Thanksgiving Pilgrim Crafts

Paper and Printable Pilgrim Crafts

Pilgrim Pal
Cute shelf-sitter pilgrim to make from a cardboard tube.

Pilgrim Puppets
Girl and boy pilgrim puppets to make from toilet paper rolls.

Printable Pilgrim Name Game
Printable teacher’s resource with answer key from Scholastic.

Pilgrim Postcards
Printable pilgrim lesson for younger children. Have the students color printable postcards and pretend they are writing notes to family in their homeland.

Pilgrim Paper Hats
Make a pilgrim hat from a paper grocery bag. Wide variety of other Thanksgiving crafts also available on this page.

Paper Bag Pilgrim Dolls
Printable templates for two pilgrim dolls to cut out from paper, color, decorate and stuff.

Pilgrim Place Cards
Surprisingly effective pop-up pilgrim cards to make using a child’s thumbprint as the pilgrim face.

Poster Board Pilgrim Hats
Life-size hats for you or your guests to wear on Thanksgiving Day.

Thanksgiving Day Song

- sing to the tune of “Here We Go Round the mulberry Bush”

This is the day for giving thanks,
Giving thanks, giving thanks.
This is the day for giving thanks,
Celebrate Thanksgiving!
This is the day for thanking those
Who give us food and give us clothes.
This is the day a “thank you” goes
To family on Thanksgiving!
This is the day for thanking friends,
On friendship, everyone depends.
This is the day our thanks extend
To friends on Thanksgiving!
This is the day the Pilgrims ate,
And with the Indians shared their plate.
This is the day we commemorate
The very first Thanksgiving!
This is the day to be sincere,
Giving thanks that we are here.
In November every year
We celebrate Thanksgiving!

Miscellaneous Pilgrim Crafts

Bias Tape Pilgrim Dolls
Appealing pilgrim dolls to make with styrofoam balls and bias tape.

Paper Cup Pilgrim Hat
Cover a paper cup with felt to make a pilgrim hat, then fill with candy treats and use as place holders for Thanksgiving.

Clothespin Pilgrim Card Holders
Clothespin pilgrims can hold your place cards for Thanksgiving.

Pilgrim Hat Centerpiece
Turn this pilgrim hat upside down to hold bright yellow mums or other fall flowers as a Thanksgiving centerpiece.

Plastic Canvas Pilgrim Patterns
Scroll about halfway down the page to find two free plastic canvas patterns- one for Priscilla Pilgram, and one for Pilgrim John.

Printable Pilgrim Dolls
Similar to paper dolls, except you can print as many as you like and glue on the clothes. Alternatively, you can cover the dolls with contact paper and use re-positionable glue, or print on inkjet magnet sheets.

Pilgrim Hat
Easy pilgrim hat to make from a beach bucket and brown paper.

Pilgrims at Amazon

The Pilgrims’ First Thanksgiving
Highly recommended as a children’s introduction to the struggles of the Pilgrims during their first year at Plymouth Colony and the events leading to the historic first Thanksgiving.