✂️Eight Thanksgiving crafts fill November with turkeys, wreaths, mugs and giant thankful letters, and every project carries a writing job matched to the child. Beginning writers draw and trace while stronger writers finish sentences and paragraphs, so the whole class makes something worth displaying.
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The Thanksgiving Crafts Gratitude Writing Bundle brings together eight Activity Express Thanksgiving crafts for kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade. Across 234 printable pages, students make turkeys, wreaths, mugs and giant thankful letters while practicing real gratitude writing at a level they can reach.
Every project in the set has a writing job built in. The fold-out turkey asks for thankful words, the wreath holds a child's own sentence, the mug's marshmallows carry short pieces of writing, and the bubble letters turn two thankful words into a display. Talk cards, brainstorm pages and planners support each stage, from thinking of ideas to writing a finished sentence or paragraph.
Family pieces carry gratitude home. The Disguise a Turkey project includes a family letter in English and Spanish, three templates and leveled opinion writing with a gallery walk, ballots and awards. The Spoon of Thanks kit sends a family gratitude tradition home with poem tags and conversation cards, and the Class Kindness Wreath includes a family mini-wreath.
The finished crafts double as classroom displays. The Thankful Turkey bulletin board comes with 8 giant letters, borders and photo turkeys, the Class Kindness Wreath turns every student card into door decor, and the word craft's giant display letters and banner fill a hallway.
The bundle fits November writing centers, the week before Thanksgiving break, hallway and door displays, family projects, SEL and kindness lessons, art and fine motor practice, early finishers and sub days. Low-prep pages print in black and white, with color versions in three of the kits.
📖 Teaching guide · 12 min readA November of Thankful Turkeys: Thanksgiving Crafts and Gratitude Writing for K–2Read the guide →Crafts alone make a nice display, and writing alone can feel like a chore; pairing them gives children a reason to write. Because every project has writing levels inside it, beginning writers can draw and trace while stronger writers write full sentences, and the whole class ends up with work worth showing.
Eight resources: Gratitude Turkey Fold-Out Craft, Gratitude Wreath Craft, Disguise a Turkey Family Project, Thankful & Grateful Word Craft, Spoon of Thanks Family Gratitude Kit, Gratitude Mug Craft, Thankful Turkey Bulletin Board and Class Kindness Wreath.
Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade. Some resources reach into PreK or up to 3rd grade, and the writing levels inside each project let you match the work to the child.
No. The pages print in black and white, and three of the resources also include color versions.
Yes. The Disguise a Turkey project has a family letter in English and Spanish, the Spoon of Thanks kit is built as a family gratitude tradition, and the Class Kindness Wreath includes a family mini-wreath.
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Created byActivity ExpressA collaborative K–5 Thanksgiving wreath: 2 wreath sizes, 8 card designs, thankful and kindness writing cards, 24 kindness ideas and a family mini-wreath.
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Created byActivity ExpressA PreK–2 Thanksgiving wreath craft: 9 fall gratitude pieces, 2 wreath sizes, 3 writing levels, a brainstorm page and 8 circle-time conversation cards.
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Created byActivity ExpressA Disguise a Turkey family project for PreK–5: English and Spanish letters, 3 templates, leveled K–5 writing, gallery walk, voting ballots and awards.
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Created byActivity ExpressA turkey bulletin board for PreK–4th: giant THANKFUL letters, a photo turkey craft and thankful writing in two levels.