Thanksgiving Pinterest Trends 2026: What Is Rising
Thanksgiving falls on 26 November 2026, and the Pinterest Trends data read on 30 October shows one project spiking above everything else: the kids turkey disguise. Here is what is rising and what to publish in the next three weeks.
What is rising right now
| Trend | Growth | What to pin |
|---|---|---|
| Turkey disguise ideas | +5,000% a month | The kids school project turned pin: printable templates, outfit add ons and finished examples. It peaks the week of 14 November. |
| Disguise a turkey ideas kids | +5,500% a month | The same project in parent wording. Two pin titles, one post, both phrases covered. |
| Dinner ideas | Steady all year | Evergreen volume around 78 to 100 through October and November. Menus, sides and make ahead timelines. |
| Crockpot meals | +200% a year | Hands off mains people cook while the kitchen is busy. Slow cooker pins hold through the holiday week. |
Source: Pinterest Trends, United States, read 30 October 2026. Turkey disguise volumes follow the same curve as 2025, where the term peaked the week of 14 November.
What to publish, in order
This week: turkey disguise and kids activities
The disguise a turkey wave starts in late October and peaks in the week of 14 November, before school projects are due. Publish printable templates and finished examples now: the term grows from almost nothing to its yearly high in about three weeks, and a pin that is already saved gets picked up as the searches start.
By 15 November: menus, timelines and shopping lists
Menus and side dishes should already be live by now. What still earns in the second week of November is planning content: a day by day make ahead timeline, a shopping list grouped by aisle, a hosting checklist for first timers and leftovers recipes for the days after.
The week of 23 November: last pieces and the handoff
Table setting photos, Friendsgiving signs and the final side dish roundups. Then start mixing in Christmas pins: the same audience that planned dinner is now planning December, and the trends below show what they search next.
What to make
- Thanksgiving pin ideas — The full idea list for the holiday, each linked to the tool that builds it.
- Recipe pin maker — Menu and side dish pins with the dish up top and the title below.
- Free printable maker — Shopping lists, disguise a turkey templates and gratitude printables.
- Infographic pin maker — The make ahead timeline as a day by day pin.
- Christmas pin maker — Start wave one for December as the Thanksgiving wave ends.
Two pins per post is enough here: one aimed at the search phrase (make ahead Thanksgiving timeline) and one at the outcome (first Thanksgiving hosting checklist). Use the UTM builder on your links so you can see which of the two actually brings readers.
Make a Thanksgiving pin
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