10 Sites for Free Thanksgiving Clip Art and Stock Photos

I love Thanksgiving! It is a time of year to celebrate all that we are thankful for; and celebrating Thanksgiving with real gusto is fun and easy thanks to the wide availability of stock photos and clip art on the internet. Need a funny turkey to grace the cover of an invitation to a casual Thanksgiving party for kids? Need a picture of a warm, loving family celebrating the holiday together for a local newsletter? Your resources are (literally) only a click away!

Stock.Xchng is a fantastic free stock photo site containing thousands of pictures. In fact, type in "thanksgiving", and you'll be rewarded with seven pages of results. I love this stock photo site because it's free and the photos are of impeccable quality. This is my "go to" site for stock photography.

MorgueFile is a free stock photo site with lots of high quality photos available. If you're looking for food themed Thanksgiving photos, this would be the place to go!

Everystockphoto is also a great free stock photo site. To be more specific, it actually describes itself as a "search engine for free photos". Simply search for a photo, then click on the licensing icon to view the photo's license and terms of use. When typing in the search term "thanksgiving", I was rewarded with 7,360 results from a variety of stock photo sites.

Free-stock-photos offers a fairly good variety of stock photos. Instead of typing in a search term, you simply browse by category. You can find some Thanksgiving photos under the "Holiday Photos" section.

PicFindr is another stock photo search site, pulling from a variety of stock photo sites. However, use caution when clicking through the results because not all results are from free sites. The good news? Photos that are not free are clearly labeled.

Your Computer - Many computers come pre-loaded with clip art; although you may have to initiate a download from the internet the first time the clip art is used.

Kaboose has a wide variety of Thanksgiving clip art that is perfect for crafts by both mom and kids. Bonus - go to the home page for fun craft and activity ideas!

Rats2U is great because it contains not only Thanksgiving pictures, but also borders, backgrounds and banners. The downside? Scrolling through the ads to get to the clip art at the bottom.

AnnesPlace has a very nice collection of Thanksgiving clip art. Anne has sorted her clip art into easy-to-browse categories, making decorating your Thanksgiving place mats easier than ever.

ChristiansUnite has over one hundred pieces of Thanksgiving clip art also sorted by category. This collection also includes several "Thanksgiving Greeting" images that would be great for cards or newsletters.

Whether stock photos or clip art is needed for a craft, a newsletter, an invitation or place mats, these sites will provide many beautiful images. Best of all? The sites all offer free images for downloading; and when it comes to the holiday season, couldn't you use something free?