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Thanksgiving Crafts Dry Erase Board & Free Printable

Published November 6, 2014 16 comments >>

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Thanksgiving Crafts for kids, Gratitude activity for kids: DIY Dry Erase Board with Six Free Printables - Add " I Am Thankful " dry erase boards to your list of easy Thanksgiving crafts to emphasize thankfulness.

This adorable I Am Thankful dry erase board (with free printable) is an easy Thanksgiving crafts that you can make with your kids to reinforce grateful behaviors and emphasize thankfulness this holiday season. Add them to your list of easy Thanksgiving decorating ideas!

BrenDid I Am Thankful Dry Erase Board DIY and Printable for Kids - Need Thanksgiving craft ideas? Make "Thankful" dry erase boards with free printable. They are a fun kids Thanksgiving craft that emphasize thankfulness.

The Gimme Gimmes

Thanksgiving is approaching fast and Christmas is just around the corner. This (unfortunately) means the barrage of captivating tv advertisements, colorful toy catalogs in the mail, and tempting displays at stores aimed at kids is in full force. It’s easy, in this season of giving, for children to turn into whining, greedy little creatures. My husband affectionately calls our kids “Me First and the Gimme Gimmes” when they trade their normally lovable dispositions for ones that are demanding and/or unkind, as though they were a sweet 1960s girl group instead of self-centered beings focused solely on toy-list making.

BrenDid I Am Thankful Dry Erase Board DIY and Printable for Kids - Need Thanksgiving craft ideas? Make "Thankful" dry erase boards with free printable. They are a fun kids Thanksgiving craft that emphasize thankfulness.

Learning Gratitude

What’s a parent to do? According to Slate Magazine and  Educating Today, gratitude is a learned behavior. If we want our children to be content we need to teach them gratitude. Of course, it sounds intuitive:  adults should teach their children gratitude and model good behavior, but this might be easier said than done. As busy families, we probably take time to teach our kids to say please and thank you and make them help around the house — but how often do we take the time to discuss and reflect on our blessing in life and how grateful we are for the people and things in it… especially in front of our children?

Thanksgiving Crafts That Emphasize Thankfulness

Parents Magazine believes rituals can reinforce the grateful behaviors parents’ desire. With this idea in mind, I created a printable dry erase board that you can use to trigger discussions and emphasize thankfulness in your kids. We’re using them every day during the holiday season. They’ve already made for some interesting family dinner discussions.

BrenDid I Am Thankful Dry Erase Board DIY and Printable for Kids - Need Thanksgiving craft ideas? Make "Thankful" dry erase boards with free printable. They are a fun kids Thanksgiving craft that emphasize thankfulness.

Free Printables

I’ve created free printables that you can use to create “I Am Thankful” boards with your family. It’s a very easy Thanksgiving craft for kids : you print out your favorite design on scrapbook paper or colored paper and insert it into an 8×10 frame. The glass of the frame acts as a dry erase board so you can write a new thought on the boards each day (make sure to use a dry erase marker).

BrenDid I Am Thankful Dry Erase Board DIY and Printable for Kids - Need Thanksgiving craft ideas? Make "Thankful" dry erase boards with free printable. They are a fun kids Thanksgiving craft that emphasize thankfulness.

Easy Kid’s Craft

Our kids had a great time choosing the perfect scrapbook paper and design for the boards. We used 8×10 frames we had around the house (and a few new ones from Dollar Tree). Then, to make the frames more personal, we used washi tape, twine, and paper to make tiny banners and flags to decorate the edges.

BrenDid I Am Thankful Dry Erase Board DIY and Printable for Kids - Need Thanksgiving craft ideas? Make "Thankful" dry erase boards with free printable. They are a fun kids Thanksgiving craft that emphasize thankfulness.

Try making (and using) these I Am Thankful boards with your children this holiday season. I have included three printable designs that you can simply print on your choice of paper and pop into a frame:

BrenDid I Am Thankful Dry Erase Board DIY and Printable for Kids - Need Thanksgiving craft ideas? Make "Thankful" dry erase boards with free printable. They are a fun kids Thanksgiving craft that emphasize thankfulness.

PLUS three printable designs with extra space at the top border for adding your own extra Thanksgiving decorations:

BrenDid I Am Thankful Dry Erase Board DIY and Printable for Kids - Need Thanksgiving craft ideas? Make "Thankful" dry erase boards with free printable. They are a fun kids Thanksgiving craft that emphasize thankfulness.

