200+ Best Thanksgiving Instagram Captions To Engage Your Followers [2024]

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Updated: October 19th, 2022

200+ Best Thanksgiving Instagram Captions To Engage Your Followers [2024]

Jaw-dropping pictures aren't the only way to generate social media engagement.

Instagram captions, while frequently overlooked, are a powerful tool that may make or break your post.

Some businesses continue to put much too much emphasis on Instagram photos rather than ig captions.

Great Instagram captions have the power to offer even more insight to the post, potentially boosting engagement, bio visits, and click-throughs.

In this article, we've provided you with 200 new Instagram caption and quote ideas for Thanksgiving. Additionally, we walk you through the 5 easy-to-follow tips on how to create great Insta captions.

Here they are:

Cute Thanksgiving Quotes

“Reflect upon your present blessings—of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” —Charles Dickens
"You can't have Thanksgiving without turkey. That's like Fourth of July without apple pie or Friday with no two pizzas." — Joey
"When you love what you have, you have everything you need." —Unknown
Happiness is homemade.
"Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants." – Kevin James
"My heart is as full as my plate."
"Gobble 'til you wobble."
"I'm so grateful for sweatpants."
"Happy needless-turkey-murder day." — Phoebe
The best time is always found when family and friends gather 'round
Blessed and mashed-potato obsessed.
Clear plates, full stomachs, can’t lose.
"A grateful heart is a magnet for miracles."
This group has the tur-key to my heart
"FACT: You can't answer your family's questions if you always have food in your mouth."
"Choose to be grateful, no matter what."
"Nine-tenths of wisdom is appreciation. Go find somebody's hand and squeeze it, while there's time." —Dale Dauten
"There’s always something to be thankful for."
"Thank you for the food before us, the friends beside us, and the love between us."
"My family told me to stop telling Thanksgiving jokes, but I told them I couldn't quit cold turkey."
"And when a nice boy who adores you offers you pie, say 'thank you.'" —William, This Is Us
“It is not joy that makes us grateful, it is gratitude that makes us joyful.” — Brené Brown
"Give thanks not just on Thanksgiving Day, but every day of your life." — Catherine Pulsifer
"I come from a family where gravy is a beverage." — Erma Bombeck
Expect nothing, appreciate everything.
A thankful heart is a magnet for miracles.
Is butter a carb?
"Thanksgiving is about carbo loading to have the endurance for Black Friday."
Count your blessings, not your problems.
"This Thanksgiving kicks last Thanksgiving's a**!" — Monica
Good food and better company makes for the best Thanksgiving recipe.
"Every year I say I won't overdo it on Thanksgiving, yet here we are."
I may be grateful for the food, but I'm even more grateful for you.
"Pumpkin spice and everything nice."
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and never giving it.
Thanksgiving, bringing out the best of family dysfunction since 1863.
Happy Thanksgiving, from our family to yours
When we have family, we have everything.
“Wear gratitude like a cloak, and it will feed every corner of your life.” — Rumi
"At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough." —Toni Morrison
"Raise your gobble-let for a toast!"
"A great meal is an experience that nourishes more than your body."—Ruth Reichl
"Good vibes and all the apple pies."
"Food tastes better when you eat it with family."
Life is gourd
"I can and will eat everything on my plate."
It's all gravy from here.
"I come from a family where gravy is a beverage." – Erma Bombeck
Why does food always taste better when you eat it with family?

Short Thanksgiving Instagram Captions

I came in like a Butterball.
Family, turkey, and football — oh my!
Thankful, blessed, and mashed potato obsessed
As long as my family keeps talking, I'll keep drinking.
Gobble 'til you wobble
Stuffed with stuffing.
I'm carbo loading...for Black Friday.
Talk turkey to me.
Zero plucks given
I cran and will eat everything on this plate.
When you whine, I wine.
It's all gravy, baby
Leftovers are for quitters.
Family and turkey and football—oh my!
Eat hard, nap harder
Birds of a feather flock together
Thankful, blessed, and mashed potato obsessed.
I’m thankful for elastic waistbands.
Because you know I'm all about that baste
Winner, winner, turkey dinner
To do: Eat, drink, nap. Repeat.
Foul language welcome at the dinner table.
Casse-rolling right up to Grandma's house.
Happy Winesgiving
I can't eat another bite. Oh look, pie!
Thanksgiving: A time to count blessings, not carbs
Fifty shades of gravy
I’m all about that baste.
Live, love, I'm stuffed.
Give thanks for a little and you will get a lot
Can't nobody tell me stuffin'
Talk turkey to me
Thanksgiving is plucking awesome.
Bake the world a better place
I love what everyone wore to the living room this year!
Let the gourd times roll
Life of pie.
Gobble 'til you wobble.
Gratitude changes everything
It's leg day
Official occupation: couch potato
#Stuffed
This wine pairs well with a crazy family.
Eat, drink, and wear stretchy pants.
If you need me, I'll be on the couch
I yam whatever you say I yam.

