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Give Thanks Jar

By: Britni Vigil
10/30/2013Updated: 8/08/2020
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I’m in full on Thanksgiving mood over here these days if you couldn’t tell by my gratitude game post on Sunday or this one. And I’ll apologize now if you aren’t a Thanksgiving person because they are going to keep on coming over the next few weeks. I had the great opportunity to try out Bird’s Party Thanksgiving Printables and they just brought out the craftiness in me.

A typical tradition during Thanksgiving dinner is to go around the table and have everyone say something that they’re thankful for, or at least that’s how it worked at my house. I always hate having to come up with the perfect answer on the spot, the answer that no one else thought of and that isn’t a generic “my family,” type answer. This year I thought it would be fun to take the tradition one step further and come up with things I’m grateful for all month long and create a give thanks jar to keep them all in. It’s a simple jar that I can fill up with the things I’m grateful for as I think of them including the random ones like Amazon.com and fuzzy socks to the more important ones like K and my beliefs.

Give Thanks Jar with Free Printables from playpartyplan.com #Thanksgiving #crafts

And best of all? Not only do I have a jar of things I’m grateful for, I have cute decorations to put on my mantel to replace my mummy drink bottles. I love killing two birds with one stone. This is one of the easiest things ever but I’ll give you step by step instructions anyway, what else would I do with all the pictures I took?

Give Thanks Jar

Supplies

  • Mason jar (although really any container would work)
  • Container for your blank pieces of paper (I got mine at Target in the dollar section)
  • Colored paper cut up into slips of paper
  • Ribbon (or whatever you want to use to embellish the bottle)
  • Bird’s Party Thanksgiving Printables 
  • Glue/adhesive of some sort

Instructions

Step 1 – Print and cut out your Thanksgiving printables.
Step 2 – Decorate jar with ribbon, printables, and any other embellishments you want.

Give Thanks Jar with Free Printables from playpartyplan.com #Thanksgiving #crafts
Step 3 – Write things you’re thankful for on the slips of paper (either all at once as a family activity or throughout the month when inspiration strikes) and put them in the jar.

Step 4 – On Thanksgiving day, or when the time is right, open the jar one day and read all of the things that you’re thankful for. It’s always fun to see what people come up with when they have longer than a few minutes to think about it.

Give Thanks Jar with Free Printables from playpartyplan.com #Thanksgiving #crafts

What would be the first thing you would put in a Give Thanks Jar?

If you liked this post you should check out these other Thanksgiving ideas.

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  1. Emily SimpleLifeFireWife says

    Posted on 11/3 at 10:16 pm

    What a sweet idea. I love opening them on Thanksgiving day 🙂
    -Emily @ http://www.simplelifeofafirewife.com

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    • Britni Vigil says

      Posted on 11/7 at 9:02 pm

      Me too! I thought it could be a fun new Thanksgiving tradition.

      Reply
  2. Sarah Vanderkooy says

    Posted on 11/3 at 7:49 pm

    What a great idea, it looks really cute too.

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    • Britni Vigil says

      Posted on 11/7 at 9:01 pm

      Thanks Sarah!

      Reply
  3. tljwlj says

    Posted on 11/4 at 12:48 pm

    I think this would be great to do in Classroom. Then before Holiday let Students read what is in the jar. On;ly problem is I’ve not been able to down load. Keeps asking for password. Not sure why but tried 3 times. Hope I can get back here to look at this project and do for my class.
    Thanks wanda

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    • Britni Vigil says

      Posted on 11/7 at 9:03 pm

      Wanda, what are you trying to download? If you’re trying to download the printables they are on Bird’s Party Facebook page. I’m not sure what password you are referring to but feel free to email me and hopefully I can help you out.

      Reply
  4. Lucy T says

    Posted on 11/5 at 2:13 pm

    Just saw this on the Pincentive Blog Hop. {We are co-hosting this week, Yay!} We are doing something very similar only ours involves acorns as not all of my children can write yet. Yours is so cute.

    Reply
    • Britni Vigil says

      Posted on 11/7 at 9:03 pm

      Oh I’d love to see it if you share it online, acorns sounds really fun.

      Reply
  5. Jeanette L. says

    Posted on 11/6 at 6:09 am

    My daughter will be so cute with this idea…this really does set the tone for the holidays. What a great idea…thanks for sharing. Found you on the Show & Tell board. 🙂

    Reply
    • Britni Vigil says

      Posted on 11/7 at 9:04 pm

      Thanks for stopping by Jeanette! I hope your daughter loves it.

      Reply
  6. Joanne T Ferguson says

    Posted on 11/8 at 8:15 am

    G’day Britni and what a great idea, true!
    Love seeing all things creative, especially around Thanksgiving time too!
    Cheers! Joanne
    Viewed as part of Cathy’s Bloggers Showcase: Thanksgiving (Fall) Recipe RoundUp

    Reply
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