards and classroom ideas.
- Thankful Turkey FeathersA thinking sheet: one thankful thing on every feather.
- Dream Dinner TableInvite anyone to dinner and plan the menu.
- Scarecrow MakeoverGive a tired scarecrow a brand-new look.
- Fall Leaf PortraitFind a real leaf and draw it up close.
Books for the long weekend
The turkey on these sheets lives with the barnyard friends in Kevin Coulston’s cute cartoon animal books. Food Monsters is perfect for drawing what’s on the plate.
How to Draw: Cute Cartoon Animals
Trace Then Color: Cute Cartoon Animals
Draw by Grid: Cute Cartoon Animals
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Questions
Are these Thanksgiving worksheets free?
Yes. All 20 sheets and the answer key are free to print for home and classroom use. Print one sheet at a time or the whole set as one PDF.
What ages are they for?
Kids in kindergarten through 5th grade, about ages 5 to 11. Each sheet lists its grades. The drawing sheets, the maze and Count the Harvest suit the youngest kids; the sudoku, the food graph and the interview suit older kids.
Is there an answer key?
Yes. The answer key covers the word search, Unscramble the Feast, both sudoku puzzles and Count the Harvest. It is the last page of the full PDF and also a PDF on its own.
What can kids do at the table on Thanksgiving?
Print the kids’ table pack: dinner bingo, place cards, Turkey in Disguise, Unscramble the Feast and the pumpkin patch maze. Add crayons and the kids have something to do while dinner cooks.
Do the sheets print in black and white?
Yes. Each sheet has a light colored header that also looks fine in black and white. They are US Letter size and also print on A4.
All sheets are US Letter, print well in black and white, and are free for home and classroom use. More for teachers: thinking sheets, no-prep sub plans and the teacher resources library.