We try to teach our kids to be grateful for the things that have and appreciate that not everyone has the same blessings that we have. I don’t think they quite understand that everyone has different blessings and situations. In November we try to have different ways that we can think about those blessings. The kids have come to look forward to our different “thankful” traditions. Try one of these with your family this month.
1) Make a turkey out of styrofoam wrapped in yarn. Add “thankful” feathers throughout the month. We love going back to previous years feathers to look at what we were thankful for.
2) Make and decorate a thankful placemat. Laminate them and use it for Thanksgiving dinner.
3) Make a thankful wall. Put a piece of butcher paper on the wall someplace and challenge each family member to add something original each day in November.
4) Make a thankful tree. Make a tree out of construction paper or a real branch and make paper leaves with what you are thankful for written on them and put it on your tree. See example and pattern here
What are your family traditions for showing thankfulness in November?
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