Free Thanksgiving Pilgrim Crafts for Kids

Although the English Colonists didn't fit the true definition of pilgrims, people who migrate to a place for its deeply spiritual or religious meaning, Thanksgiving pilgrims still evoke memories of what we imagine the first Thanksgiving was like.

If you are looking for fun, easy Thanksgiving pilgrim crafts for kids online, here are some resources to help get you started.

Easy Paper Plate Pilgrim Craft

This simple Thanksgiving craft involving a paper plate, some common household materials, and easy directions, is a great preschool Thanksgiving activity. You can embellish the easy pilgrim activity with yarn hair.

Thanksgiving Pilgrim's Placemat

This video explains how to create a Thanksgiving placemat showing the Mayflower's trip to Plymouth Rock. This would be an impressive activity to for creating place mats that can be used at the Thanksgiving kid's table.

DlTK's Easy Pilgrim Thanksgiving Craft Page

Here is the entire Pilgrim crafts page from DLTK. We love her sites for free easy crafts, and this page shows how to make several simple Pilgrim crafts including a pilgrim door hanger, pilgrim angel, and other pilgrim paper crafts.

Pilgrim Thanksgiving Coloring Pages

The Yahoo image results search page yields a many resources when you search for "Thanksgiving Pilgrim" coloring pages. Here you will find coloring pages of The Mayflower, Plymouth Rock, the first Thanksgiving, Pilgrims with turkeys, and several other coloring pages centered around pilgrims.

How To Make a Pilgrim Hat

This is an easy craft for kids to make while they are waiting for Thanksgiving dinner. It shows how to easily create a Thanksgiving pilgrim hat similar to the hats the Puritans wore.

While making pilgrim crafts, it is important to talk to your kids about the reasons the English Colonists (or Pilgrims) came to the New World. Why they wanted to leave England, how difficult the winters were for them, and how the Native Americans, or First Peoples, helped them. If it is age appropriate, you may also want to talk about how the pilgrims were not very friendly to the Native Americans. Thanksgiving pilgrim crafts can be a good way to open a discussion with children about American History, while having fun at the same time.