Thanksgiving Zone

Host a CANDY PANCAKE BREAKFAST for the kids! It’s something they will LOVE, TALK ABOUT, and LOOK FORWARD TO, and even BRING A FRIEND!

Pastor Brett Belleque will be presenting a series to help children's workers learn how to sculpt FUN with balloons!

Pastor Brett Belleque will be presenting a series to help children's workers learn how to sculpt FUN with balloons!

A Thanksgiving lesson by Karl Bastian & Tom Bump that challenges kids to show thanks in creative ways. 

It's never too late to say thanks. "It's time to dig out those thank you cards," writes Pastor Karl Bastian, the Kidologist. "You better 'make your list, and check it twice' - because if you forget someone, it won't be nice!"

Help kids turn complaints around and see the positive.

A mom and dad share 22 of their favorite Thanksgiving family traditions.

Paper Crafts for Teaching Thankfulness to Kids  

Thankfulness goes beyond the words and phrases we use. 

How you welcome your holiday guests is a powerful tool in your arsenal of customer service offerings. Keep in mind: you never get a second chance to make a first impression.

Thanksgiving Sunday PJ Day. Using A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving movie, explain that God keeps His P-romises and remind them that no matter what life throws our way, He brings J-oy to our life!

What are you grateful for today?

Are you prepared for special needs kids in your ministry? Here are 10 tips to help you!

The following lesson is taken from a Proverbs series.  The children discover that we can have an attitude of generous giving when we remember that God has given us everything.

A fun object lesson using "thankful" scriptures to stuff a turkey.

Here is a fall-themed midweek outreach lesson plan that includes a 19-page Word doc with activities that can be used at any time during the year.

Want to teach the children in your ministry about thankfulness? This lesson on Jehoshaphat from 2 Chronicles 20 will help them learn the importance of being thankful, no matter what!

Some Thanksgiving themed jokes to help with your teaching, skits or puppet routines.

This is the Thanksgiving lesson we will be doing in Children's Church this year. Feel free to use whatever pieces would be helpful to you :)

This Bible lesson from Psalm 100:4-5 about Thanksgiving was first used in our Sunday morning children’s church with Kindergarten – 6th grade students. It could also work as a Thanksgiving Sunday School lesson or any other children’s ministry teaching time.

Check out this awesome Thanksgiving Puppet Script, which is designed to teach children a lesson on thankfulness!

The story of Luke 17:11-19 being acted out

A humorous story of a reformed parrot.

Here is an object lesson for Thanksgiving to remind us how much we have to be thankful for!

An easy fun snack-craft for Thanksgiving!

Meal or class idea using a kernel of corn as a reminder to be thankful for what we have.

This is a complete Thanksgiving lesson including an Ice Breaker, a skit, and a puppet script.

Not many people realize that Abraham Lincoln created Thanksgiving and made it an official holiday. Here is the speech from when he did it.

Children submit recipes explaining how their mothers cooked Thanksgiving dishes. Comical.

Make a turkey craft using a rubber glove.

Poem about being thankful for every situation you're facing.

Umbongo is an African word which means a present which we give to another person to express our thanks to them. Why not bring an Umbongo this Sunday as you come to Sunday School?

An idea for an early Thanksgiving service at church.

A cornucopia made out of paper plates which has a pocket full of thanks.

Raising money to feed the homeless

Every Thanksgiving, our third graders make a Cornucopia basket and fruit from construction paper. This can be done for the whole month, even as a side project from the regular lesson, or it can be the lesson itself.

George Washington 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation full text and background information

Throughout our nation's history there have been champions of freedom who bore a dramatic influence in the rise of freedom in America.

Everyone comes dressed in their PJ's for a fun night of games & devotion.

Kids trace their hand and write things for which they are thankful.

Place stickers on each other and tell why you are thankful.

Good review lesson. Children stuff sweatshirt with balloons if they answer correctly.

The Bible say's in Ephesians 5:20 "Always give thanks to God for everything. This lesson reminds us how blessed we truly are and that we must give thanks to God for all things both big and small.

After a year of prayer, we gave thanks for God's goodness to us.

Relecting on all the things we have to be thankful for. Allow time to let the children interact. A thankful heart makes Jesus very happy.

The Food Pantry Coordinator of our church wanted to assist needy families with Thanksgiving food baskets of love. To help collect items for this event, the teenagers went on a scavenger hunt to collect non-perishable food items and/or money donations.

Things you may not know about the history of Thanksgiving that you can use to teach.

Use letters in your name to begin things for which you are thankful.

This is a Thanksgiving version of the popular PIT game by Parker Brothers... and the kids will gobble it up!