The design possibilities are endless!

BrenDid I Am Thankful Dry Erase Board DIY and Printable for Kids - Need Thanksgiving craft ideas? Make "Thankful" dry erase boards with free printable. They are a fun kids Thanksgiving craft that emphasize thankfulness.

How to Download the Printables

Get your favorite design in the free printable library.

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Cutie Printable with Finale
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Fancy Printable to Decorate
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Bold Printable to Decorate
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Cutie Printable to Decorate
HTML tutorial

 

More Thanksgiving Crafts

Kids love my Thanksgiving cootie catchers that help them express gratitude.

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.

Check out my PBK Inspired Give Thanks Glitter Banner for an easy Thanksgiving craft that looks great hanging with your gratitude boards.

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  1. Nancy Shaw

    November 29, 2014 at 5:42 am

    Wonderful! I made the Give Thanks banner for this Thanksgiving and now I’m on the hunt for the items for the wishbone napkin rings.I think they’ll work for St. Patrick’s day too. Thanks so much!

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    • Bren

      November 29, 2014 at 12:53 pm

      Thanks, Nancy. I’m so glad you are liking the crafts. If you get a chance you should post a picture of the banner on my Facebook page. I’d love to see the finished product!

      Reply
  2. Brittany at Equipping Godly Women

    November 12, 2014 at 8:23 pm

    These are so cute! I love how easy it would be to personalize them too, just by picking the kind of paper that you like!

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    • Bren

      November 12, 2014 at 10:11 pm

      Thnaks Brittany! It is easy to make them different for each person. My kids had fun picking out their favorite papers.

      Reply
  3. Brittany @ Equipping Godly Women

    November 9, 2014 at 8:43 pm

    Those are awesome! We’ve been working on gratitude lately here too, and it’s going pretty well. Except that when my son says his “thank yous” as part of his bedtime prayers, he always says the same family members again and again and nothing else. It’s kind of comical really! lol

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    • Bren

      November 9, 2014 at 9:01 pm

      What a cutie! I’m so glad you like the boards.

      Reply
  4. Ashleigh Roberts

    November 8, 2014 at 8:11 pm

    This is such a sweet idea! Do you mind me asking what program you used to make these cute printables? I’m wanting to make on for my blog but I don’t know where to start. 🙂

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    • Bren

      November 9, 2014 at 11:43 am

      Ashleigh, I used Adobe Photoshop (and the rest of the Adobe Suite). It’s a little intimidating at first! Some people use PicMonkey too.

      Reply
  5. Dawn @ Reveal Natural Health

    November 8, 2014 at 2:31 pm

    Super cute idea! I just printed out 2 copies, 1 for me and 1 for my son with the intent of us updating them daily. Today my son wrote on his that he is thankful for the book he is currently reading. On mine, I wrote, I am thankful for my husband, and left it on the bed for my husband to discover when he gets home from work 🙂

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    • Bren

      November 8, 2014 at 3:49 pm

      What a sweet wife! I am so glad you like the printables. You should post a picture on my Facebook page so I can share them.

      Reply
  6. Janelle@The Peaceful Haven

    November 7, 2014 at 4:09 pm

    What an absolutely adorable idea! The best part is it is lovely and has a meaningful purpose!

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    • Bren

      November 7, 2014 at 5:14 pm

      Thanks Janelle! I love crafts/activities that connect to kids in deeper ways.

      Reply
  7. Betsy

    November 7, 2014 at 2:25 pm

    Hi Bren! I’m visiting you from Fellowship Fridays. These are so pretty! When I read “thankful dry erase board” something else came to m ind, but these are beautiful! I couldn’t agree more that we need to teach and model gratitude for our kids. You’re reminding me to get my Thanksgiving tree up! We fill out leaves every day.

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    • Bren

      November 7, 2014 at 3:29 pm

      I’m so glad you like them! Maybe I need a better title! 🙂 I’d love to see a picture of your Thanksgiving tree, it sounds wonderful!

      Reply
  8. Barb @ A Life in Balance

    November 7, 2014 at 7:45 am

    Such a fun way to help kids count their blessings! I’ll be sharing this with my readers on my Facebook page.

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    • Bren

      November 7, 2014 at 8:23 am

      Thanks Barb! In addition to helping us remember to practice gratitude it turned out to be such a fun and easy craft… and the kids are proud that they made them.

      Reply

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