Our favorite Thanksgiving activities

Written By Katie Puntillo

It’s turkey time and we’re celebrating all week!

Watercolor Turkey painting:

Use a watercolor palette to paint feathers, gobblers, and turkey toes.

Using Q-tips will add in some extra fine motor strengthening while encouraging appropriate grasp patterns.

You can also use a turkey cut out for tracing to target hand-eye coordination and motor control.

Play-doh turkey:

Let your kiddos get creative with this thanksgiving activity!

Use any color play-doh (slime, kinetic sand, foam) and roll it into a ball, modeling for the child to imitate.

Use google eyes or beads for eyes and a beak. Practice counting and color identification while pushing fathers in the top.

Add popsicle sticks, pretzel sticks, crayons, or pipe cleaners for feet and viola!

Additions:

  • Toddler: color matching feathers

  • Pre K-K: Use number flashcards and match the number of feathers to practice number identification & counting

  • 1st+: Handwriting practice listing what/who they are thankful for or sentences about their turkey (My turkey has 2 blue feathers)

Katie Puntillo