Cool Thanksgiving Instagram Captions

Thanksgiving is a word of gratitude
With my cutie pies.
Bad day to be a turkey.
Keep your eyes on the pies
You'll always be my gravy
Stuffing is the glue that holds our family together.
It’s leg day.
We offered the turkey some dinner, but he was already stuffed.
Stuffing is the glue that holds my family together.
Let's get cranberry sauced
Raise your gobble-let for a toast!
Butterball so hard, other turkeys wanna fine me.
You know I'm all about that baste.
Eat hard, nap harder.
More rolls? You butter believe it
I'm just here for the mac and cheese.
A thankful heart is a happy heart
Pumpkin kisses and harvest wishes.
Choose to be grateful no matter what
I come from a family of competitive eaters.
The dad jokes are plucking hilarious!
No one puts gravy in the corner.
Pumpkin spice and everything nice
Reminder: Set your scale back 10 pounds today!
Pumpkin spice and everything nice.
Stop, drop, and pass the rolls
Family, turkey, and football—oh my!
Only have pies for this one.
Petition for a new Thanksgiving dress code: Sweatpants.
And we feast!
Having a gourd time.
"Give thanks for a little, and you will find a lot."
"I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual." —Henry David Thoreau
There’s always something to be thankful for.
"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others." — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I'm thankful for friends that have turned into family.
"If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share." – W. Clement Stone
Life is better when you're thankful.
"When turkeys get into a fight, they get the stuffing knocked out of them!"
"Give thanks today, and every day after."
"If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough." —Meister Eckhart
“I've realized that sometimes you get no second chance and that it's best to accept the gifts the world offers you.” —Paulo Coelho
"Okay, I'm in my sweatpants! Bring on the food." — Joey
"Good mashed potato is one of the great luxuries of life." — Lindsey Bareham
"Thanksgiving just gets me all warm and tingly and all kinds of the wonderful inside." —Willard Scott
"What is with everyone today? It's Thanksgiving, not truth day!" — Ross

Funny Thanksgiving Instagram Captions

"Stop, drop and butter your roll."
Good food + better company = the perfect recipe for a day of thanks.
"Home is where you treat your friends like family, and your family like friends."
"Blessed to have all this food."
We put the fun in dysfunctional.
"Always carry a thankful heart."
"This is now a Thanksgiving dinner fan account."
"Let our lives be full of thanks and giving."
"Nobody puts gravy in the corner."
"We can't wait until everything is OK-with us or with the rest of the world to feel thankful, or we will never experience joy at all." —M.J. Ryan
Feeling thankful today and always.
Good food + better company = the perfect recipe for a day of thanks
Stop, drop, and butter your roll.
The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.
The love of a family is one of life's greatest blessings
"Eat, drink and be thankful."
"Together is a wonderful place to be."
"My two greatest enemies: Rachel Greene and complex carbohydrates." — Will
"Be grateful for what you have and be ready to share it when the time comes."—Michelle Obama
Thankful today, thankful always.
Red wine pairs well with family.
May your hearts be as full as your plates today.
"There are only two ways to live your live. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." — Albert Einstein
"Reliving past pain and getting depressed is what Thanksgiving's all about." — Chandler
"Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for." —Zig Ziglar
"When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around." —Willie Nelson
"Thankful, blessed, and mashed potato obsessed."
We may not have it all together, but together we have it all.
"entering feast mode"
"I can’t cook a Thanksgiving dinner. All I can make is cold cereal and maybe toast." — A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
We may not have it all together, but together we have it all
"Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough." – Oprah Winfrey
"Stuffed like the turkey."
You can't live a full life on an empty stomach
A happy heart is a thankful heart.
"Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts." —Henri Frederic Amiel
We may not have it all together, but together, we have it all.
"Here's to being thankful forever and always."
Make the most out of the small moments that turn into the biggest memories.
Stuffed with stuffing!
"Thanksgiving requires a whole new dress code."
"Stuffing is the glue that holds my family together."
"When asked if my cup is half-full or half-empty my only response is that I am thankful I have a cup." – Sam Lefkowitz
"You oughta be thankful, a whole heaping lot, For the places and people you're lucky you're not!" —Dr. Seuss
"Life is better when you're grateful."
"We are happy. We are thankful. We are family."
"I love Thanksgiving because it's a holiday that is centered around food and family." — Marcus Samuelsson
Together is a wonderful place to be.
“I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

5 Tips For Creating A Great Instagram Caption

1. Write several drafts first

Make at least three different Instagram caption drafts.

This will allow you to edit, proofread, and compare your captions side by side to see which one has the most effect.

Your first draft will almost never be selected as the best option, which is why you should set aside enough time to write several.

2. Front-load the most important information

The 2,200-characters limit for Instagram captions is mostly a formality. However, it's worth noting that ig captions are cut off in users’ feeds to around 140 characters.

This doesn't mean you must make your insta captions extremely short so people can see everything without clicking "more."

Instead, frontload your captions with the most important sentence or calls-to-action, and save any @mentions, hashtags, or other unimportant information for the end.

3. Include a strong call to action

The most effective way to maximize the possibility for your Instagram post to get shared and improve engagement is to include a call to action in the captions.

Instead of passively scrolling through, you should use action verbs to encourage people to take action.

Here are some exåmples:

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4. Limit yourself to 3-4 hashtags

A hashtag on Instagram works the same way it does on Twitter and Facebook: it unites the conversations of many users into a single stream.

Anyone who searches for that hashtag on Instagram may see your Insta post if your account is public.

However, you should use hashtags sparingly. As a means to get more followers, some Instagram users add a string of searchable hashtags.

Too many hashtags can come off spammy to your existing followers. Limit yourself to three or four hashtags at most.

5. Use emojis and have fun with them.

Add some emojis to spice up your insta captions and make them more appealing.

Emojis added at the end of sentences or paragraphs may act as "bookends," visually breaking up long strings of text.

You can also use emojis to encourage readers to take action, such as clicking the link in the bio.

If you're going to use emojis, make sure they match your tone of voice and identity. You don't want to use too many emojis at once, particularly in the same caption.

Final Thoughts

Good Instagram captions take your content to new heights.

Remember not to rush your copywriting and to evaluate the success of your efforts so that you can use objective benchmarks to figure out what works.

Your content will go far if you combine a beautiful photo with a great Instagram caption.

Do you want to check Instagram captions for other holidays in November?

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