Gratitude Month

The month of November, we encourage you to be grateful every day...not just Thanksgiving. But how can you do that? We came across this sweet list of how to intentionally make gratitude a part of your daily life! 

 Ideas for a Month of Gratitude 

* Post something you’re thankful for every day on social media. 

* Create a construction paper tree and tape construction paper leaves to it. Each leaf should have one item you or the family is thankful for that day. 

* Drag a large branch into the house and hang construction paper leaves or other shapes with thankful lists on them. 

* Post thankfulness quotes and verses around the house for everyone to read and contemplate. 

* Buy some thank you cards (I love these!) and write one out every day in November, expressing thankfulness to and for all the important people in your life. 

* Do a study on thankfulness during the month. While you’re at it, memorize four thankfulness verses – one for each week. 

* Begin keeping a gratitude journal – recording one thing every day for which you are thankful before going to bed that day. 

* Share “Three Blessings” at Thanksgiving dinner. 

* Start a blessings book. Keep a journal that is completed with your “Three Blessings” shared at Thanksgiving dinner for everyone in attendance. 

* Purchase a white or cream-colored tablecloth, hand out fabric markers, and have each person at Thanksgiving dinner write one item for which they are grateful. 

* Some families celebrate gratitude by gift-giving at Thanksgiving instead of Christmas. The idea is to keep the focus on Jesus at Christmas and teach gratitude for gifts by tying the gift to the tradition of thanks.