The document provides activities for children to express gratitude, including drawing pictures of things they are thankful for and creating a gratitude jar. For the drawing activity, children can draw things like their family, a possession, or something else they appreciate and include a note of thanks to God. For the gratitude jar, children make paper strips to write things they are grateful for each day, put them in a decorated jar, and at the end of the week review all the blessings God has given them. The purpose is to encourage showing gratitude through praise and thankfulness.

1. Have Fun
with Gratitude
There are many ways that you can show your
gratitude for the many blessings that fill your life.
Here are a few activities that you can do to show
your gratitude!
Draw your praise
Think of something you are grateful for, and then
draw a picture of it.
I am grateful for my ________________ because
they take such good care of me.
Jesus, thank You for my ________________ because
it is so special to me!
I love my ______________, and am thankful that
they are in my life, Jesus!
I will praise the LORD at all times. I will
constantly speak his praises. (Psalm 34:1 NLT)

2. Gratitude jar
Things you will need:
• A clean jar
• Some colorful construction paper
• A pen or pencil
• Scissors
Cut the construction paper into strips and
keep them near your jar. Then, every day, write
something on a strip of paper that you are
thankful for. Praise God for it before you put it in
the jar.
You can write on as many strips as you want,
and for as many things as you are thankful for
every day. Then, at the end of the week, you
can take them all out, and see how much God
has blessed you.
Text adapted from Kids Activated: Praise and Thankfulness. Illustrations by
Danielle Adair. Design by Stefan Merour.
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In everything be thankful.
(1 Thessalonians 5:18 ISV)