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• Thanksgiving-themed coloring pages are the perfect solution if you're looking for something to keep your kids busy while you're in the kitchen this holiday season. Check out this collection of links for downloading and printing the best Thanksgiving pages. We've even included links to great online, interactive coloring pages.

• Fast Facts

  1. Thanksgiving 2009: November 26Calendar Date: Thanksgiving
  2. Celebrated annually on the fourth Thursday in NovemberEncyclopedia Smithsonian: Thanksgiving in North America
  3. Canadian Thanksgiving is the second Monday in OctoberThanksgiving November: Thanksgiving Facts
  4. First celebration held in Texas in 1541 by Spanish explorer Vasquez de CoronadoMeeting of Frontiers: Thanksgiving Timeline 1541-2001
  5. Declared a national holiday on September 28, 1863Meeting of Frontiers: Thanksgiving Timeline 1541-2001
  6. Traditional Thanksgiving imagery includes turkeys, cornucopias, Autumn foliage, Pilgrims, Native Americans, corn
  7. Make coloring pages by removing color from clipart pictures in a program like Photoshop and then printing
  8. Print out pictures colored in online programs

• More Thanksgiving Fun

  Check out these other fun Thanksgiving pages:

  • Thanksgiving Clip Art
  • Thanksgiving Crafts
  • Thanksgiving Humor and Jokes
  • Thanksgiving Word Search
  • Thanksgiving Printables

• Coloring and Learning

  Thanks to the help of Squanto and their Wampanoag neighbors, the surviving Mayflower pilgrims learned how to farm the land, and in 1621 had their first bountiful harvest. They gave thanks at a celebration with their native neighbors, which eventually led to the tradition known today in America as Thanksgiving.Scholastic: The First Thanksgiving Feast Coloring pages can offer teachable moments about this historical time: when coloring pictures of Pilgrims, talk about what their first Thanksgiving was like. Food pictures are a great opportunity to talk about what's traditional for Thanksgiving dinner, and why.

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