Although we should be teaching our children about being thankful all through the year, the fall is a great time to especially focus on this character quality, as well as teaching our children the meaning behind the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.
I’ve gathered up 30 crafts and activities from around the web that you can use to teach children to be thankful this fall, or anytime of the year. I hope you find some new activities on this list that your family can enjoy together and maybe you will even start a new yearly tradition with one of the ideas below.
Thankfulness Scripture Copywork (FREE) at My Joy-Filled Life
Thankful Wreath with Paper Leaves at Meaningful Mama
Blessing Tree at Raising Arrows
Thankful Turkey Box at I Heart Crafty Things
The Thankful Thanksgiving Jar at Little House Living
Thanksgiving Tree at Apron Strings & Other Things
Gratitude Leaves Craft at Rhythms of Play
Thankful Sunflower Paper Plate Craft at Homeschool Preschool
Thankful Turkey Craft at A Dab of Glue Will Do
The Gratitude Game at Teach Beside Me
Even more ideas (not pictured):
Cultivating Thankful Hearts: A Unit Study on Thankfulness (FREE) at Blessed Beyond a Doubt
7-Day Thanksgiving Family Devotion (FREE) at Proverbial Homemaker
Printable Thanksgiving Cards (FREE) at Crazy Little Projects
30 Days of Giving Thanks Printable (FREE) at 3 Dinosaurs
Thanksgiving Thankful Countdown (FREE Printable) at Blue Cricket Design
Family Thankful Jar (FREE Printable) at Solagratiamom
I Am Thankful Pumpkin Craft at The Moffatt Girls
DIY Thank You Cards at True Aim
Give Thanks Gratitude Board at Jellybean Junkyard
Blessings Bags Service Project at Inspired Academy Homeschool
Turkey Thank You Card Craft at DecoArt Blog
A Thankful Heart Activity for Kids at Lasso the Moon
Gratitude Prayer Flags at Nurture Store
Gratitude Journal at Confessions of an Overworked Mom
Gratitude Plate at Dukes & Duchesses
Thankful Handprint Turkey Craft at Happy Home Fairy
Thanksgiving Scattergories Bible Game at Christianity Cove
I Am Thankful For….. Writing Activity Packet (FREE) at Golden Reflections Blog
Printable Gratitude Cards (FREE) at Serving Joyfully
Thankful Writing Prompt Family Activity at I Heart Crafty Things
What a fabulous list of ideas! I’ll be going through and picking a couple to complete with my family this Fall. Thank you so much for including our Family Writing Prompt and Thankful Turkey Box in your round up!
there are so many wonderful and crafty ideas here , I love how you put everything together for us to make it that much easier to grab them and download, so thank and thanks for sharing @tisonlyme143
Fall is one of my favorite times of year. I love all these ideas for crafts! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Sarah! This post really caught my eye from Diamonds in the Rough. What a great list of fall ideas. Love the Thankful Wreath! Hope to do some of these this fall!
Christa @littlelogcottageschool.com
I had to pin this list so I can do these activities with my kiddos for Thanksgiving! Thanks for the inspiration 🙂
What a wonderful collection of Thanksgiving activities. Thanksgiving is my favorite fall celebration. I way prefer it to Halloween, which seems like a greedy holiday in comparison. I have pinned your post! Thanks for linking up. #Team MM
I really liked the thankful paper leaf wreath and the other ideas in this post. Thanks so much for collecting everything in one place.
As usual, this is an AMAZING resource post Sarah!! You’ve been selected as one of my features for next week 🙂 Also, pinned to a couple boards!!!
So glad you were able to link this post up at this week’s “Inspired By Me Mondays” link-up!! Love this post 🙂 Hope you are able to join us again next week; open from Monday to Friday each week, Rachael @ http://www.parentingandhomeschoolinginfaith.com
Facebook has done it again! After entering this contest and another one yesterday, Facebook has restricted me from “Liking” any pages until the 8th AND “unliked” anything I’ve liked in the past 0 days!!! I would hate to be chosen as the winner then thought to have been dishonest in liking the pages 🙁
Thank you for the introduction to so many awesome new blogs, pages to follow! Excited to read and get to know more about several especially! 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway too of course! 😉
Great ideas, good job.
Thanks so much for sharing my craft! Off to check out the others. Sharing!
Thank you for sharing my thankful turkeys!