19+ Fun & Useful Thanksgiving Bullet Journal Ideas
Looking for some fresh Bullet Journal page ideas to spice up your Thanksgiving preparations this year? Well, you’re in for a treat!
As the air turns crisp and the leaves paint the ground in hues of gold and amber, it’s the perfect time to bring that festive spirit into your Bullet Journal.
Whether you’re planning the ultimate Thanksgiving dinner, organizing a gratitude log, or simply capturing moments of joy with loved ones, these Thanksgiving Bullet Journal ideas will add a sprinkle of creativity and fun to your pages.
Let’s dive into a world of turkey doodles, harvest themes, and everything that makes this season special!
It’s that time of the year to get together and enjoy our families and friendships. However, it can also be pretty stressful, so prepare everything for the big day.
Your Bullet Journal is always there to help you through. Today, I’m sharing some page ideas with you on how to add a happy Thanksgiving spirit to your journal, as well as a few ideas on how to use your Bullet Journal to help you organize the big dinner.
There is also a Plan With Me video at the end of the post where I set up 7 Thanksgiving-themed Bullet Journal pages.
Some of these pages are available as a FREE printable in our Resources Vault, so make sure to drop by and download them from there. If you don’t have access yet, simply check the end of the post, and you’ll get these and 50+ other FREE Bullet Journal printables.
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Stationery Recommendations
Thanksgiving calls for its own style of decor, but don’t worry; I gathered here all you need to start creating your own pretty pages in no time.
The best way to do that is to use stationery, and I’ve gathered plenty of amazing Thanksgiving-themed supplies to help you create stunning Thanksgiving pages in no time.
Of course, you can definitely use anything you already have in your collection, but here are a few special supplies for you:
- Sakura Pigma Micron fineliners are a must-have for creating any Bullet Journal page, and they are stunning and high quality.
- Karin Brushmarker Pro – I used these fantastic brush pens a lot for my thanksgiving pages. They have the most stunning, rich, and unique colors.
- Tombow Dual Brush Pens – wonderful brush pens for brush lettering or just adding color to your Bullet Journal. And the good thing is that they come in so many sets and colors!
- Planner Stencils – these stencils will help you create all Bullet Journal pages, helping you with everything from the daily boxes to beautiful fonts.
When it comes to stationery, I can talk about it for hours. There are so many different styles and designs to help you bring Thanksgiving to your Bullet Journal pages.
But this isn’t what this post is about; we’re talking about pages, so let’s look into that!
Fun & Useful Thanksgiving Bullet Journal Ideas
There are no limits to what you can create in your Bullet Journal; the same is true about what kind of pages you can create for Thanksgiving.
In my years of Bullet Journaling, I haven’t created many Thanksgiving pages, since I am not American and it’s not a holiday I celebrate. But I still made a few, just for fun, sicne I love the spirit of people getting together and sharing a group meal.
However, I want you to have more ideas and styles, so I also included layouts from other incredible creators who probably have a different take on what kind of pages they need for their Thanksgiving celebration.
So, let’s dive in and look at a few ideas.
Quote Page
I love quote pages; they are a great way to fill an empty page in your BuJo and a strong tool for setting the mood.
Plus, making a quote spread is another chance to get creative, enjoy a moment for yourself, and reflect on the holiday’s meaning.
Thanksgiving is all about gratitude, and thankfully, plenty of gratitude-themed quotes are out there to inspire you.
Let’s start with the basic, happy Thanksgiving page. I think it’s a nice welcome page for the holiday, and it definitely made me feel more festive having it in my journal.
Drawing animals isn’t my strong suit, so I went with a simple, fun, childish design, which I think has its own charm.
This is a wonderful quote for every month of the year, but definitely especially for November when we have Thanksgiving.
I love the black-on-white technique, and I use it a lot myself. I am not sure what exactly this creator used, but I always use Sakura Gelly Roll; it’s my favorite white gel pen and is perfect for this.
A simple reminder: it’s created in beautiful lettering and surrounded by adorable seasonal doodles, making it so special!
It’s also an interesting trick – since the creator showed this from the top view, a lot of items are much easier to draw.
For me, a great quote spread is about mixing fun fonts and beautiful colors. I used gold colors for this quote page to add a special spark to this important message,
Here, I used a set of acrylograph pens (you can get 10% OFF with my code MASHA10), but if paint pens aren’t really your style, you can do something similar with metallic gel pens.
Gratitude Log
It’s Thanksgiving, so isn’t it the perfect time of the year to give a gratitude log a chance, even if you’ve never used one before!
So here are a few inspirations for a seasonal gratitude log.
You can keep a daily gratitude log, or you can create a spread at once and remember all the beautiful things in your life.
I really like that on this spread, they also played around with different fonts to make it look more interesting. The concept is kind of one word per day, but it’s a fun idea that the creator sometimes added a few more details.
For my take on a Thanksgiving-themed gratitude log, I went with general fall-themed doodles that I think would work well for a Thanksgiving vibe too.
If you’re wondering, I used my Karin Brushmarkers for this layout – these are my favorite pens, actually, for all the Fall pages, because the colors are so rich! Oh, how much I miss these pens.
Weekly Spreads
Whatever your monthly theme for November is, you can always make an exception for Thanksgiving week and create a weekly log dedicated to the holiday.
Just take a look at the weekly spreads below for inspiration.
