Fun Thanksgiving Activities for Kids to Do With Babysitters

Believe it or not, Thanksgiving is already coming up! With it so close, you might want your kids to experience the holiday this fall. If you have a babysitter, this can help provide some much-needed entertainment and activities they can do with your kids. It provides a great opportunity for your babysitter to do some Thanksgiving-themed activities! It will help get your children excited for the upcoming holiday and keep them busy! Here are some fun Thanksgiving activities for kids to do with babysitters.

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Turkey Arts and Crafts

There are hundreds of fun and relatively mess-free Thanksgiving arts and crafts that your babysitters can help your children with. For example, there is the classic hand painting or tracing to make a turkey. However, there are so many more fun ways that you can make turkeys! Try to convince your babysitter to do these crafts as well as helping your kids, so that they can have a great example to see in real-time.

One great way is to use pinecones. You can stick fall-colored feathers in and glue googly eyes and a felt or paper beak onto its face. Not only do your kids and babysitter pass the time making this craft, but they can also spend a day in the backyard or in the park looking for pinecones! This gets them outside and breathing in fresh air while scavenging for the best turkey-like pinecones. These pinecone turkeys can be used as cute decorations or centerpieces around your home on Thanksgiving! Everyone will be in awe of these fun little turkeys.

You can also use playdough to make a turkey. Playdough is always a fun sensory experience and provides your children with a pretty mess-free playtime. They can experiment with different turkey shapes and colors. If you are okay drying the playdough out, you can tell your babysitter to leave them out so everyone can see the fun craft your kids made this Thanksgiving!

Your babysitter and kids can be creative as they experiment with different materials to craft turkeys with. Whether they draw, sculpt, or cut cardboard, they will be left with a fun Thanksgiving craft and memory.

Coloring

You and your babysitter can find hundreds of Thanksgiving-themed coloring books and coloring pages. Your kids can exercise their creativity with a bunch of different colors and even have a small history lesson based on what the pictures show. Use colored pencils, crayons, or markers to have them create beautiful masterpieces! You can then hang them on the fridge or around the house to help decorate on the big day.

Scavenger Hunt

A Thanksgiving scavenger hunt is a really fun way to spend a day! This can be done indoors or outdoors, which is great when the Thanksgiving weather is unpredictable. Your babysitter can plant Thanksgiving-themed items such as pumpkins, the aforementioned turkey decorations, scarecrows, and whatnot to hold clues that lead to new ones and can end up with a fun prize! It could be a fun dessert, clothes, or even a little trophy! Whether you plan this, your babysitter plans it, or the two of you plan it together, having your babysitter host this scavenger hunt can be a really fun activity this fall season.

Cooking

When you think of Thanksgiving, you likely think of the mountains of food that come with it. Your babysitter can help your kids with some cooking as the date gets closer. Regardless of your kids’ ages, there are so many recipes that they can help with. Cranberry sauce is an easy one, as after all the ingredients are placed in, your kid can stir and it will still be a big help! They can also make cookies together. Whether they are from scratch or with premade cookie dough, your babysitter and kids can portion out the dough and roll it into cookies. Plus, your kid will likely want to try just a little bit of the cookie dough! Who doesn’t?

Just be careful and exercise kitchen safety tips.

Thanksgiving Charades

Another great way for your children to understand what Thanksgiving is all about is by playing charades with your babysitter. Make a fun list that includes turkey, cooking, pumpkin pie, and harvest. Your kids and babysitter can spend a few hours acting this list out and guessing. If your kid doesn’t know something, your babysitter can explain it to them and help them learn and experience the Thanksgiving spirit.

As you can see, there are many fun and educational activities your kids and babysitters can do together to prepare for and celebrate Thanksgiving this year! You can help your babysitter by buying any necessary supplies and encouraging them to take their time with your children. Without a doubt, your kids will have so much fun with fun crafts, games, and even an opportunity to help contribute to the most important aspect of the holiday: the Thanksgiving feast!