ACTIVITIES
The children will participate in a group celebration.
The children will create a sacrificial gift of thankfulness for God.
It is important to give generously, but it is also important to receive with thanksgiving in your heart. This activity will help kids learn both.
The children will identify thankfulness in their lives.
Kids will make a daily reminder to help them know the Lord is worthy of praise.
The children will identify times when it is easy or hard to show thankfulness.
The children will write letters to God as an act of worship.
It is always important to thank those who have helped us.
The children will find treat bags and practice showing thankfulness.
The children will list words by using the letters in “thankfulness.”
BULLETIN BOARDS
With this colorful bulletin board, children take time to stop and consider God's many wonders, as suggested in Job 37:14
A very colorful bulletin board to show thanksgiving to God for all the great things He provides.
CRAFTS
In this free Sunday school craft, children make a beautiful flower to remind them to be thankful for all God does.
Kids make a field of flowers to show the many blessings they have from God.
Kids have fun making this personalized bookmark for their dads
Free Sunday school craft - As children drift off to sleep, they think about Jesus. Then in the morning, they thank Him for a new day.
In this free Sunday school craft, kids will make a beautiful flower, which displays their love and thankfulness for their mothers.
A craft that will help children remember to pray for specific needs.
In this free Sunday school craft, kids use items from home to make a personalized three-dimensional picture that will help remind them how to live for Jesus.
The children will learn they can be thankful by praising God through music.
A simple yet colorful basket the children can enjoy filling with God’s provisions.
GAMES
A fun Thanksgiving game for kids that involves patience, teamwork and using the Bible.
The children will help one another and practice showing thankfulness.
The children will guess the pictures to discover how to show thankfulness.
LESSONS
Jesus' parable of the prodigal son demonstrates the qualities of a loving father. Through today's lesson, children will learn that all of us can have this type of loving relationship with our Heavenly Father.
After completing this lesson, the children will be able to recognize and give thanks for the many blessings they have in Christ Jesus.
After completing this Sunday school lesson, the children will learn that God always has been and always will be infinitely good. Children will also learn that any of the good they have comes from God.
After completing this lesson, the children will learn that thankfulness can be shown through sacrifice.
Through this lesson, children will see that we should honor our mothers everyday of the year.
God’s helpers are willing to stand up for others.
After completing this lesson, the children will understand how they can express their thankfulness to God through songs of praise.
After completing this lesson, the children will learn that we can be thankful no matter what!
Stand-alone lessons that teach children we should give thanks to God with a joyful heart for all that He provides.
A three week lesson series that teach children how to express their thankfulness to God for all that He provides.
After completing this lesson, the children will understand true thanksgiving and how they can show they are thankful for all of the blessings given to them by God.
OBJECT TALKS
Prayers must be sincere and heartfelt or they are little more than wasted breath.
PUZZLES
(Word Search) After completing this word search, the children will not be puzzled as to why God's jealousy is holy and just while theirs is not.
(Word Search) The children will search for words that represent thankfulness.
SKITS
The children will act out a skit about thankfulness and sacrifice. (Skit of seven.)