50 Thanksgiving Captions for All of Your Festive Pics

Pair these one-liners with your photos of food, friends and family.
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Updated Oct 24, 2024

Looking for Thanksgiving captions to use in your festive Instagram photos? As the holiday approaches, it's the perfect time to gather with loved ones, indulge in delicious food and reflect on all that we're grateful for.

Whether you're capturing moments around the dinner table, cozying up with family or enjoying a Friendsgiving feast, finding the right words to complement those memories is key. This year, elevate your November photo dump with our roundup of Thanksgiving captions and capture the season's vibe. From expressing gratitude for your inner circle to celebrating your favorite holiday dishes, pair these 50 Thanksgiving Instagram captions with your upcoming snaps.

Thanksgiving Captions in this article: Best Captions | Funny | Cute | For Couples | For Friends and Family

The Best Thanksgiving Captions

Thanksgiving is all about giving thanks, gathering with loved ones and enjoying great food. If you're looking for the perfect one-liner to pair with your pics, here are some of the best Thanksgiving captions for Instagram to use on your upcoming social media posts.

  • Grateful, thankful, blessed
  • Give thanks and eat pie
  • There's always something to be thankful for
  • Thankful for today and all the tomorrows
  • Eat, drink and be thankful
  • Thanksgiving: a time to count blessings, not calories
  • Gratitude is the best attitude
  • Feeling thankful and a little bit stuffed
  • Full of thanks, giving and turkey
  • Feeling all the love and gratitude this Thanksgiving

Funny Thanksgiving Captions

For those of you who don't want to take your photos too seriously, these funny Thanksgiving captions might be right up your alley.

  • Stop, drop and pass the rolls
  • I'm just here for the pie
  • Leftovers are for quitters
  • Feast mode: activated
  • You miss 100% of the leftovers you don't eat
  • Keep calm and gobble on
  • Let's give 'em pumpkin to talk about
  • Sweater weather? More like stretchy pants weather
  • Is it too soon to ask for leftovers?
  • Eat, nap, repeat

Cute Thanksgiving Captions

Looking to make your upcoming post as sweet as pumpkin pie? These cute Thanksgiving captions will help capture the cozy side of the holiday, perfect for family photos and, of course, moments of gratitude.

  • Autumn skies and pumpkin pies
  • Live, laugh, gobble
  • Thankful for the little things and the big things, too
  • I can't be trusted around pie
  • Cozy vibes
  • Home is where the pie is
  • Feeling all kinds of cozy and grateful
  • Sweeter than pumpkin pie
  • Grateful for all the cutie pies in my life
  • Gobble gobble!

Thanksgiving Captions for Couples

Thanksgiving is a great time to share the love and gratitude you feel for your partner. If you're posting a cute couple's photo (or perhaps even commemorating a Thanksgiving proposal), here are some adorable captions to pair 'em with.

  • Thankful for us
  • You are the pumpkin to my pie
  • Making a Thanksgiving feast with this cutie
  • Grateful for every moment with you
  • I only have ~ pies ~ for you
  • You're my favorite reason to give thanks
  • The only thing better than Thanksgiving dinner is Thanksgiving dinner with you
  • You know it's true love when you can eat Thanksgiving dinner in sweatpants
  • Love at first bite
  • Grateful, blessed and obsessed with you

Thanksgiving Captions for Friends and Family

Of course, Thanksgiving is all about spending quality time with the people who matter most. Whether you're spending the holidays with your family or indulging in a Friendsgiving with your closest pals, these Thanksgiving captions will help express your gratitude.

  • Grateful for friends who feel like family (and family who feel like friends!)
  • Thankful for the ones who make life sweet
  • Family, food and gratitude—my favorite things
  • Feast your eyes on the Friendsgiving fam
  • Thankful for my chosen family
  • Food tastes better when shared
  • A family that eats together, stays together
  • Great times, even better company
  • Pumpkin spice and everything nice
  • Pass the cider!
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