Supplies Needed:basket, box, or other container
paper slips
Prepare Ahead:
You can decorate the basket or box as elaborately or simply as you want. We have made them before to resemble turkeys or cornucopias. Use your imagination!
In class or at home:
Encourage children to write things or draw pictures of things for which they are thankful on the paper slips and place them in the container. At the end of class or on Thanksgiving Day, pull out the papers one at a time and thank God for each.
Option: One year at our homeschool group's Thanksgiving Feast, each family created one of these Thanksgiving baskets as the centerpiece for each table. Maybe you could have each Sunday School class work together to create a basket to put on display somewhere in the church building and encourage other church members to write what they are thankful for on the paper slips.
I would love to hear your ideas for cultivating attitudes of gratitude in our children's hearts! Please comment below.
I like this idea of creating a special place for our special things. As a suggestion, why not have the children create their own baskets in class for their respective homes. Then do the activity in class with the slips of paper as an example for the kids. Then have the directions typed up and send the children home with their baskets and directions to do this activity at home. This way they are bringing what they learned in Sunday school home with them to share with the family.
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ReplyDeleteGreat idea! Thanks for sharing.