Thanksgiving photos practically take themselves: the golden turkey, the dessert table, cousins piled on the couch. The caption is where you add the feeling.
These Thanksgiving Instagram captions were written by our editors to be short, fun and full of gratitude, sorted by the kind of photo you’re posting.
Our editor’s top picks
- Grateful, thankful, stuffed.
- Thankful for my people and my pie.
- Gather, give thanks, repeat.
- Turkey, family and a whole lot of love.
- Counting blessings and calories. Mostly blessings.
Short Thanksgiving captions
For any Thanksgiving photo.
- Thankful. Always.
- Gobble, gobble.
- Happy Turkey Day!
- Full plate, full heart.
- Grateful vibes.
- Give thanks.
- Pie o’clock.
- Thankful for this crew.
Funny Thanksgiving captions
For food comas and family chaos.
- Stretchy pants: activated.
- Here for the mashed potatoes.
- Came for the family, stayed for the stuffing.
- Nap mode after turkey mode.
- This is my “third plate” face.
- Pie is a food group today.
- Warning: food coma in progress.
- I survived the kids’ table again.
Family Thanksgiving captions
For group photos and table shots.
- Family, food and forever memories.
- Our table is full, and so are our hearts.
- Thankful for the people who make this table loud.
- Three generations, one table.
- Home for the holidays.
- Family traditions never get old.
- Grateful for every chair at this table.
- The best part of Thanksgiving is who you share it with.
Friendsgiving captions
For celebrating with your chosen family.
- Friendsgiving: family we chose.
- Grateful for these faces.
- Potluck and good company.
- Friends who eat together stay together.
- Friendsgiving squad.
- Chosen family, full plates.
- Gratitude tastes better with friends.
- Thankful for my forever friends.
Grateful Thanksgiving captions
For heartfelt posts.
- Grateful for another year of blessings.
- Thankful for the little things and the big ones.
- Gratitude is the best side dish.
- Counting blessings today and every day.
- So much to be thankful for.
- A grateful heart is a happy heart.
- This year taught me to be thankful for everything.
- Thankful, humbled and blessed.
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How we put this list together: All captions are original lines or common holiday phrases, written and edited by our editors. Written and reviewed by John Moler, editor at Graceful Names. See our editorial policy.
