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PRINTABLE THANKSGIVING TURKEY AND GRATITUDE ACTIVITY

By Tracee Grimstead, editor of Macaroni Kid Wake Forest November 12, 2022

Help kids learn about gratitude throughout November with this printable Thanksgiving turkey filled with gratitude activities for kids! Do one each day, color it in, and have a fully colored turkey by the end of the month! Every year I try to figure out how to help my kids learn to be more grateful for the things they have. This year I made this fun printable Thanksgiving turkey that’s filled with questions and activities to help kids (and adults) think of things they’re grateful for all month long! It’s an adorable turkey filled with helpful ideas! 

How To Use This Printable Thankful Page

This fun printable turkey is filled with a fun activity for 24 days of Thanksgiving. I went with 24 because Thanksgiving is on the 24th this year BUT you don’t have to necessarily do them November 1 to November 24 and can pick and choose the days during the month to do them.

For my family, we are starting this tomorrow with a talk about gratitude and then we are going to pick one of the activities to do off one of the turkey’s feathers.

This is the perfect activity to do as a family or if you have older kids, you can have them do them on their own as they have time.

For younger children who can’t read or might struggle to do some of these things, I recommend doing them together or at least helping them with the prompts. Once you’ve completed the activity for the day, it’s time to color! Use different colors to fill in the turkey’s feathers just like a real turkey. Go with whatever colors you like most – we colored ours with vibrant colors but anything works as long as they’re their favorite colors! Colored pencils, markers, crayons, and even paint all work great!

Click here to download 24 Days of Thanks Turkey