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Happy Thanksgiving!

Created by Amy Engberson 10 Comments

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Thanksgiving Day Kids Activities! Help your kids realize how much they have to be grateful for!

Happy Thanksgiving!! Thanksgiving is one of my favorite Holidays! I love the extra chance to literally count my blessings! I’m also grateful for the chance to teach my kids about gratitude! I think it is  such an important trait for them, and all of us,  to develop. Being grateful helps us realize the blessings that we do have, and that we truly are blessed. It also helps us recognize the wonderful things that other people do for us. The words “Thank You” make me smile!

I try to teach my boys gratitude all throughout the year. Especially at Thanksgiving we try to practice being grateful. Here is a list of simple activities to help families realize what they have to be thankful for!

1. A-Z Blessings! It’s the alphabet game! Write something for every letter of the alphabet, all the way from A-Z, that you are thankful for! (This idea was taken from the Children’s Friend Magazine)

2. Gratitude Conversation Starter Questions! Write questions on a piece of paper. A leaf or turkey cut out would be cute.   Set them somewhere in your tablescape. You could tuck them in with the napkins at each place setting or under each plate.  Take turns answering the questions during Thanksgiving Dinner. Questions could include things like: What event during this past year are you most thankful for?   Who has most influenced your life for good this year? Why?  If you could give any one thing to someone you love what would it be?  Why?  What part of school are you most thankful for? Questions can be adjusted for different ages.

3. Gratitude Pictionary or Charades! Each person takes turns drawing or acting out what they are most thankful for.

4. Make Believe!  Pretend that you are stranded on an island and knew you could never get off.  What three things would you take with you? Typically these things are usually the most  dear to us.

5. Gratitude Hand Turkey! Have little kids draw a turkey using a hand as the outline. Here’s a link for an example, https://www.littledairyontheprairie.com/thanksgiving-turkey-name-place-cards/ .  Write one thing the kids are thankful for on each feather.

6. Gratitude Turkey! Have the kids draw a tree, or cut a small branch from a tree in your yard. Cut leaves out of paper and write what you are grateful for on them and fill the tree with leaves.

7. Thank You Notes! We go through thank you notes at our house by the dozens. It is an easy way for kids to express gratitude to others for their many kindnesses. People are always doing nice things for us, so we are always writing thank you’s. Children can write to Mom’s or Dad’s. Mom’s and Dad’s can write to children. Neighbors love knowing they are appreciated. The mail man likes to be appreciated and so does the bus driver. School teachers need to be thanked more often than just on teacher appreciation day. Even you waitress would love to get a thank you note. Be creative! I bet you have lots of people you could thank too!

What I am most thankful for!

Of course, I am most thankful for these crazy guys! They are my life! I’m excited to spend the day celebrating all of life’s goodness with them! Have a great day with your family! Happy Thanksgiving!!

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About Amy Engberson

I live on a dairy with my husband and three boys. Although we are in the business of raising cattle, we really are in the business of raising boys. I am passionate about catching up with each other at meal times. My love language is food. And I hope that my men feel the love in every bite. Read more...

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  1. Harry Flunners says

    December 13, 2013 at 1:15 pm

    who is the bald hunk to your left?

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  2. Thingamabobs says

    November 4, 2015 at 12:13 pm

    Stumbled across your page and I’m so happy I did. I’m a Children’s Director and a Mimi so I’m always looking for fun activities for the kids from infant to fourth grades. Thanks for sharing.

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    • Amy Engberson says

      November 12, 2015 at 11:46 am

      You must be a very caring and patient person. Kids always seem to enjoy gratitude activities. Have fun with those little ones.

      Reply
  3. Diana says

    November 22, 2015 at 7:50 pm

    Great ideas! We are feeding the missionaries and a few other people we don’t know well, these will be great for conversation starters at the table and writing things we are grateful for will fill up some time!

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    • Amy Engberson says

      November 29, 2015 at 9:15 pm

      When I was growing up we always invited people over for Thanksgiving that we hardly knew. Sometimes you need a few time fillers. I hope these ideas worked well and you had a fabulous holiday!

      Reply
  4. logiciel.immo pour agence says

    June 5, 2016 at 2:33 pm

    Wow, incredible post

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