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Home » Gratitude Activity for Kids: Thanksgiving Cootie Catcher

Gratitude Activity for Kids: Thanksgiving Cootie Catcher

Published October 29, 2017 28 comments >>

Gratitude or thankfulness is a skill that can be learned through repetitive behavior. This free gratitude activity for kids is an easy way to practice thankfulness with your kids. Plus kids love the fun folded paper cootie catchers / fortune tellers.

Help children practice thankfulness with this gratitude activity for kids. This easy Thanksgiving craft is a free printable Thanksgiving Cootie Catcher. Learn how to fold a cootie catcher / paper fortune teller.This post contains affiliate links. They don’t cost you a thing, but help us bring you creative projects. Read more at Policies & Disclosures.

 

Why Gratitude is Important

Gratitude is closely tied to happiness and satisfaction. Research has shown that grateful people are more likely to be happy, positive, hopeful and physically energetic.  They also tend to be more spiritual, more forgiving, and more empathetic. In addition, thankful people tend to be less depressed, envious and neurotic.

Verbally Expressing Thankfulness

Simple activities that model gratitude can help children make it a habit for life. One easy way to create this habit is to set aside a certain time of day to verbally express and reflect on what you are grateful for in life. Children need to hear adults expressing gratitude.

The Thanksgiving season is a great time to begin practicing this habit of expressing gratitude with your family. Set aside a few minutes each day to express thanks out loud. Our family does this at our evening meal.

Help children practice thankfulness with this gratitude activity for kids. This easy Thanksgiving craft is a free printable Thanksgiving Cootie Catcher. Learn how to fold a cootie catcher / paper fortune teller.

Gratitude Activity for Kids

Finding an easy gratitude activity for kids can make establishing the habit of thankfulness easier on parents. A list of questions can spur the minds of children to get them thinking about gratitude in a bigger way, while a game can keep them interested in the conversation.

This can be as simple as:

  • an easy printable dry erase board that asks kids to reflect and physically write down what they are thankful for
  • a beautiful fabric scrap thankfulness garland that can be used as both an activity and a decoration
  • a fun gratitude bowl that is easy for kids of all ages and encourages discussions

Free Printable Cootie Catchers

I have created a free printable thankfulness activity that kids can fold and use to discuss gratitude. It’s a simple paper fortune-teller (sometimes called a “cootie catcher”) that is popular with elementary school students.

Help children practice thankfulness with this gratitude activity for kids. This easy Thanksgiving craft is a free printable Thanksgiving Cootie Catcher. Learn how to fold a cootie catcher / paper fortune teller.

How to Fold Cootie Catchers for Thanksgiving

The cootie catcher features fun fall designs and 16 gratitude questions that will encourage family discussions.

Get a PDF copy of the free printable cootie catcher, the black and white version, and folding instructions HERE .

Tip: I print my fortune tellers on matte photo paper , it is thicker than copy paper and prints with extra bright colors. This makes a sturdy paper cootie catcher that can stand up to littlle hands!

BLACK AND WHITE VERSION FOR COLORING

This project is popular with teachers who don’t always have access (or the budget) for color copies. I’ve included a black and white version in the for kids to color and use.

Thanksgiving Gratitude printable pages in black and white and color

MORE FREE FORTUNE TELLERS

I’ve designed lots of fun holiday cootie catchers for kids. Check out these fun versions:

  • Valentine’s Day Joke Tellers are a great non-candy classroom treat or lunchbox surprise.

valentine joke teller in hands

  • Father’s  Day Joke Tellers make a perfect gift for Dad.

FB Free printable Father's Day Joke Teller

  • Silly Snowman Joke Tellers are perfect for classroom parties.

Snowman Joke Teller long

  • Hanukkah Joke Tellers (and Christmas Joke Tellers) are perfect for holiday celebrations!

Hanukkah joke teller 3 views

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Tip: Be sure to check out my Thankfulness Dry Erase Boards for kids. It is a fun gratitude activity you can print and also use as a Thanksgiving decoration.

BrenDid I Am Thankful Dry Erase Board DIY and Printable for Kids

 

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  1. Justin

    November 28, 2018 at 7:21 pm

    Hey,
    Thanks for the great work! I would like to make the Thanksgiving fortune teller with my class. What is the yellow hat/horn/shoe/net looking thing next to the number 7. Can’t figure it out.

    Thanks again.

    Reply
    • Bren

      November 28, 2018 at 7:56 pm

      It’s a cornucopia, a symbol of abundance and harvest. In the United States a cornucopia is usually a hollow, horn-shaped wicker basket filled with fruits and vegetables.

      Reply
      • Justin

        November 28, 2018 at 11:57 pm

        Ah, I see. Thanks

        Reply
  2. krysta

    October 31, 2017 at 12:55 pm

    love the cootie catcher ideas. my daughters love these. I have tried to down load though and have changed the cookie settings and it still won’t let me pull it up. do you think you could email me the printable?
    ~god bless,
    krysta

    Reply
    • Bren

      October 31, 2017 at 1:22 pm

      Krysta, send me an email at hello @brendid.com and we’ll get you a copy! 😉

      Reply
  3. Jennifer

    November 21, 2016 at 7:47 pm

    I can’t figure out how to download this! Your other pages that include cootie catcher templates have a clickable text link, but this one the text is simply bold and not a link. I tried going to your library of downloads and I’m not having much luck there either.

    Please help! Any way you could email me the pdf??

    Reply
    • Bren

      November 21, 2016 at 9:39 pm

      Jennifer, you need to go to the free printable library (https://brendid.com/free-printables/) then enter you email address and you will be able to scroll down to the cootie catcher picture and download the PDF file. You need to have cookies enabled in your web browser to be able to access the file. If you are still having trouble please email me at hello@brendid.com and I can send you a link. The file is too big to email.

      Reply
  4. Miranda warren

    November 18, 2016 at 10:01 am

    I cannot download this is there anyway you can send it to me?

    Reply
    • Bren

      November 18, 2016 at 10:35 am

      Miranda, the printable is available in the free printables library. You need to have cookies enabled in your browser to be able to access the library. If you are still having problems please send an email to hello@brendid.com and I can send you a link.

      Reply
  5. Kelly

    November 15, 2016 at 7:36 am

    HI. First of all THANK YOU, this is a great tool to use in my classroom this week! Do you have/ can you share a blank Fortune Teller template? I would love to be able to customize one with topics specific to what we are learning about in my classroom.

    Thanks again.

    Reply
    • Bren

      November 16, 2016 at 9:57 am

      I don’t have a blank template, but you can easily make your own by using an 8×8 sheet of paper and folding them into the cootie catcher shape then fill out the spaces however you desire. You can get the folding directions in my free printables library.

      Reply
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