Making toilet paper roll pilgrims for Thanksgiving might sound funny, but using a toilet paper roll is the easiest way to create a little person. So don’t throw out those empty rolls, decorate with them using these kids thanksgiving toilet paper roll crafts!

Kids Thanksgiving Crafts – Toilet Paper Roll People Crafts

Check out more of our vast selection of kids thanksgiving crafts! Use these with your kids, or students, to help celebrate this holiday.

There are many places you can use these crafts. They make great decorations for at home, or at school. They also make a great learning experience for kids – use these kids thanksgiving crafts as a way to educate your kids about Thanksgiving and how it came it be!

Making these adorable toilet paper pilgrims and Indians will be the highlight of your little ones’ day! Take the opportunity to teach him/her about our history and the meaning of Thanksgiving.

If you need more Thanksgiving crafts, try these:

Hand Print Turkey: This is a really hands on Thanksgiving craft!

Paper Bag Turkey: A great centerpiece for Thanksgiving dinner, filled with a tasty appetizer too 😉

Thankful Banner: Hang this up for the big day to help decorate and shout out your thanks.

Festive Napkin Rings: another craft made out of toilet paper rolls.

Find out step by step directions to help you make my pilgrim toilet paper roll people crafts below

Toilet Paper Roll Pilgrims

Yield: 1 pilgrim

Make adorable toilet paper roll pilgrims to decorate for Thanksgiving.

Materials

Toilet Paper Roll (empty)
Markers
Glue
Construction Paper

Tools

Scissors

Instructions

Step #1:

Measure out a strip of construction paper for the pilgrim's body. This will be wrapped around 3/4 of the toilet paper roll. Once it is cut out, wrap it around starting at the bottom and glue it.

Step #2:

Get a pink piece (or peach) of construction paper. Do the same as you did with the body, to cover the rest of the toilet paper roll. Before you glue this one, measure a yellow piece the same size. Then glue.

Step #3:

This can be your template for a girl or boy pilgrim, or you can make a little Indian as well. For our example, we have created a boy pilgrim and a girl Indian 🙂

Step #4:

Take that yellow piece of construction paper your measured. Cut small slits all the way around it, cut up about 3/4 of the paper. Roll it around the face area of your pilgrim. This will be their hair. In the front area trim the bangs so your pilgrim can see.

Step #5:

Draw a face on the pink area that is under the bangs.

Step #6:

Cut out a white piece of paper for the pilgrim's shirt. Glue it on.

Step #7:

Cut another strip, this time black. This will be the main section of his hat. Also cut a circle out that will be the brim of his hat. To complete his hat, cut a think strip of white to wrap around the base to make a belt. Add its final piece: a yellow square for the buckle. Glue this hat on top his head.

Jazz It Up!!

Add pipe cleaner arms to complete your pilgrim.

What will you use these toilet paper roll people crafts for? They could easily be used as DIY pilgrim decorations for your Thanksgiving dinner table. You could add them as a centerpiece.

I have some other Pilgrim crafts including my Mayflower ship craft for kids

Why not learn how to make pilgrim hats as well!

Thanksgiving Ebooks & Printables

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Thanksgiving Activities Bundle

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clickable table of contents for easy navigation
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mazes
interactive activities

We have included 9 printable activities (plus answer keys where necessary). Each will print on their own page.

Price: $1.99 USD

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Thanksgiving Coloring Bundle

Our Thanksgiving Coloring Bundle includes:

10 hand drawn coloring pages
variety of Thanksgiving images
Each hand drawn by your’s truly

We have included 10 printable coloring pages. Each will print on their own page.

Price: $1.99 USD

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Thanksgiving Crafts Bundle

Our Thanksgiving Crafts Bundle includes:

clickable table of contents for easy navigation
craft supply shopping list for all supplies need to do every craft in the book.
8 Thanksgiving crafts made by our Crafty Critters

We have included 8 printable crafts (plus a handy crafty supply shopping list). Each will print on their own page.

Price: $1.99 USD

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Use these easy thanksgiving kids crafts to help create a festive surrounding for your family thanksgiving dinner.

Can you think of other Pilgrim crafts you might like to make?

Happy Thanksgiving, and lets get crafting!!!

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Crafty Critters

Hi there, I’m Laura an avid kids crafter with two little ones of my own to keep entertained! I have been doing kids crafts since 2018! Here at Easy Crafts for Kids you can find seasonal crafts for all age groups, as well as drawing tutorials, coloring pages and some other fun printables!