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Yes, Amanda there is a Thanksgiving!

We’ve already listened to Christmas music, watched a Christmas movie and honestly, I’m chomping at the bits to decorate our house. With Truth in the Tinsel already whirlling around me, I’ve had Christmas on the brain for months!

But I feel bad for lonely old Thanksgiving. I want to celebrate it with gusto. I want my kids to feel the slowness of the day and have time to contemplate what they are thankful for.

Thankful Leaves

The other day we were at the Dollar Tree (picking up stuff for Operation Christmas Child) and I saw these cute autumn colored leaf doilies. I was thinking I could make a garland with them because my cousin (who lives in California and I only see and talk to via Instagram) posted a cute picture of a thankful-leaf-garland they made. And I wanted to copy her. Because that’s what I do.

Thankful Leaves

Instead, I went for the less crafty idea and we are filling this pretty glass pumpkin (Walmart, $4!!) with leaves. At every meal (and somtimes at other times during the day), the kids write down what they are thankful for and we put it in the pumpkin. Then, when we eat dinner together we pull them out to read them all. Well, actually, we haven’t eaten dinner together since we’ve started doing this–but we will tonight!

Thanksgiving tradition

Most of the time they are writing things like, “bugs”, “water”, “sunshine”. Apparently, they are super thankful! I love it, though, because I love to see their minds and hearts work. I love facilitating a simple activity for them that actually has big repercussions!

2014 Update: The kids would not throw away any of their leaves, so when we pack away the glass pumpkin, we keep the leaves inside. So, when Fall rolls around and we unpack our (very limited) Fall decor, the glass pumpkin comes out first and the kids love reading through all the old leaves and remembering the things they are thankful for. I love it!

Speaking of leaves, the new printable art for Praying God’s Word for Your Kids is up on our Facebook page. It’s nice and autumn-y for you!  Like it?

Philippians 2:3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Printable Scripture art from ohAmanda.com

 

Do you have any thankful Thanksgiving traditions?

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Comments

  1. Sara R says

    November 12, 2012 at 3:45 pm

    Something that I’ve done a few times and got from my mom is to place a few kernels of corn at each place then everyone says one thing they’re thankful for for each kernel. You pass a basket and put the kernels in. I guess if you had a lot of people or gave each person a lot of kernels you could make pop corn afterwards. 🙂

    I’ve done a few thankful craft things through the years but we’ve not latched on to one in particular.

    • oh amanda says

      November 12, 2012 at 4:00 pm

      Oh, I’ve heard of a corn kernel tradition like that. I love it!

      a

  2. Rebecca says

    November 12, 2012 at 11:57 pm

    I have been reading for a few years. Love your blog! We took brown paper from a grocery bag and made a large tree trunk. We taped it to the wall and made hand leaves from each kid. We put the leaves in a bowl on the table and then have the family write what we’re thankful for. Tape it to the tree. It makes quite a statement at 3 to 4 feet tall. Precious.

  3. Allyson @ All Our Days says

    November 13, 2012 at 9:46 am

    Love this idea, Amanda! Simple but gets right to the point of taking time to be thankful. I also love that there’s no need to feel guilty for not finishing another holiday craft project 🙂

  4. Teresa Conley says

    October 10, 2013 at 6:08 pm

    Thanks so much! I really love the printable but can’t find it on your facebook page or get things to download (I tried Safari and Chrome). Any help would be greatly appreciated. I’m trying to get scriptures on the walls of my home to get them into my children’s hearts and minds (and mine too).

  5. Keri says

    November 6, 2014 at 7:19 pm

    How cute! We started making a thankful tree this year and are loving it! It’s a great way to focusing on being grateful as we move into Christmas!

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