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14 Thanksgiving Nail Designs That’ll Have You Coming Back for Seconds

By Katie Schindelheim | November 8, 2021 | Updated on July 8, 2024 | Leave a Comment
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Thanksgiving Nail Designs - Autumn leaves
Thanksgiving Nail Designs - Side Dishes
Thanksgiving Nail Designs - Splatter colors
Thanksgiving Nail Designs - Dinner nail art
Thanksgiving Nail Designs - Cornucopia and turkey
Thanksgiving Nail Designs - Fox and pie

Pull out your stretchy pants that you definitely didn’t live in for all of 2020 – Thanksgiving is on the horizon! And there’s no better way to distract your family from trying to marry you off to their friend’s second cousin’s neighbor than with some stellar Thanksgiving nail designs. 

Holiday-themed nails are a great way to get yourself into the festive spirit. Whether you want a literal cornucopia painted onto your nails, or an abstract Thanksgiving-colored nail design, these manicure ideas are enough to make your Aunt Ethel finally stop asking when you’re going to dye your hair back to a “normal color.”

Thanksgiving Nail Designs

14 Thanksgiving Nail Designs That Are Better Than Stuffing

1. Thanksgiving Dinner Nails

With each nail featuring its own delectable Thanksgiving dish, it’s a great non-verbal way to say you need more gravy, stat.

Thanksgiving Nail Designs - Side Dishes
Photo Credit: @shanknails

 

2. Glittery Nails

These glittery nails featuring the fall foliage colors of orange and red will make you wish you were at a Thanksgiving rave instead of hanging out at the bar with half of your graduating class.

Thanksgiving Nail Designs - Splatter colors
Photo Credit: @howepolished

 

3. Turkey Day Nails

Bored making small talk with the adults? Head to the kids table and perform a nail puppet show. Mr. Turkey has been waiting for his big break all year! Oh, wait it turns out they don’t want to hear your comedy routine either.

Thanksgiving Nail Designs - Dinner nail art
Photo Credit: @nailsbykalee

 

4. Leaf Accent Nails

These fall leaves are almost as good as the real thing. Now all you need is someone to check you for ticks.

Thanksgiving Nail Designs - Autumn leaves
Photo Credit: @nailartbyamyblair

 

5. Tiny Turkey Nails

Honey, we shrunk the…turkey? At least the shrink machine gave him a cute little top hat.

Thanksgiving Nail Designs - Cornucopia and turkey
Photo Credit: @lisa.b.ivystar

 

6. Fall Animal Nails

A llama’s second favorite holiday is actually Thanksgiving. Their first is No Pants Day.

Thanksgiving Nail Designs - Press-ons
Photo Credit: @itsashnails

 

7. Thanksgiving Animals

What does the fox say? “More pumpkin. Now.”

Thanksgiving Nail Designs - Fox and pie
Photo Credit: @manikindamood

 

8. Harvest Nails

This Thanksgiving nail design will make you extra thankful that you don’t actually have to harvest your own food. That’s why we send our assistant to Whole Foods for us!

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9. Thanksgiving Abstract Nails

We’d say this manicure is simple enough that your five-year-old cousin could paint them, but their Paw Patrol coloring book says otherwise. 

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A post shared by Windsor Nail Tech | Gel-x & Acrylic (@aksacrylics)

 

10. Pumpkin Pie Nails

Pay tribute to the true main course of any Thanksgiving spread: pie! Extra pumpkin, please. We’re trying to eat more vegetables.

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11. Fall Woods Nails

If you don’t want to take an actual autumnal walk through the woods to work up an appetite before the big meal, just paint some trees on your nails. You do remember what trees look like, right? 

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12. Autumn Nails

These nails say, yes, I have also forgotten what the sun looks like.

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13. Pilgrim Nails

If a turkey says “gobble gobble” and no one is around to hear it, he’s probably surviving another year.

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A post shared by ALYSSA DID MY NAILS (@alyssadidmynails)

 

14. Autumn Leaf Nails

These artistic leaf designs say, “I’ve seen leaves on the ground before, but I’ve never actually raked them.”

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Katie Schindelheim
Katie Schindelheim
Katie Schindelheim is a contributing writer for Let's Eat Cake, where she covers nail designs, seasonal trends and topics, food news (mostly sweet, but sometimes savory), fancy cocktails, and everything else you need to know about the best alcohol out there. She is also an actress, writer, and stand-up comedian who's appeared onstage at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles, Caroline's on Broadway in New York, and many other venues. 

Katie is a fierce competitor when it comes to trivia and can often be found at bar trivia/pub quiz nights around L.A. She hates losing. Just ask her ex-teammates and ex-friends.

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