Thanksgiving Activity Sheets · 4 Free Printable Sheets for Children (Maze, Hidden Pictures, Word Search, Answers Included)

These are four activity sheets for children, made to go with our three Thanksgiving posts (The Origin of Thanksgiving, Harvest Feasts in the Bible and Thanksgiving Beyond One Day).

Each sheet has three activities, enough for a 20 to 30 minute children's ministry class. An answer sheet for the maze, hidden pictures, word search and spot the difference is at the bottom of this post.

🤖 The pictures and lettering on these sheets were made with AI (ChatGPT). The maze, word search and spot the difference puzzles were made and checked by Origin Bible so that the answers are correct. Everything is released under CC0 1.0 (the creator has given up copyright so that anyone may use it freely), so you may copy and use these sheets at church or at home without credit. Bible quotations are from the World English Bible (public domain).

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How to Print

• Click “Open full size” under a sheet to open the large picture in a new window.
• Save the picture, then print it with “Fit to page” on A4 or Letter paper.
• The pictures are drawn in soft colors so children can color them in, and they also print well in black and white.

1. Thankful Fruit Basket

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• ① Thanks in the fruit · Inside the apple, grapes, persimmon, pumpkin, pomegranate and fig, children write things they are thankful to God for this year.
• ② Hidden pictures · Find the key, dove, fish, cup, bell and spoon hidden in the harvest field.
• ③ Fill in the blanks · “Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever.” (Psalm 136:1)

Read with: Thanksgiving Beyond One Day, “Write Your Family’s Thanks List”

2. The One Who Came Back

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• ① Maze · Help the healed man find his way back to Jesus.
• ② Story order · Number four scenes from Luke 17:11~19 in the order they happened.
• ③ Let us count · How many were healed, how many came back to give thanks, and how many did not come back?

Read with: Thanksgiving Beyond One Day, “A Day to Return”

3. My Words of Thanks

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• ① A prayer of thanks · Fill in “This year I was ___, but God ___. So today I give ___.” It follows the pattern of the first fruits prayer in Deuteronomy 26.
• ② Word search · Find eight words from Deuteronomy 26 (FRUIT, BASKET, PRIEST, ALTAR, SYRIAN, EGYPT, WORSHIP, LEVITE) going across, down and diagonally.
• ③ My Thanksgiving journal · My happiest day, someone who helped me, and what I want to say to God.

Read with: Thanksgiving Beyond One Day, “Your Own One Sentence of Thanks”

4. Come to Our Table

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• ① Names on the chairs · Write the names of people you would like to share a meal with this Thanksgiving.
• ② Spot the difference · Find five differences between the two tables.
• ③ My sharing plan · Plan who you will share with, what you will share, and when. “…send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared…” (Nehemiah 8:10)

Read with: Thanksgiving Beyond One Day, “A Day to Rejoice Together”

Answer Sheet (for teachers)

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A Simple Class Plan

• Opening, 5 minutes · Read Luke 17:11~19 or Nehemiah 8:10 together.
• Activity, 15 to 20 minutes · Choose one or two sheets for your class. Sheets 1 and 4 suit younger children, and sheets 2 and 3 suit older children.
• Sharing, 5 minutes · Read aloud the thanks written in the fruit or the prayer of thanks. Finished sheets can be put up on the classroom wall like a “thankful tree.”

More Resources

• The Origin of Thanksgiving · from Plymouth 1621 to the churches of Korea
• Harvest Feasts in the Bible · Unleavened Bread, Weeks and Booths Explained with Pictures
• Thanksgiving Beyond One Day · What Gratitude Means in Our Lives and How to Keep It
• Thanksgiving Bible Verse Images · 20 Free Designs (CC0)
• See everything in our Thanksgiving collection.

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