With high unemployment and a sour economy, many families are being forced to reduce unnecessary expenses. While food, gas, various products and services are becoming more expensive with each passing day, many people’s income simply cannot keep up with the rising cost of living. And with the holiday season right around the corner, creating a memorable holiday without breaking the bank is even more important.
Believe it or not, you don’t need to spend a fortune to have a wonderful holiday experience. Creating your own one-of-a-kind holiday decorations and gifts perfect for the season not only reduces expenses, but can also reduce your stress level as well.
The Internet offers a wide variety of Thanksgiving craft ideas, printables for children and family-fun holidays activities at little or no cost. The websites listed below provide a plethora of Thanksgiving greeting cards for free.
Free Printable Thanksgiving Greeting Cards
Printable greeting cards are perfect for any season. All you need is an Internet connection, printer and a variety of papers to complete these family-friendly holiday printable greeting card projects.
- American Greetings Printable Thanksgiving Cards - Greeting card company, American Greetings, offers nearly 40 printable greeting cards for Thanksgiving. While many of the cards are not free of charge, several are available for free. These customizable cards allow users to add a personalized message and include personal art and photographs as well. Simply select the card, add text, art or photographs, tweak and print. Note – users must register in order to print.
- Free Canon Thanksgiving Greeting Cards – Canon offers several fun Thanksgiving card designs and envelopes at no cost. Cards are available in half-fold or quarter-fold designs. Matte photo paper is recommended. A generic blue photo frame card is also available free of charge.
- Victorian-Themed Thanksgiving Cards – Magical Kingdom offers six lovely Victorian-style designs perfect for that old-fashioned Thanksgiving. Each card has been lovingly retouched to give a modern look to an old-time feel. Select the design and print. Card stock or heavy paper is recommended for best results. Adobe Acrobat is required.
- Free Printable Thanksgiving Greetings from Got Free Cards – No registration or special downloads are needed to create these printable Thanksgiving cards. Add your own text and images and stickers to the cover and inside of each card to personalize these fun greeting cards. Simply select one of the nearly 20 designs, customize and print. Several coloring cards are available for children as well.
- Printable Thanksgiving Cards from 1 2 3 Print Cards - This website currently offers over 20 Thanksgiving cards for all ages. Free matching or plain envelopes are also available. Each card can be used as invitations as well. Thanksgiving flashcards, printable games, word searches, coloring sheets and stickers are also available for free.
- Print Free Thanksgiving Day Cards - Print Free offers several Thanksgiving greeting cards for children at no cost. Select from half-fold or quarter-fold greeting cards, customize and print. All fields must have an entry in order to complete. Besides greeting cards, Print Free also offers free envelopes, coloring pages for children and flyers.
- Free Thanksgiving Recipe Cards – Perfect for the wonderful pumpkin pie recipe or fabulous turkey, these free lined recipe cards are just the ticket for the gal or guy who loves to cook. Select from four fun designs including the Thanksgiving turkey or colorful cornucopia from Print Stationary.
Best Thanksgiving Electronic Greeting Cards
Save on paper this holiday season by sending a free electronic greeting to friends and loved ones.
- JibJab Thanksgiving Sendables – If you are looking for a humorous Thanksgiving greeting, look no further. JibJab offers a wide variety of downright hilarious greetings cards. Whether it is the popular Jive Turkey, Angry Colon, Stuffed Family or Livin’ with Ahnuld, your friends, loved ones and coworkers are sure to get a good big laugh with these fun holiday-themed sendables from the creative folks at JibJab.
- Smilebox Thanksgiving eCards – Send one of these adorable electronic greetings to friends and loved ones this holiday from Smilebox. This project does require a download to add photos, music and videos to your one-of-a-kind greeting.
- Jacquie Lawson Animated Greeting Cards – These nine animated Thanksgiving ecards, from talented illustrator Jacquie Lawson, are simply lovely. Each card includes fun music and customizable greetings. While receiving one of Jacquie’s cards is free, an annual $12 membership is required in order to send.
- Katie's Thanksgiving Cards – Send one of these unusual greeting cards to friends and family this Thanksgiving. Talented artist Katie Davies launched the site in 2007 with just 25 original greeting cards. Today, the site offers more than 130 electronic greetings. Watch as the paintbrush brings the Painted Turkey greeting card to life right before your eyes. Select or preview one of the six animated Thanksgiving designs, customize and send. Lovely music is also included with each card. Katie’s cards are not free. A membership fee of $11.50 is required in order to send one of unique greetings.
This holiday season, send a personalized Thanksgiving greeting to friends and loved ones for free.
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