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Here are some activity ideas based around
Thanksgiving/Gratitude.
If you have others you would like to add,
e-mail them to me.
 Gratitude baskets - Each girl
brought a dozen cookies, brownies, etc...I bought some baskets and they each
made a basket of goodies for someone that they wanted to thank. They wrote a
nice letter of appreciation to send with the basket.
(Idea by Cindy)
Thanksgiving Activity - First we are
going to talk about
manners. Then they are going to
learn how to set a table correctly. After that we are going to make a
Thanksgiving Blessing mix. They
will each take one home. I am going to line up the ingredients on the
counter. They will fill their cellophane baggie with these ingredients.
After all the ingredients are in the bag. They will close the bag
and attach the ingredients and the meaning. I already have it
typed up on cute Thanksgiving paper. (Idea by Jaime Bond)
Blessings Mix
Our Thanksgiving Activity by
Karen Forrest
Thanksgiving Activity - First we
learned a song in the Children's song book (about being thankful) so we
were able to pass off that requirement in the program... then we played
some games that included listing our blessings. We played "hot
potato"... whoever ended up with the ball when the music stopped had to
say what they were thankful for 5 times really fast... and they could
not repeat what had already been said. The second game is a little
harder to explain, because I don't know the name of the original
game... you sit in a circle and keep a rhythm by slapping your legs and
clapping your hands... in the original game I think you say something
like you are going on a picnic and bringing along a "_______". Then the
next person says the same thing, they are going on a picnic and bringing
a "_______" and a "_________" (repeating all the foods in order that the
people before them said, and also adding a new one to the list) ANYWAY
we did that game substituting what we want for Thanksgiving dinner, and
then AGAIN listing the things we are thankful for. It was kind of hard,
but the girls thought it was fun. For dessert we had chocolate
chip pumpkin bread. (Idea by Vanessa in Arizona)
Indian Corn on a stick
Camp Thankful (Activity) by Rochelle Hale
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