Encourage family and friends to share what they are thankful for with these thankful turkey printable Thanksgiving placemats for kids and adults!
Here are some printable Thanksgiving placemats for kids to make and color (with a cute thankful turkey in the middle), along with the step-by-step instructions you need to make Thanksgiving placemats that can help you bring gratitude, appreciation, and joy back to your home and dinner table this Thanksgiving. Best of all, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, elementary-aged kids, teens, and adults can enjoy this fun gratitude craft and activity together because our thankful turkey printable Thanksgiving coloring placemats make it fun for the whole family to express gratitude with words or vibrant colors and simple pictures.
First, invite children to make easy Thanksgiving gratitude crafts before your meal with the DIY details below–or use the I am thankful for printable placemats as is! Next, encourage Thanksgiving dinner guests to give thanks for all of the blessings in their lives by writing, drawing, or coloring what they feel most grateful for on their thankful turkey placemats. Scroll down to see the short craft supply list for this simple project and learn the DIY details. You might also enjoy this list of Thanksgiving Traditions.
Thankful Turkey Thanksgiving Placemats To Color
If you are looking for fun things to do on Thanksgiving–you’ve just struck gold. Thankful Turkey printable Thanksgiving placemats to color are a fun gratitude craft and activity that children and other dinner guests can work on while waiting for their meal. This “I am thankful for” printable coloring page can be made into lovely autumn-themed paper placemats for the Thanksgiving dinner table. Scroll down to learn how to make DIY Thanksgiving placemats with the easy step-by-step craft tutorial.
I am Thankful for Placemats & Coloring Supplies
- I Am Thankful for Printable Thanksgiving Placemats
- Cardstock
- Scissors or guillotine paper trimmer
- Thanksgiving paper placemats (harvest leaves, plain brown, or maple leaf)
- Glue stick
- Colored pencils, crayons, markers, or gel pens
Easy Thanksgiving Placemat Craft for kids & adults
What are you most thankful for this Thanksgiving? Thankful turkey printable Thanksgiving placemats make it easy to cultivate gratitude at home over the holiday break while setting the table and waiting for dinner.
Thanksgiving placemat crafts for kids, like this fun DIY using a cute thankful turkey printable, can help keep the kids busy as they wait for their meal and help them learn to express gratitude for the blessings in their lives. You might also enjoy our printable thankful tree!
Homemade placemats for Thanksgiving are fun for kids (and adults) to make. Use the easy step-by-step Thanksgiving placemat craft instructions below (and the DIY Thanksgiving placemats photo tutorial in the next section) to make Thanksgiving coloring placemats for the kid’s Thanksgiving table. But adults love to write and doodle what they are thankful for, too, so be sure to make enough for everyone–the whole family can enjoy these easy gratitude crafts together.
1. Download the thankful turkey printable Thanksgiving placemat.
- Get the “I Am Thankful For” printable Thanksgiving placemats in the Rhythms of Play Learning Center Printable Library HERE—>Thankful Turkey Printable Placemats.
2. Print “I Am Thankful For” placemats.
- After downloading the printable Thanksgiving placemats, print them onto printer paper or cardstock. (Cardstock creates a sturdy surface for coloring thankful turkey placemats, but regular printer paper also works.)
3. Cut out printable Thanksgiving placemats to color.
- Use scissors or a paper trimmer to cut along the dotted line of each printable Thanksgiving coloring placemat.
4. Glue printable thankful turkey coloring placemats to the paper Thanksgiving placemats.
- First, rub a glue stick all over the back of the I am thankful for thanksgiving coloring placemats.
- Next, glue them in the center of the paper Thanksgiving placemats you purchased to make the base.
5. Set the Thanksgiving dinner table with thankful placemats to color.
- Invite children to set the Thanksgiving dinner table with the cute thankful turkey coloring placemats they put together.
- Don’t forget to put crayons, colored pencils, markers, or gel pens on the table to color the printable thankful turkey placemats.
6. Invite kids (and other guests) to color Thanksgiving placemats with what they are thankful for.
- Encourage guests to write, draw, doodle, or color what they feel most grateful for onto their own Thanksgiving coloring placemat while waiting for Thanksgiving dinner to be served.
DIY Thanksgiving Placemats Photo Tutorial
The DIY Thanksgiving placemats photo tutorial below shows how to turn the thankful turkey printable into a Thanksgiving placemat for kids and adults.
Printable Thanksgiving Placemats for Kids and Adults
Invite children to make “I am thankful for” placemats (with a cute thankful turkey in the middle) with our thankful turkey Thanksgiving placemats for kids to make and color!
Making and coloring Thanksgiving paper placemats is fun to do on Thanksgiving and a great way to pass the time when bellies get hungry. Color your own thankful-for placemats can also help increase feelings of gratitude at the Thanksgiving dinner table.
First, download and print the printable Thanksgiving placemats to color with the cute thankful turkey in the middle. Then, invite the kids to make this easy Thanksgiving placemat craft with the instructions above. Next, set the table with the Thanksgiving coloring placemats.
Finally, invite dinner guests to write, color, doodle, or draw, what they are most grateful for on their printable I am thankful for placemats. Use gratitude journal prompts to help you start, and look at this great Thanksgiving gratitude activities and crafts list for more ideas.
You might also enjoy this list of Thanksgiving Traditions you do to celebrate and give thanks this year.
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