Thanksgiving
6 selected printables
Thanksgiving Coloring Pages for Kids
Turkeys, pies, corn and a wagon of fall produce make a decorative Thanksgiving selection. The cheerful turkey has broad shapes; kitchen and field scenes include more small details. Use the pictures for coloring, food conversations or a gratitude activity, not as a depiction of the 1621 harvest celebration.
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
Coloring activity ideas
A gratitude conversation
Invite children to describe something or someone they appreciate while coloring. Sharing is optional; a child can keep their thoughts private or choose a nature picture instead.
Harvest colors
Compare the fruits and vegetables in the wagon or cornucopia. Children can choose realistic colors or make up a colorful harvest of their own.
Food and family traditions
Talk about foods that different families enjoy, without assuming everyone celebrates the same holiday. The pie and corn scenes can start a conversation about seasonal foods.
History belongs in a separate lesson
These imaginative drawings are not historical worksheets. For learning about Wampanoag people and English colonists often called Pilgrims, use the sourced resources below. Wampanoag communities are living communities today.
Sourced learning resources
- Smithsonian Native Knowledge 360: Thanksgiving inquiry
A grades 3-5 inquiry from the National Museum of the American Indian. The grade range applies to that resource, not to these coloring pages.
- Plimoth Patuxet: the 1621 harvest celebration account
An English eyewitness account with context for discussing whose perspective a historical source represents.
- Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah): Wampanoag history
History shared by a contemporary Wampanoag tribal community.