Thanksgiving Word Search for Easy Holiday Fun (Free)

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This Thanksgiving Word Search is an awesome way to boost holiday fun.

You can easily add this free printable activity to your party, class, library, homeschool, and family events.

Oh and find some great ways to make this simple Thanksgiving activity for kids even more fun!

This free Thanksgiving Word Search printable is an awesome activity for your holiday celebration.

Enjoy a Simple Thanksgiving Activity for Kids

When does the busy holiday season start for you?

I know that stores start putting out Halloween stuff in July. And Thanksgiving items pop up quickly after that.

For our family, I feel like we really start to get excited about the holidays right before Thanksgiving. And that means energy levels go through the roof!

My boys want to do ALL the things. Decorate, cook, bake, crafts, and activities. I love their excitement but I'm often still planning what we're having for Thanksgiving dinner!

To counter that excitement and give them positive ways to channel that energy, I make sure to have simple activities ready so I can catch my breath and get something done. Simple printables are easy to print out and store for my boys to enjoy.

We've enjoyed Thanksgiving Bingo and I Spy. The boys love to color so our Thanksgiving Owls, Coloring Activities and Coloring Pages are always a hit.

This year, I'm adding a few other simple activities, like this Thanksgiving Word Search, to our holiday fun arsenal 🙂

Thanksgiving Word Search on brown background & printable page on orange background with brown marker

Wonderful Ways to Make This Thanksgiving Word Search Fun!

Worried that a word search may be a bit boring for kids? Or just want to make this easy activity super fun?

Word searches can be wonderful activities for kids to enjoy. Plus, there are so many benefits to working on these types of word puzzles.

Recently, my boys have taken a liking to word searches. I've noticed an improvement in their spelling and writing. Also, they've been more patient with their homeschool work-much more willing to persist with a difficult problem than to just give up. Growth mindset skills practice for the win!

As much as my boys love word searches, I still like to find ways to make the activity even more fun. We'll add this Thanksgiving Word Search to our holiday poetry teatime for a quiet celebration.

This Thanksgiving Fun Bundle is a fantastic way to easily enjoy holiday fun with your kids. It has so many ways to have a blast with print-and-go activities, games, and more.

Other ways to make word search puzzles fun include:

Provide different writing utensils for circling the words. Your kids will love using highlighters, markers, Kwik Stix, crayons, or color pencils.
Encourage your kids to quietly spell out the words as they work on the puzzle. Great way to practice spelling! (And you might hear them singing the letters 😉 )
Use Thanksgiving-themed pencils for a fun treat!
Have Thanksgiving-themed stickers and stamps ready to decorate the word search.
Work with your kids to complete the word search. Make it interactive!
If you have a large group or class, pair up students and have them work in teams for a fun competition.

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Get Your Free Thanksgiving Word Search

Ready to enjoy a simple yet fun Thanksgiving activity with your kids?

Get this free 1 printable PDF page of Thanksgiving Fun Word Search.

Print out as many copies of this word search activity as you need for your party, classroom, homeschool, family, or library. If you have a co-worker, friend, or family member who you think might like to add this activity to their holiday celebration, please share this post.

Thanksgiving word search printable with brown marker on orange paper

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