Thanksgiving tree. Create a tree out of paper, repurposed wood, or a simple drawing, and have students attach things they are thankful for to the tree.
List things to be thankful for. Give students 10 minutes to write down things they are thankful for. The goal is to write them down as quickly as you can so you can complete the list in 10 minutes. Debrief and invite students to make observations about their lists.
Have students write thank you notes to people they love. Add humor by having them write the notes on a turkey out of their hand print tempura paint and construction paper like they did when they were in preschool.
Thank-you notes to students. Have the youth leaders share things they are thankful for to the group. Then tell us about it down below! All rights reserved. No unauthorized use or duplication permitted. Tell the teams that every ounce of creativity needs to be used to transform this ordinary pumpkin. Object: The object of this game is to encourage students to really take time and thank God for everything that He has blessed them with by giving them each a sticky notepad and pen.
Explain to students that even though people focus on being thankful around the Thanksgiving holiday, we should carry out thankfulness every single day, all year round. Encourage students to look at everything around them to help them think about what they are thankful for.
Explain to students that once they each receive a sticky notepad and pen, they will have up to 10 minutes to try and use every single piece of paper in their sticky notepad by writing one thing that they are thankful for on each piece of paper.
After they write what they are thankful for on their piece of paper they have to stick it on one wall within the room. Download and print our free game cards that also include extra so you can make up your own!
This could be done in any setting - classroom or Thanksgiving dinner table with no set up or needed items! Thanksgiving games will not only help us to focus on having an attitude of gratitude, but they also will add to the fun memories of spending time together! Our family has always loved the challenge of a scavenger hunt! Thanksgiving is of course a time we focus on being thankful!
This is a fun way to have kids as well as adults be creative in their thinking of the many things for which we should give thanks for to God.
Instructions: Your team needs to find one of item for each description of things you for which you may be thankful. Something Green Something that smells good Something that smells bad Something long and skinny Something black Something flat Something that can tickle Something that ….. The list could go on and on. Once the time is up, have teams show or tell what they found and why they are thankful for each item.
You may want to include how each one can remind us of God such as the thing that "smells good" can remind us we can be a sweet aroma to God by how we live. When I was younger I loved games like this! But now that I'm older it is so much harder that I feel at a major disadvantage!
There are many ways to present this game. You can place many Thanksgiving items on a cookie tray. Let everyone look at it for about a minute and then remove it from sight. Everyone then tries to write down as many things as they can remember! Items may also be placed on a table and then covered from site. Use a variety of items from a cutout picture of a turkey to an acorn to a can of cranberries, etc.
Make sure to include a Bible as one of the items! Take time to remember another meal And time to remember all that it represented. Truly we have a lot for which to give thanks!
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