November Workplace Events Kit: Printable Planner, Excel Trackers, Messages, Games and Cards

November at work, planned for you

Gratitude month, Veterans Day, World Kindness Day, Native American Heritage Month, the clock change, Election Day and Thanksgiving week: November is full of good reasons to thank your people, and full of planning. This kit does the planning for you, in one instant download.

At a glance

• 125 printable pages in both US Letter and A4
• Excel trackers that calculate the dates (including Thanksgiving) when you type the year
• A Thanksgiving week and holiday coverage planner, in print and in Excel
• 32 ready-to-send messages in Word and plain text
• 16 greeting cards: folded 5x7, flat 5x7 and 300 dpi JPG
• Games, trivia, bingo, signs and certificates
• Guides for inclusive, remote and frontline workplaces

What is inside

Planning System (30 pages, PDF)

An observance calendar with five-minute ideas, a theme picker, month and weekly planners, four event run sheets (treat break, gratitude lunch, Friendsgiving potluck, virtual event), a Thanksgiving week planner, a holiday coverage grid, a time-off and voting-leave tracker, roles, supplies checklists, three budget presets, sign-up sheets, an employee survey and an organiser debrief.

Excel Trackers (7 sheets, XLSX)

Type the year and rule-based dates update (Thanksgiving, Election Day, the clock change, Black Friday, Giving Tuesday and more). A coverage sheet builds the Thanksgiving week grid and flags days with too few people. Budget with planned vs actual and cost per person, participation tracker, event schedule, supplies list and a dashboard with a chart. Works in Excel and Google Sheets.

Message Pack (32 messages, DOCX and TXT)

Announcements, a holiday schedule and coverage email, an out-of-office reply, a message from a CEO, a message to clients, a thank-you to people working the holiday, Veterans Day, a neutral voting reminder, World Kindness Day, Stress Awareness Day, Native American Heritage Month, festival guidance for managers, remote and frontline notes and a leadership recap.

Signs and Posters (28 pages)

Gratitude wall and tree, kindness signs, take-five and quiet space signs, a Veterans Day sign, Movember signs, food drive signs, Friendsgiving signs, holiday hours and who-is-covering signs, thank-you signs, gratitude leaves, potluck labels with allergen boxes and bulletin board headers.

Games and Trivia (40 pages)

60 trivia questions in five rounds with answer keys, 40 unique bingo cards (gratitude and fall, and kindness), office and remote scavenger hunts, 40 icebreaker cards, contest ballots and scorecards.

Recognition Kit (13 pages)

16 award certificates, thank-you slips, holiday worker thank-you slips and a gratitude week mini-kit.

Greeting Cards (16 designs)

Thanksgiving thank-yous (team, employees, customers, boss and a group card), Friendsgiving invitation, gratitude, Veterans Day (single and group), World Kindness Day, thinking of you, year-end thanks, Diwali, thanks for covering the holiday, retail and frontline thanks and thankful for coworkers. Each card comes folded (Letter and A4), flat and as a JPG.

Guides (10 pages)

An inclusive Thanksgiving and heritage month guide, a say-this-not-that wording guide, a sensitive days table, a holiday HR checklist, a remote and hybrid playbook, a frontline and retail playbook and a one-page brief for leaders.

Start Here (4 pages)

A print guide, troubleshooting tips and the licence.

Built to be inclusive

Everything is optional by design. The kit leads with gratitude so every employee can take part whether or not they celebrate Thanksgiving, and sensitive days (heritage, remembrance, faith, identity and loss) are handled with resources and respect, not games.

Who it is for

HR teams, office managers, team leads, schools, retail and customer service teams, small businesses and anyone who plans events and holiday cover at work.

Files and formats

• PDF (US Letter and A4)
• Excel (XLSX)
• Word (DOCX) and plain text (TXT)
• JPG (cards)
• Instant digital download. Nothing is shipped

Good to know

• No year is printed anywhere, so you can use it every November
• Dates are for planning. Please confirm each date with the official organiser, and festival dates with the colleagues who observe them
• Print at 100% (actual size). A print guide is included
• For use in your own workplace. Please do not resell or share the files. The licence is included
• Not legal, payroll, medical or HR advice. Holiday pay, leave and voting-leave rules differ by country and state

Questions

Do I need Excel? The trackers open in Excel and Google Sheets.

Can I edit the messages? Yes, the Word file is fully editable. The cards and PDFs are print-ready and not editable.

Does it work next year? Yes. Type the new year in the Excel calendar.

Which paper sizes? US Letter and A4, in separate files.