Gratitude (Thanksgiving)

Sunday School Projects & Activities

• Build a Psalms First Aid Kit - Help your pupils study the Psalms and build a "first aid" kit of verses to help in times of trouble
• David's Prayer Journal - Shep and Lily discuss David's psalms and encourage kids to keep their own prayer journal
• Gratitude List - Print a blank numbered list with thanksgiving graphics to give to your students
• Students Write Their Own Psalms - Use a series of questions for children to answer as part of the process of writing a psalm
• Write Thank You Notes - Ideas about who to give thank you notes to and tips on how to personalize each note

Fun & Games

• Be Thankful - A message about the one leper who was thankful
• Break the Code - Gratitude - Discover a message about gratitude
• Coloring Page - Cornucopia of Plenty
• Coloring Page - Give Thanks to the Lord
• Coloring Page - Happy Thanksgiving
• Coloring Page - Hezekiah writes a letter of thanks to God
• Coloring Page - I'm thankful for...
• Coloring Page - Thanksgiving
• Coloring Page - What's Missing? Thanksgiving Dinner
• Expressions of Gratitude - Which person expressed gratitude for these blessings?
• Give Thanks (Color by Number) - Color in the words 'give thanks' using the listed color and number combinations.
• I Give Thanks For... - Answer questions in this activity to help you write your own Psalm
• Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand (Word Search) - Circle words from the story of Jesus feeding the multitude
• Picture the Lad - Draw a picture of the boy who gave Jesus his lunch
• Prayer of Thanksgiving - Match who said a prayer of Thanksgiving for each event
• Praying and Giving Thanks - Read 1 Thessalonians 5:17-18 then find your way through the maze
• Psalm 107 - Match the leaf pattern to discover the Bible verse
• Psalm 117 - This is the shortest psalm in the Bible. Write two things that you praise God for
• Psalm 147 - Fill in the words from the Psalm and then find those objects in the picture
• Psalm 148 - Fill in the words from the Psalm and then find those objects in the picture
• Thank You Letter to God - Write a thank you to God in the space below.
• Thanksgiving - How many words can you make using the word Thanksgiving?
• Thanksgiving Card - Write and decorate a thank you card for someone you are grateful for in your life
• Thanksgiving Game - Add 6 things you are grateful for to the turkey's feathers
• Thanksgiving Psalms - Use brown, red, orange, and yellow crayons to trace the words from Psalm 95:2.
• Thanksgiving Word Find - A word search puzzle with Bible verses about giving thanks
• Thanksgiving Word Scramble - Unscramble the letters in each apple to find out what we can be grateful for
• Twelve Baskets - Circle the twelve baskets hidden in the picture
• What's for Lunch? - Fun coloring by number picture of the five loaves and two fishes
• Who Gave Thanks? - Match the statements of gratitude with the correct person from the Bible.
• Year of the Jubilee and Thanksgiving - Read about the Year of the Jubilee in Leviticus 25. Use the Venn diagram to compare the Year of Jubilee and Thanksgiving.

Read a Story

Bible Characters Gratitude

• Giviing Gratitude (younger children)

Raising of Lazarus
Read John 11:1- 44

• Jesus Raises Lazarus (younger children)
• Lazarus the Dead Man Whom Jesus Called out of the Grave (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Ten Lepers
Read Luke 17:11-19

• The Man Who Remembered (younger children)
• The Ten Lepers (older children/teens)
• Ten Poor Lepers (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Feeding the 5,000
Read Matt 14:13-22

• Jesus Feeds 5,000 (younger children)
• A Boy's Lunch-Basket, and a Great Miracle (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Gratitude is Riches
Read Psalms

• A Praise Psalm (younger children)
• Psalm 100 (younger children)
• Psalm 113 (younger children)
• Psalm 136 (younger children)
• Psalm 67 (younger children)
• A Psalm for Giving Thanks (younger children)
• Shep and Lily - David's Prayer Journal (younger children)
• Psalm 139 (older children/teens)
• Psalm 145 (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions