31 Thanksgiving Coloring Pages (Free Printable PDFs)

How to use these thanksgiving coloring pages

Thanksgiving pages do double duty: they keep kids busy while the meal is cooking, and they make easy table decorations. Print a stack before the day, put them on the kids' table with crayons, and you have instant placemats.

The collection mixes simple turkeys for toddlers, harvest scenes for school-age kids and autumn leaf mandalas and patterns for teens and adults, so everyone at the table can join in. Use the bundle to print just the pages you want, or the "Download all" pack for the whole set.

Step by step: coloring a thanksgiving page

1. Choose your page by who will color it: a simple turkey for toddlers, a harvest scene for kids, a mandala for adults.
2. Set out an autumn palette: reds, oranges, yellows, browns and a deep green.
3. Color the main object first (turkey, pumpkin, wreath), then the background.
4. Add a name or a "thankful" note at the bottom so the page can be used as a place card or decoration.

Which pages suit which age?

Ages 2–4

Simple Turkey for Toddlers, Pumpkin Patch, Turkey with Pumpkin Pie and Apple Tree and Basket have big, friendly shapes.

Ages 5–8

Scarecrow in the Pumpkin Patch, Red Barn Harvest Scene, Harvest Wagon with Pumpkins and Cute Turkey with Corn and Pumpkins add more to color without getting fiddly.

Ages 9+, teens and adults

Thanksgiving Dinner Table, Cornucopia Horn of Plenty, Autumn Leaf Mandala and Thanksgiving Pumpkin Mandala are detailed enough for colored pencils and a longer, calmer session.

Printing tips

• Placemats: print on US Letter or A4, color, then laminate or cover with clear contact paper so they survive spills.
• Cards: print at 100%, color, and fold a heavier sheet (160 gsm) in half; glue the colored page to the front.
• Print a few extra copies of the lettering pages for name cards and gratitude notes.
• Choose A4 outside North America and US Letter in the US and Canada. Both PDFs keep safe margins.

Coloring ideas & activities

• Gratitude turkey: color the Thanksgiving Turkey with Feather Fan and write one thing you are thankful for on each feather.
• Autumn palette: limit colors to deep red, burnt orange, mustard yellow and brown for a classic fall look.
• Leaf rubbings: collect real leaves, do crayon rubbings, then compare them with Autumn Oak Leaves and Acorns.
• Kids' table garland: color the Pumpkin Pattern and Fall Leaves and Acorns Pattern, cut out shapes and string them along the table edge.

What kids practice with these pages

Besides fine-motor practice, these pages invite talk about gratitude, harvest and seasons. Writing one thankful sentence on the page adds a little literacy practice to the holiday.

Every page in this collection

• Pumpkin Patch: A cozy pumpkin patch with big round pumpkins, curly vines and leaves in front of a wooden fence.
• Harvest Basket of Apples: A woven harvest basket overflowing with apples, pumpkins, corn, grapes and sunflowers.
• Scarecrow in the Pumpkin Patch: A friendly scarecrow with a patched hat watches over a pumpkin patch while a crow sits on the fence.
• Simple Turkey for Toddlers: A chubby, smiling turkey with five big tail feathers and extra-thick outlines.
• Squirrel with Acorns: A fluffy-tailed squirrel holds an acorn next to its autumn stash.
• Thanksgiving Dinner Table: A festive Thanksgiving table set with a roast turkey, pies, corn, rolls, candles and a pumpkin centerpiece.
• Turkey with Pumpkin Pie: A cheerful turkey with a fan of patterned feathers proudly holds a pumpkin pie.
• Thanksgiving Turkey with Feather Fan: A cheerful turkey with a big fan of feathers, standing between two little pumpkins.
• Autumn Oak Leaves and Acorns: Falling oak leaves and acorns — try reds, oranges, yellows and browns.
• Give Thanks Lettering: Bold “GIVE THANKS” lettering with pumpkins, leaves and acorns — great as a placemat.
• Cute Turkey with Corn and Pumpkins: A smiling turkey between two corn cobs with pumpkins at its feet — big shapes for little hands.
• Maple Leaf with Leafy Border: One huge maple leaf with veins, framed by a border of small leaves.
• Pumpkin Pie with Lattice Crust: A Thanksgiving pie with a woven lattice top and a crimped crust, surrounded by leaves and acorns.
• Cornucopia Horn of Plenty: A horn of plenty overflowing with grapes, an apple and a little pumpkin — the classic harvest symbol.
• Corn on the Cob Harvest: Three corn cobs with husks and dozens of kernels to color one by one.
• Sunflower Bouquet in a Vase: Three tall sunflowers in a zigzag vase — great for yellows, oranges and browns.
• Pilgrim Hat with Autumn Leaves: A buckled pilgrim hat surrounded by falling leaves and acorns.
• Autumn Leaf Mandala: A fall mandala with a sunflower center, a ring of maple leaves and a border of oak leaves and acorns.
• Thanksgiving Pumpkin Mandala: Rings of pumpkins, maple leaves and petals radiate from a central pumpkin.
• Fall Leaves and Acorns Pattern: A repeating pattern of maple leaves, oak leaves and acorns — like autumn wrapping paper.
• Pumpkin Pattern: Twelve pumpkins in different shapes, including a few with friendly faces.
• Thankful and Grateful Wreath: “THANKFUL & GRATEFUL” lettering inside a wreath of leaves — lovely as a table card.
• Happy Thanksgiving Lettering with Turkey: Big “HAPPY THANKSGIVING” letters above a turkey and two pumpkins.
• Autumn Door Wreath with Bow: A round wreath of maple leaves, oak leaves and acorns with a pumpkin center and a big bow.
• Gourds and Squash Still Life: A harvest still life of squash, gourds and pumpkins on a table.
• Red Barn Harvest Scene: A farm barn with a fence, pumpkins in the field and the autumn sun.
• Harvest Wagon with Pumpkins: An old wooden wagon carrying pumpkins between a pine tree and an apple tree.
• Apple Tree and Basket: A big apple tree full of apples with a picking basket underneath.
• Hedgehog with Autumn Leaves: A spiky little hedgehog walking past mushrooms, leaves and an acorn.
• Harvest Fruit Bowl: A bowl of autumn fruit: apple, pear, grapes and a small pumpkin.
• Mushrooms and Acorns on the Forest Floor: Spotted mushrooms, acorns and fallen leaves on the forest floor.

Fun facts to share while you color

• In the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November; in Canada it falls on the second Monday of October.
• Only male turkeys (toms) gobble; females make clucking sounds.
• The cornucopia, or "horn of plenty", is an ancient symbol of abundance that goes back to Greek mythology.
• Pumpkins are technically fruits, botanically berries, and belong to the same family as cucumbers and squash.