Thanksgiving Lego Challenge
Are you looking for a perfect blend of creativity, imagination, and holiday spirit that will keep your kids entertained and learning throughout the entire month of November? Try this printable Thanksgiving Lego Challenge.
If you love this Thanksgiving idea. See more of my fun Thanksgiving Printables for Kids.
This activity is perfect if you want your kids to learn in an exciting, creative way during their lessons. With this challenge, your kids can put their building skills to the test this Thanksgiving.
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What is a Lego Challenge?
A Lego Challenge is a fun and educational activity that encourages children to create and build something using Lego bricks.
It’s a great way to combine play and learning, as kids can use their imagination to construct a variety of items such as buildings, cars, or animals.
Lego challenges are also great for helping children to develop problem-solving skills and to think critically about how to use the bricks to construct their ideas.
Recommended Thanksgiving Books
Here are some more great books for the kids to enjoy! Add them to your reading list so that you don’t miss out on any of the reading fun!
Dive deeper into Thanksgiving with cool and interesting characters and learn all you can about this special holiday.
Turkey TroubleLittle Critter: Just a Special ThanksgivingThanks for ThanksgivingThanksgiving Is for Giving Thanks! (Reading Railroad Books)T is for Turkey: A True Thanksgiving StoryHow to Catch a Turkey
Suggested topics related to the lesson
These Thanksgiving Color by Number pages can fit into a broader fall unit. They pair well with a range of concepts.
- Early American customs: Provides kids with a simple context for the holiday.
- Seasonal produce: Use the themed images to talk about foods grown in the fall.
- Animal studies: Turkeys and woodland animals can lead to short science chats.
- Patterns and colors: Great for reinforcing visual recognition.
Recommended Fall Printable Packs
If you’re looking for more seasonal pages, the fall and turkey printables in my shop offer added learning with almost no prep.
Thanksgiving Lego Challenge Supplies
- Printer (I have this one)
- Paper
- Lego Pieces
- Scissors
- Pencil
I have the HP 8710 printer, but it’s no longer available. It’s still running well after years. Look for another HP Instant Ink-ready printer so that you can use their program to send you ink cartridges whenever your printer gets low on ink.
Recommended Thanksgiving Activity Kits
Seasonal activity kits can add extra energy to your lessons and help kids stay curious throughout the activity.
What’s included in the Thanksgiving Lego Challenge Printable?
30-day Thanksgiving Lego Challenge
The Thanksgiving Lego Challenge is a 30-day activity that provides children with a different building task to complete each day. This challenge includes two pages that look like a calendar, complete with adorable, colored Thanksgiving-themed clipart.
The first page provides 30 different tasks for 30 days, while the second page offers the same tasks but in a more ink-friendly format, making it perfect for parents who want to save ink.
Thanksgiving Lego Task Cards
There are Thanksgiving Lego Task Cards from pages 3-6 that you can print and cut out. If you want to pick random tasks per day, this is the perfect option.
The benefits of this Lego challenge go beyond just encouraging creativity and problem-solving skills. By adding Thanksgiving to the challenge, children can also learn about the holiday’s history and traditions.
With this challenge, children can also develop their fine motor skills, as they manipulate the Lego bricks to construct their ideas.
Ways to extend the lesson
Here are a few more activities you can use to reinforce Thanksgiving themes.
- Thanksgiving Bingo Printables: A simple game that builds listening skills and keeps kids engaged.
- Thanksgiving Worksheets for First Grade: Great for older siblings who want something more challenging.
- Thanksgiving Color by Number Printables: Use another set of pages to keep the routine familiar while adding variety.
More Thanksgiving Printables
- Thanksgiving Coloring Pages for Elementary Students
- Thanksgiving Counting Mats
- Thanksgiving Activity Worksheets
- Thanksgiving Color by Number on Homeschool Preschool
- Thanksgiving Printables: Same or Different on 3 Boys and a Dog
- Coffee Filter Turkeys Craft on Darcy and Brian
With the 30-day task calendar and task cards, children can build something new every day and develop their creativity and problem-solving skills while learning about the holiday.
So, this Thanksgiving season, add some excitement to your homeschool days with the Lego Challenge!
Try these Lego STEM Activities with your kids to spark creativity and build a solid foundation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, all while having a blast with colorful bricks!