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Thanksgiving coloring pages & printables for kids
Thanksgiving falls on Monday, October 12, 2026 in Canada and on Thursday, November 26, 2026 in the United States. For free Thanksgiving printables, pair the turkey pack with the maple leaf pack: each has a coloring page, color by number, mosaic, dot-to-dot, picture puzzle and drawing story as Letter or A4 PDFs.
A turkey coloring page and an autumn leaf
The turkey pack is drawn from a photograph of a wild turkey fanning its tail, and the maple leaf pack from a single autumn leaf. Both keep one subject across 6 activities, so a child can colour it, count around it, rebuild it and tell a story about it. The leaf also works for any fall week, not only the holiday.
Thanksgiving activity ideas by age
Younger children can colour the maple leaf and talk about red, orange and yellow leaves outside. Preschool and kindergarten-age children can try the turkey colour by number with its colour key, or draw what Tom the turkey is thankful for on the story page. Children who count with confidence can try the mosaic grid or the connect-the-dots. A grown-up should cut the puzzle pieces.
A calm kids’ table while dinner cooks
Print one page per child, set out crayons and keep the pre-cut puzzle pieces in an envelope. Mixing ages works well: a younger cousin colours the leaf while an older one finishes the turkey dot-to-dot. A single activity downloads as a one-page PDF, so you only print what the table needs.
Make a thankful pack from your own photo
A family walk through autumn leaves, a pet at the window or a centrepiece the children helped make can all become a private pack. AI line art may change details and colours are estimates, so check the pages before printing. Free tries are limited to 5 packs in any 24 hours. Your pack expires after 24 hours, so save the PDFs you want to keep.
Free packs to print for this season
Questions parents ask
When is Thanksgiving in 2026?
In Canada, Thanksgiving is Monday, October 12, 2026. In the United States, it is Thursday, November 26, 2026. The turkey and maple leaf printables work for both, and for any autumn week.
Are the Thanksgiving printables free?
Yes. The turkey and maple leaf packs are part of the 31 free starter packs. Download one activity or the full pack without signing up.
Which page suits a mixed-age kids’ table?
Give younger children the coloring page and older children the colour by number, mosaic or dot-to-dot. Everyone works on the same picture, which makes it easy to share.
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