Thanksgiving Activity Book for Kids: Make & Play, 80 Printable Puzzles, Paper Crafts, Ages 8-12

Make & Play! Thanksgiving Gobble Giggles: Puzzles, Games & Paper Crafts, by Brian William Skelton.

Big gobbles, small giggles! Gus Gobbleton is a turkey in a very fake mustache. His little sister Penny never goes anywhere without Spud, her sleepy pet sweet potato, and Granny knits scarves for pumpkins. Join the silliest Thanksgiving on the farm with 92 puzzles and activities. Solve crosswords, tackle Sudoku, follow maze paths, crack silly secret messages and spot the changes in picture puzzles. Then design Gus's next disguise, draw Spud's runaway comic and build playful paper projects with the Gobbleton family. Made for ages 8–12, for Thanksgiving week, fall break, class parties and homeschool. Warm, silly fun about fall, family and being thankful.

WHAT YOU GET
• 80 original puzzles: 12 crosswords, 14 word searches, 16 Sudoku, 10 mazes, 10 secret codes, 8 logic and pattern puzzles, 6 picture puzzles and 4 picture-logic grids
• 6 drawing and design activities, including a four-panel runaway sweet potato comic
• 6 paper crafts with step-by-step instructions and printable templates: a Disguise Gus! cut-out, five family finger puppets, stand-up place cards, a Thankful Turkey, pie-slice bookmarks and a Gobble-Gobble fortune teller
• A full answer key
• One 124-page printable PDF, US Letter size (8.5 × 11 in), single-sided with no blank pages

Puzzles go from gentle warm-ups to trickier challenges, so kids can start easy and build up.

HOW IT WORKS
This is a digital download. Nothing will be shipped. After purchase, download the PDF from your Etsy account and print at home or at a print shop. Print a craft template again whenever you want another place card or puppet for the table, and a fresh puzzle page for every player.

Paper crafts need scissors, glue and paper; cardstock makes sturdier crafts. Adult help with cutting is recommended.

HOW IT WAS MADE
Created with the help of AI tools from the author's original ideas and prompts, then reviewed, refined and arranged by Skelton Publishing LLC. The Gobbleton family and their farm are make-believe.

PRINTING RIGHTS
You may print as many copies as you need for your own family, or for the students in your own classroom. Please do not resell, share, or post this file.

© 2026 Brian William Skelton. Published by Skelton Publishing LLC.