I'm looking for fun activities that demonstrate gratitude and celebrate Thanskgiving. What do you do with your family?
Some ideas I have brainstormed or collected thus far:
~Make Happy Thanksgiving cards (kid versions could have a 'hand turkey' on the front). Inside write a note telling someone how and why you appreciate them, maybe citing a specific example or story.
~Make a big turkey shape out of construction paper and hang it up. Write on construction paper feathers something each member of the family is thankful for. Ask visitors to add their own additions. Send feathers in advance to faraway relatives so that they can be added.
~Fill a thankful jar year round with strips of paper (in Autumn shades or Christmas colors) that list things you are thankful for. Open the jar and read them on Thanksgiving day and then make a paper 'thankful' chain to decorate the house or upcoming Christmas tree with.
Tomorrow I'll post some games the whole family can play, either to keep kiddos busy during feast preparations or to work off a bit of that turkey! Meanwhile, how do you practice gratitude?
2 comments:
Such fantastic ideas!!! I love them!!!
1. Our family makes a "thankful turkey" and each row of feathers has a topic and things we're thankful for -- like stuff we're thankful for at church, family we're thankful for, ways to show we're thankful.
2. I do thankful cards for our teachers instead of Christmas gifts -- yes, so that it stands out a bit more, but also because we are so thankful for them, and I like to do something nice before the rush.
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