Make Thanksgiving Dinner memorable for the kids! Creating a Thanksgiving Kids Table could be easier with these fun craft projects, free printables and table setting ideas!
A fun and friendly thanksgiving starts first with these funny Thanksgiving jokes. You will have everyone laughing!
Don’t you remember sitting at the “kids table” with your cousins during holiday meals at Grandma’s house? It was the best! Here are links for some really fun ideas to make this Thanksgiving a memorable one for your little guests.
Thanksgiving Themed Holiday Table Ideas for Kids
The check-off list right on the table from Hip Hip Hooray! is such a great way to entice the kids to try new foods — a little peer pressure is not such a bad thing! 😉 Such a great idea to make sure all the foods along with the Thanksgiving turkey get eaten!
Shindig Parties To Go has some cute printables to make everything you need to decorate a kid’s table.
If you live in a warm climate, wouldn’t it be fun to set up the children’s table outside? Savvy Moms Guide has a tutorial on a fabulous table made of hay bales, a sheet of plywood and a little burlap! Add tree stump stools, food, and kids and you have a recipe for a wonderful feast!
This pumpkin “turkey” from Very Heatherly would be so easy to make and would keep the kids entertained for quite a while.
Thanksgiving Crafts to Keep Kids Entertained
Kid friendly fall crafts and activities will ensure a perfect Thanksgiving.
Keeping kids busy and entertained during the meal keeps things running smoothly. I always set out Thanksgiving Coloring Pages.
Keep the crayons wrangled with these felt turkey crayon holders. They look so cute sitting at each table and make a great take-home party favor.
Children will love learning how to draw a turkey. A free printable provides a perfect activity sheet.
A free printable Mayflower Ship is a fun activity and can also make the table look great!
These Felt Turkey Finger Puppets are super simple to whip up for the kids to help keep them entertained during the long meal.
Wouldn’t these turkey sock puppets be fun for the kids to make and then host a puppet show for the adults.
Keep the kids included in the conversation with these Free Printable Dinner Conversation Starter Cards. The cards give the perfect conversation prompts!
Don’t forget to “dress” for the occasion! Folded pilgrim bonnets help kids dress for dinner. Have the supplies ready to go and it is another fun activity.
or make pilgrim hats. Both are sure to set a festive mood!
So many great ideas here!
Great ideas! I can’t decide if I will make the pumpkin crayon holder or the felt turkey for the kids’ table. The kids are the very young crowd, 4, 3, 2 & 2!
Love your conversation with your MIL, June K.!! That is too funny! My mom and I just had the same conversation! Isn’t it funny how, in our Mom’s minds, we never grow up?!? Happy Thanksgiving!
What fun looking tables.
Kids and grandma…. this is the conversation I had with my mother-in-law yesterday.
Me: We are going to have a large group this Thanksgiving maybe we need to use paper plates this year.
MIL: I have my dinner plates and the kids can use the smaller luncheon plates.
Me: Mom, the “kids” can’t use those small plates – the “kids” eat more than the “adults.”
Her grandkids are range in age from 20 to 30. Those kids will always be her small grandkids to her. 🙂
Some super cute ideas! Love the one outside with hay bales and tree stumps. So much fun!!
Cute ideas!
I love the hand turkeys!