WITH fridge magnets Write things you are thankful for with fridge magnets. Occasionally, use the words on the fridge to fuel thanks prayers before a meal. Younger children might enjoy drawing pictures to stick on with magnets, while older children might like to make this into a game where you have to add your words… [Continue Reading]

WITH a game of Twister 1 Play the game as you usually would (for details see the box). 2 Each time you place a hand or foot on a colour, say a one line prayer thanking God for something in that category. (see below) To speed up the game, you could go through each category… [Continue Reading]

WITH biscuits and writing icing 1 Think about something you’d like to thank God for, then draw or write it on a biscuit. 2 When you’ve finished, look at your biscuit saying a silent prayer of thanks, then eat it with joy (!) as a way of saying thank you to God. This activity is… [Continue Reading]

WITH a large sheet of paper and felt tip pens 1 Spend some time writing or drawing things which you would like to thank God for. You could do this over several sessions, perhaps leaving the sheet up somewhere with a pen so people can add to it whenever they like. 2 Spend few minutes… [Continue Reading]

WITH a bowl of water and a towel (or you could do this in the bath or round a basin) 1 Sit close to the water, and think about things you have thought, said or done which were not right. 2 Take it in turns to say sorry to God and wash your hands as… [Continue Reading]

WITH a packet of different coloured sweets e.g. Skittles, Opal Fruits, Jelly Babies 1 Open the packet of sweets and take it in turns to pick one. (You could do this eyes open or closed to make it more tricky.) 2 When you have your sweet, before you eat it, say a prayer asking God… [Continue Reading]

WITH play dough 1 Chat about things you could like to thank God for. 2 Make models of the things you are thankful to God for. 3 Depending on how quickly your dough dries out, you could leave your models out and keep adding to them, or use clay or Fimo instead and let them… [Continue Reading]