Thanksgiving Background Generator
Make a Thanksgiving or autumn background: a harvest field at dusk with a wheat field, hay bales, a barn and a big harvest moon, a pumpkin patch, autumn trees on the hills, or a harvest table with pumpkins on wood, all with leaves falling in front. Pick a preset or set your own: colours, how many leaves and in how many depth layers, their size and the wind, the pumpkins, wheat, bales, trees and hills. Every picture comes from a seed number: the same seed and size always give the same picture, and New seed gives you a fresh scene. Press Animate leaves to watch them fall in the preview. Choose desktop, 4K, phone, a 16:9 video-call background (for Zoom, Teams or Meet), tablet, square, banner or your own size up to 4096 pixels. It is artwork drawn by our code, not a photograph. Download a PNG or JPG, or a PDF to print. Nothing is uploaded.
100% private — everything runs in your browser. Everything runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
The preview is the same picture drawn smaller; Animate leaves moves them in the preview only. PNG and JPG download at the full size; the PDF fits the picture on one page.
Picture
Falling leaves
Harvest
Runs in your browser with our own code: nothing you type is uploaded or saved. Every leaf, pumpkin and stalk is drawn by our own code from the seed; it is artwork, not a photograph. You may use what you make here, including commercially, with no credit needed.
How to make a Thanksgiving background
- Pick a preset: harvest field, falling leaves, harvest table, pumpkin patch and more.
- Press New seed until you like the scene.
- Set the leaves: how many, depth layers, size and wind.
- Set the pumpkins, wheat, hay bales, trees, hills, moon and barn.
- Press Animate leaves to see them fall, and Stop when you like.
- Choose a size and download the PNG or JPG, or the print PDF.
What you can use it for
- Desktop and phone wallpapers for November
- Video-call backgrounds for a Thanksgiving meeting
- Menus, place cards and flyers
- Slides, videos and social posts
- School, church and community notices
- Website and newsletter headers
The 12 presets
| Preset | Colours | What is in it | Leaves | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest field at dusk | Autumn dusk (orange) | 2 hills, 6 trees, 90 wheat, 3 bales, barn, moon, 4 pumpkins | 160 | 1920 × 1080 |
| Falling autumn leaves | Rust and burgundy | – | 420 | 1920 × 1080 |
| Harvest table with pumpkins | Autumn dusk (orange) | table, 5 pumpkins, 40 bokeh | 60 | 1920 × 1080 |
| Golden wheat field | Golden harvest | 2 hills, 3 trees, 260 wheat, 4 bales | 80 | 1920 × 1080 |
| Harvest moon night | Harvest moon night | 3 hills, 5 trees, 60 wheat, 2 bales, barn, moon, 3 pumpkins | 120 | 1920 × 1080 |
| Pumpkin patch | Golden harvest | 2 hills, 4 trees, 1 bales, 12 pumpkins | 90 | 1920 × 1080 |
| Autumn trees on the hills | Autumn dusk (orange) | 3 hills, 14 trees | 260 | 1920 × 1080 |
| Light: terracotta and cream | Cream and terracotta (light) | table, 4 pumpkins | 90 | 1920 × 1080 |
| Plum and gold table | Plum and gold | table, 4 pumpkins, 60 bokeh | 120 | 1920 × 1080 |
| Video call: harvest table | Rust and burgundy | table, 3 pumpkins, 30 bokeh | 40 | 1920 × 1080 |
| Phone wallpaper: falling leaves | Autumn dusk (orange) | 2 hills, 4 trees, 40 wheat, moon, 2 pumpkins | 300 | 1170 × 2532 |
| 4K harvest farm | Autumn dusk (orange) | 3 hills, 8 trees, 160 wheat, 4 bales, barn, moon, 6 pumpkins | 220 | 3840 × 2160 |
Worked out by the tool.
Sizes
| Size | Pixels | Width ÷ height |
|---|---|---|
| Phone | 1170 × 2532 | 0.462 |
| Desktop | 1920 × 1080 | 1.778 |
| 4K | 3840 × 2160 | 1.778 |
| Video call background | 1920 × 1080 | 1.778 |
| Tablet | 2048 × 2732 | 0.750 |
| Square | 2048 × 2048 | 1.000 |
| Banner | 1500 × 500 | 3.000 |
Every size is drawn at its own pixels, not stretched.
How the leaf layers differ
| Layer (of four) | Leaf size (of the long side) | Brightness | Seconds to fall the picture |
|---|---|---|---|
| Layer 1 (farthest) | 0.47 % | 0.66 | 38.1 |
| Layer 2 | 0.68 % | 0.78 | 26.7 |
| Layer 3 | 1.02 % | 0.89 | 20.5 |
| Layer 4 (nearest) | 1.50 % | 1.00 | 16.7 |
Worked out from the rule the tool uses: nearer leaves are bigger, brighter and fall faster, which gives the picture its depth.
What downloads
| Download | What is in it |
|---|---|
| PNG | The still picture at the full size you chose, every pixel exactly as drawn |
| JPG | The same picture as a smaller JPG (quality 92) |
| One Letter or A4 page with the picture fitted inside 10 mm margins |
| Paper | A 4K picture prints at | Sharpness |
|---|---|---|
| Letter (landscape) | 259.4 × 145.9 mm | 376 px per inch |
| A4 (landscape) | 277.0 × 155.8 mm | 352 px per inch |
For a soft-focus photo instead, use the Bokeh Effect; to change the size of a picture afterwards, the Image Resizer.
Which tool to use
| You want | Use |
|---|---|
| A whole autumn or Thanksgiving scene | Thanksgiving Background Generator (this page) |
| A printable card with your message | Thanksgiving Card |
| Letter flags that spell your words | Thanksgiving Banner |
| A repeating leaf tile | Leaf Pattern |
| Fireworks and your year | New Year Background Generator |
Other tools: the Phone Wallpaper Maker for photo wallpapers, and the Gradient Generator for a plain autumn sky.
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Frequently asked questions
Is this a photo?
No. Every leaf, pumpkin, stalk and hill is drawn by our own code from the seed: it is artwork, not a photograph.
Can I use it as a video-call background?
Yes. Choose Video call background (16:9, 1920 × 1080), download the PNG or JPG and pick it as a virtual background in your video-call app. The harvest table presets keep the middle calm.
How do the leaves look deep?
The leaves are split into one to four layers. Nearer layers have bigger, brighter leaves that fall faster; the table below gives the numbers.
What shapes are the leaves?
Two shapes drawn by our code: a long almond leaf and a five-lobed leaf, each with a centre vein, turned at random and coloured from the scheme.
What does the seed do?
It fixes where every leaf, pumpkin, stalk and tree goes. The same seed and size give exactly the same picture, pixel for pixel.
What does Animate leaves do?
It makes the leaves fall and turn in the preview. It stops by itself after 720 frames, when you press Stop, when you change anything and when you switch to another tab. The downloads are always the still picture.
Is this the same as the Thanksgiving card tool?
No. That tool makes a printable card with your own message. This one draws a whole background picture with no words.
How big does the PDF print?
The picture is fitted on one Letter or A4 page inside 10 mm margins, turned to suit its shape. The table below gives the printed size of a 4K picture.
Is it free?
Yes. There is no sign-up, no watermark and no limit.
Is anything uploaded?
No. Every pixel is worked out by JavaScript in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere or saved when you close the page.