15 Free Printable Gratitude Activities for Kids to Be Thankful

Free printable gratitude activities for Thanksgiving or any time of year.

Raising grateful children can be a challenge, especially in the instant gratification, everything at our fingertips world in which we live.  But helping our children to understand the blessings around them and to truly appreciate them is an important part of our job as parents.

Helping our kids learn to be thankful is something that we often focus on around Thanksgiving, but it's a lesson that we should reinforce all year long. That's why I've pulled together an awesome collection of free printable gratitude activities to help kids learn to be thankful.



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Free Printable Gratitude Activities for Kids

These free printable activities will encourage your kids to express their gratitude, whether by sending a thank you note or letter, or by writing and drawing the things that they are most thankful for. There are wonderful ideas for every age and many that are worthy of using as decorations in your home!

And remember, while many of these activities are Fall themed, there are several that can be used all year long to help promote the attitude of gratitude for your entire family.

Ideas featured in photo collage above are marked with an * for your convenience.

Beary Thankful Gratitude Activity*

Today We are Thankful For... Printable Sign

Thank You Cards to Color

Thanksgiving Activity Pack for the Kids Table

Printable Christmas Thank You Note

Thankful Leaves Printable Art* (The Best Ideas for Kids)

Printable Thanksgiving Placemats* (Mama. Papa. Bubba.)

Printable Gratitude Ornaments (Little Bins for Little Hands)

Printable Gratitude Pumpkin* (Faithful Little Hands)

Thankful Printable Inspired by Thanksgiving for Emily Ann* (Homebound But Hopeful)

Printable Thankful Photo Scavenger Hunt (Edventures with Kids)

Printable Gratitude Conversation Starters (Creative Family Fun)

Thanksgiving Emergent Reader Book (Totschooling)

Thankful Journal Writing Prompt (School Time Snippets)

Gratitude Leaves Banner with Printable Letters (To Be a Kid Again)

5 Fun Thankful Printables (Natural Beach Living)

20 More Thanksgiving Printables

Want more great ideas to encourage the entire family to be thankful this season? I've found 20 awesome Thanksgiving printables including kids activities, decor, and our Thanksgiving planner! See them all here.

Books to Encourage Kids to Be Thankful