Thanksgiving week doesn’t need a cart of seasonal workbooks—just crayons, scissors, and free printables you’ll actually finish before the turkey timer goes off. ABCdee Learning shares a free cluster of early-learning Thanksgiving PDFs: a 9-page Thanksgiving Learning pack, a 26-page My Thankful Mini Book, a 12-page Thanksgiving Count and Color Book, and a 7-page Thanksgiving Color by Code. Literacy, light math, and gratitude land at the kitchen table for PreK through early elementary without buying a November stack you’ll abandon by Wednesday.
Start on the publisher pages (preferred) →
ABCdee Learning — Thanksgiving Crafts for Kids
ABCdee Learning — Holiday Resources hub
Verified direct PDFs (secondary outs) →
Thanksgiving Learning (9 pages): Thanksgiving Learning PDF
My Thankful Mini Book (26 pages): My Thankful Mini Book PDF
Thanksgiving Count and Color Book (12 pages): Count and Color Book PDF
Thanksgiving Color by Code (7 pages): Color by Code PDF
(Free for personal and classroom single-user use. Do not copy or claim the materials as your own. If you share, please credit ABCdee with a clickable link to their site. Prefer the landing/hub if a direct PDF ever moves.)
What’s included
Per ABCdee’s Thanksgiving crafts landing, holiday hub, and the verified PDFs:
- Thanksgiving Learning Pack (9 pages) — tracing, coloring, numbers, cutting, sight words, patterns, and label-a-turkey (cover directions); includes turkey feather count, line tracing, scissor lines, pattern cut-and-paste, label the turkey, color-word pilgrim hats, and sight-word color-the-turkey
- My Thankful Mini Book (26 pages) — look at the picture, write what you’re thankful for on the line, color; optional turkey craft with feather templates; blank pages included for draw-and-write extras
- Thanksgiving Count and Color Book (12 pages) — cut, staple, and color the amount of Thanksgiving pictures named in each sentence with the matching color (cover directions)
- Thanksgiving Color by Code (7 pages) — number-to-color key for Thanksgiving pictures; color with crayons or markers
Optional related freebie on the same crafts landing (soft add-on if you want a quick gratitude craft):
- Thankful Turkey craft (2 pages) — write what you’re thankful for on the turkey feathers, then color
Thankful Turkey craft PDF
Age band: PreK–early elementary · literacy / math / gratitude · Thanksgiving theme. Print the pieces that fit this week; save the rest for the day before guests arrive.
Who it’s for
Best for frugal Thanksgiving mornings—littles count feathers and color by code while older siblings fill the Thankful Mini Book and staple the Count and Color book. Ideal when you want real gratitude + fine-motor practice without a paid November unit.
Already stacking Thanksgiving freebies on FHD? Pair this ABCdee learning/gratitude cluster with our FREE Thanksgiving Printables Pack (3 Dinosaurs mega pack) or FREE Thanksgiving Preschool Printables (Homeschool Creations PreK)—more Thanksgiving table time, not a title rematch.
How to use it this Thanksgiving
- Gratitude day: Start with My Thankful Mini Book or the Thankful Turkey craft—write, color, and talk about what your kids name.
- Learning station: Pull 2–3 sheets from the Thanksgiving Learning Pack (feather count, patterns, label the turkey) for a short morning basket.
- Mini-book math: Cut and staple the Count and Color Book; finish a few pages over cocoa.
- Quiet-table code: Color by Code while dinner prep runs—number matching without worksheets that feel like homework.
- Mix and match: Print only what you’ll use; cardstock helps craft pieces and turkey feathers survive siblings.
What you’ll need
- Printer + paper (cardstock helps for turkey craft / feather templates)
- Scissors, glue/glue stick, crayons or markers, stapler (for mini books)
- Optional: googly eyes + brown construction paper if you turn the Thankful Mini Book into a turkey craft (per ABCdee’s directions)
- No paid Thanksgiving unit required—grab the free PDFs from ABCdee and print what you’ll use
Get the free Thanksgiving learning printables
Publisher Thanksgiving crafts page (primary) →
ABCdee Learning — Thanksgiving Crafts for Kids
Look for My Thankful Mini Book, Color by Code, Thanksgiving Learning Pack, and Thankful Turkey on that crafts roundup. The Count and Color Book is listed on the holiday hub:
Holiday resources hub →
ABCdee Learning — Holiday Resources hub
Direct PDFs (secondary) →
Thanksgiving Learning (9 pages) · My Thankful Mini Book (26 pages) · Count and Color Book (12 pages) · Color by Code (7 pages)
Want more free packs in one place? Browse the Ultimate FREE Homeschool Printables List (2026) or Free Homeschool Instant Downloads.
More free Thanksgiving printables from ABCdee Learning
Still need a few more November pages? ABCdee Learning’s holiday hub has six more free Thanksgiving PDFs beyond the four on this post: three learning packs and three crafts or mini books. Each one is a separate file (58 pages across six files), so print only the ones you’ll use. Look for them in the Thanksgiving Resources section of the hub.
ABCdee Holiday Resources hub (primary) →
https://abcdeelearning.com/holiday-resources/
Thanksgiving crafts page (Hats + Thankful Tree are also here) →
https://abcdeelearning.com/thanksgiving-crafts-for-kids/
Thanksgiving learning packs
- Thanksgiving Fun (11 pages): beginning and ending sounds, build-a-cornucopia cut-and-paste, pumpkin pie counting, two color-by-code pictures, a turkey feather counting mat, and a turkey handprint template. This is a different file from the 7-page Color by Code above. The file is large (~11 MB), so use Wi‑Fi.
Thanksgiving Fun PDF (11 pages) - November Learning Printables (10 pages): cut-and-paste counting, count-the-feathers number turkeys, “disguise a turkey” and “how would you catch a turkey?” drawing and writing prompts, a turkey peeker to glue on top, and a Q-tip painting turkey. About ~6.4 MB.
November Learning Printables PDF (10 pages) - Turkey Activities (10 pages): turkey shape match and shape tracing, color-word turkeys, feather number writing, line tracing, and a build-a-turkey cut-and-paste craft. This is a different set from the 12-page Count and Color Book above. The file is large (~10 MB), so use Wi‑Fi.
Turkey Activities PDF (10 pages)
Thanksgiving crafts and mini books
- Thanksgiving Hats (12 pages): color-and-cut paper crowns with a back band to staple to size. Kids can write what they’re thankful for, the year, or their name, or build a turkey crown and write a thankful word on each feather. Fun for the kids’ table.
Thanksgiving Hats PDF (12 pages) - Colorful Turkey Mini Book (11 pages): an early-reader mini book (“I see the red turkey…”). Read each page, color the turkey to match, then staple the book together.
Colorful Turkey Mini Book PDF (11 pages) - My Thankful Tree Craft (4 pages): color a tree and its leaves, write something you’re thankful for on each leaf, and paste the leaves onto the tree (or onto a separate sheet). It’s a simple gratitude craft for Thanksgiving week, and a different craft from the Thankful Turkey above.
My Thankful Tree Craft PDF (4 pages)
(Free for personal and classroom single-user use. Don’t copy or claim the materials as your own. If you share, please credit ABCdee with a clickable link to their site. If a direct PDF ever moves, use the hub instead.)
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