Teaching your Kids to be Thankful Thanksgiving is a great time to teach your children about being thankful for the blessings in their life.
Thanksgiving Tree
Have each child to trace their hand on brown, orange, red and yellow construction paper to make "leaves". Cut out the hand shapes and write what they are thankful for on the hand shape. Then cut a tree trunk shape out of brown construction paper. After you have cut out the leaves and trunk, glue the trunk onto a large piece of poster board. Once dried, have the kids add their hands as leaves above the tree trunk, turning it into a festive fall colored tree.
Thankful Book
This is a great keepsake idea which can be added to each year. In a scrapbook kit or photo album add photos of loved ones and include stories about why they are special to you. You can also, include pages of your hobbies, pets, family vacations and other special memories in the year. Any time your kids feel down, you can open your blessing book and remind them of all the reasons you have to be happy, and thankful for the blessings in your life.
Thanksgiving Paper Chain
Another way to remind your children of their blessings is to create a paper chain. This is similar to a regular paper chain. Cut strips of paper and connect them together as loops, write the things you are thankful for on the strips of paper before you connect them. The fun part of this activity is to make the chain as long as possible – showing all your blessings. Chain can be done in fall colors for Thanksgiving or Christmas colors and kept on display during the Christmas season.