I'm addicted to making these cute boxes. My Halloween countdown ones are pictured on my creative blog. My cute friend Kristen found this idea for a Thanksgiving countdown. I liked the idea of no candy involoved after Halloween and all!! I decided to use the box idea again, but this time no round ones or oval. I bought all square.....a quick job for the paper cutter. I really like it. Turns out that scrapbooking is way more enjoyable when you don't have to use pictures!
Each day has a little paper with something to be thankful for and an assignment to write about in their Thanksgiving journals. (I just bought little 5x7 ish sized notebooks). My friend Jen wanted me to send them to her, so here are my ideas if anyone is interested for their kids as well. I like it because we can focus on gratitude all month.
1. I am thankful for my eyes –write about 5 things that you love to see in your life right now
2. I am thankful for my mom and dad—write about something special you have done recently with mom and dad or something you love about them
3. I am thankful for my siblings—write about 3 things you love to do with your siblings
4. I am thankful for my house—write about your favorite room in our house and what you like about it
5. I am thankful for our cars—write about where you sit in the car right now and your favorite things about our car
6. I am thankful for my toys—write about 5 of your favorite things to play with this year
7. I am thankful for my family—write about 2 things you like to do with our whole family
8. I am thankful for my grandparents—write something you like about each grandparent
9. I am thankful for my ears—write about three of your favorite music groups, songs, or instruments right now
10. I am thankful for my school—write about some cool things you like about this school year
11. I am thankful for food—write about 5 of your favorite things to eat
12. I am thankful for friends—write about 3 friends you like to hang out with and what you do with them
13. I am thankful for my healthy body—write about 3 things you like to do for exercise
14. I am thankful for my cousins—write about a memory you’ve had this year with at least one of your cousins
15. I am thankful for church—write about your primary class, singing time, or the primary program
16. I am thankful for money—write about what you would buy if you had $100 dollars given to you today
17. I am thankful for Christ—write about why Christ is important to you
18. I am thankful for my testimony—write about your testimony and the things you believe to be true
19. I am thankful for my future—write about what you think you will be doing in 10 years…..
20. I am thankful for vacations—write about somewhere you would like to go with our family on a vacation
21. I am thankful for holidays—write about 2 of your favorite days we celebrate every year
22. I am thankful for talents—write about 5 talents you have
23. I am thankful for sports—write about your favorite sport to play and to watch
24. I am thankful for Thanksgiving day—write about your top three favorite foods to eat on Thanksgiving day
5 comments:
Love this idea. My boxes would not be so cute though. Now I am going to have to check out your creative corner.
Geneva you are an inspiration. Thank you for sharing this great idea!
Hi Geneva,
We were just missing you.. Brandon is back in YM and has a wonderful YW pres that he works with, but he said, "She's no Geneva Chugg.." so take that as a compliment. He went on to say that he appreciated your flexibility and communication skills and wishes that all YW president's could be like you! We miss you guys! Baby 4 will be here on Monday! I'll post our announcement on our blog, so check it out when you can! PS your creative projects amaze me. How in the world do you find the time??
I like the boxes, I like the idea, I like the colors... I like that they look great... I like you
These are adorable. I like all boxes. Again, where do you display them? Cute with the journals etc. I'm totally copying next year!
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