Gobble Gobble! I love that some of the best Thanksgiving things are here.
Oh, and I definitely want to give special love to little Snoopy cooking up some popcorn.
Really cute spread, and I love how many details and decorations fit here. The quote is super cute, and it definitely created a special holiday mood for the week.
This works pretty much like a one-page weekly spread with a little extra of a habit tracker on the other page. If you have so much empty space left in your weekly spread, adding a quote is definitely a great option to filling out that space.
Here is. It’s a beautiful week, and the turkey in the corner clearly makes it very Thanksgiving-themed. I love the stunning lettering the creator used to decorate this layout.
Thanksgiving Planning Pages
If you’re the one hosting the big dinner this year, you better be prepared. Make a full plan of everything you should do, and assign a time slot for each.
Here are a few formats and pages to help you plan the best, most festive family time.
Whenever I organize a big event, especially a big dinner, I take it seriously and take my sweet time planning and preparing everything I can think of in advance.
This checklist was made with this in mind – that way I can write down all my tasks and planning in a specific time slot and start planning in stages, which would make it definitely easier and less stressful.
Here is a fantastic layout to help you plan that perfect dinner. I love all the areas the creator added to the layout, like the schedule and seating chart.
This would work well for pretty much any type of big dinner, whether it’s Thanksgiving, Christmas, or a birthday party.
A guest list is a pretty important part of planning your dinner. I think a good addition to this layout would be to include details about the guests, like their allergies and food preferences.
Since this layout will be filled in, I opted out of a lot of decorations and went full-on with a fun, more elaborate header idea.
I love that these pages have everything you need, from the menu to the schedule to when you should start getting supplies for dinner. I also like these really cute illustrations.
It’s also a good idea to have a little recap section at the bottom, so you can write some details about how the dinner went and what things you might want to do differently or better next year.
A good way to make your Thanksgiving dinner a bit less stressful is to do a potluck, where you are not responsible for it all and guests contribute.
I made this page with that idea in mind, and I think it helps you avoid mishaps and ensure the final menu includes all the important elements without everyone bringing the same dishes.
Thanksgiving is all about food, so a detailed menu and a plan for buying everything you need for a perfect dinner are a must-have!
I love the color scheme and that general aesthetic the creator did with the stickers. I think it is a perfect match for the cozy season and the home-like feeling of Thanksgiving.
Here is one more option for planning your Thanksgiving dinner, with an easier and more minimalistic approach while still keeping it very fun, creative, and doodly.
The creator used my favorite trick – in the shopping list she highlighted every other line. This is a very simple way to make it easier to read through the lines, as well as make an essntially empty page took a bit more decorated.
This is a super cute Thanksgiving spread, and I really like that the creator added a section for decorations since that’s the part that really sets the mood and vibe of the dinner.
This is more of a general dinner-planning page than a Thanksgiving-themed one, but I think it works very well for planning your Thanksgiving dinner.
This is kind of the main dashboard for the entire evening, where I included all the main elements – guests, menu, dinner, and decorations. For me, these are the base elements of a dinner party, so this is a good reference to start planning.
Recipe Pages
I bet you have a few recipes you love the most, or maybe you just found several new ones you’d like to try out this Thanksgiving, courtesy of Mom or Granny.
Recipe pages always make for a great keepsake and a great addition to your Thanksgiving pages.
The ingredients really make it a very Thanksgiving-type food, and I’m definitely excited to try it! I never imagined you could customize your hummus with seasonal flavors.
Brush lettering was a great addition to this layout, too.
Thanksgiving is a huge feast, and these pages let you plan the entire meal and add recipes so you’re on top of cooking and shopping for the big day.
The creator even added a progress chart for the dishes, which is such a fun idea! And I love that they used tiny doodles with expressions; it creates such a cute, dainty feel to the layout.
First of all, I’m so excited about this recipe; it sounds so delicious! But also, how lovely is this cute little turkey in the corner, cooking its spicy little dip?
Plan With Me: 7 Fun and Useful Thanksgiving Bullet Journal Pages
As I promised, I’m thrilled to share my “plan with me” video, featuring 7 Thanksgiving pages that you can add to your Bullet Journal.
Some of these pages might be familiar from the post, but there’s nothing quite like seeing the magic unfold in real-time.
In the video, I walk through each page step by step, revealing the tips and tricks that bring my designs to life. From vibrant turkey doodles to heartfelt gratitude logs, every page captures the essence of Thanksgiving.
So grab your favorite journal, some colorful pens, and let’s embark on this creative journey together, turning our festive ideas into reality!
Free Bullet Journal Printables
Also, as I mentioned at the beginning of the post, some of these pages are available as FREE printables in the Resources Vault.
If you don’t have access yet, you can always sign up in the form below.
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If you’ve never used printables before, be sure to check my post How To Use Printables In Your Bullet Journal.
It’s pretty basic, and you can find all the supplies you need in my post Supplies For Using Bullet Journal Printables.
More Resources
Are you looking for some more ideas for your Bullet Journal? I gathered plenty more ideas and inspiration for you.
Check out these blog posts next:
- 35+ Enchanting Fall Bullet Journal Themes and Page Ideas
- 43+ November Bullet Journal Ideas
- Party Planning Bullet Journal Page Ideas
>>> Are you ready for Thanksgiving? Which Bullet Journal pages do you usually use to prepare for the holiday?
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