Do you want to teach your kids to praise the Lord with gratitude during prayer? This fun set of prayer cards for kids can help your kids pray prayers of thanksgiving with gratitude.
Sometimes praying with a thankful heart can fall through the cracks, even for adults, and prayer can become all about our needs, wants, and worries. Teach your kids to glorify God and thank Him for His goodness with these simple Pray with Gratitude Cards for Kids.
These printable cards are a part of the Family Prayer Box project here at Thinking Kids.
Prayers of Thanksgiving with Gratitude Prayer Cards for Kids
These printable gratitude prayer cards have twelve adorable designs. Each card has a verse on the front reminding us to praise the Lord. You can download the card sets in either ESV or KJV.
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Things Kids Pray with Gratitude About
Your children might find many things to be thankful for, or they may need a few suggestions. Here are some things kids can praise the Lord for:
- Grace ~ God’s grace is amazing!
- God’s love
- That Jesus came to earth to show His love for us
- Warm clothes
- A place to sleep at night
- Food to help them grow strong
- A favorite toy
- Siblings
- Mom and Dad
- Pets
- Shoes to keep their feet safe
Ways to Use Prayers of Thanksgiving with Gratitude Prayer Cards for Kids
Pray with Gratitude Cards for Kids can be used a number of ways. Here are a few ideas:
- At home, brainstorm items to be thankful about. Write a few items on the back of each card. Save the cards in your Family Prayer Box and use the prayer cards on a rotation, working through one each day.
- Fill all the cards out yourself. Place them in a stack on the table, and take turns at each meal praying for someone on the card.
- In a group, have each child fill out a card with a few things they are thankful for. Collect the cards and pray through the stack each week.
- Work on memorizing the verses. You could use one card per week rather than per day, saying the verse then thanking God for the items on the back.
- Share other ideas in the comments!
How to Print Prayers of Thanksgiving with Gratitude Prayer Cards for Kids
I often get asked how to print Thinking Kids resources. Here’s my very best advice. Take it and adapt it for your own good uses.
- Sometimes readers are concerned about using colored ink. If this is the case for you, there should be a setting on your printer that allows you to print in black and white. Printing in grayscale will still use some color, but it will come out prettier than black and white.
- Print these cards on duplex (back-to-back or double-sided). You’ll want to flip on the SHORT edge for these. You should be able to change the settings for this in the Properties tab of your printer box once you download and tell your computer to print.
- I recommend printing on white cardstock so the cards will be more durable and the back won’t show through on the front. This is my very favorite cardstock: Neenah Premium Cardstock.
- If you plan to rotate the cards to use at meals or during your family devotional time, consider laminating them so they will last longer.
- Let your kids write in pen! Frixion erasable pens show up well and erase perfectly. I use them on my planner everyday and I love them. They give kids a fun way to use bright colors–and they still allow room for mistakes.
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Puzzle-Based Independent Bible Study for Kids!
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” – Romans 12:2, ESV
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- Observe: They pay attention to what they’re reading.
- Interpret: They figure out what the Bible means in that section.
- Apply: They decide how the truth of God’s Word impacts their life today.
There are a great many truths in life to be found—some interesting, some boring, and some that really matter. You can be the kind of investigator who spends time puzzling out important truth so that you can know all the knowable knowledge that God has given us. That’s right. God, the Creator of the Universe, gave you a great big letter from him to explore and study so that you can discover the truths that really matter to your life!”
Bible Investigators: Creation, (The Good Book Company, 2024), page 7
The Bible Investigators: Creation Bible study for kids, written by Danika Cooley and published by The Good Book Company, is 272-pages of learning, puzzles, and fun activities designed to help your kids become amazing independent Bible investigators–observing, interpreting, and applying God’s Word as they learn what the Bible teaches on a particular subject.
Bible Puzzles for Kids
Middle grade kids, aged 8-12, love puzzles. After all, their brains are just built for figuring things out and memorizing facts. Puzzles are a wonderful way to help kids develop logic skills and retain important information. And, the book is written in a fun, conversational tone your children are sure to love!
What types of puzzles and activities will you find in Bible Investigators?
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- Word Searches
- Crosswords
- Rebus Puzzles
- Dot-to-Dots
- Logic Puzzles
- Missing Letter Puzzles
- Cryptograms
- Word Sudoku
- Mazes
- How-to-Draw Pages
- Matching Pairs
- Word Scrambles
- Journal Pages
Every child is sure to find activities they’ll love!
Elementary-aged kids need hands-on middle grade resources that engage them and equip them to process important truths.
Bible Investigators is the perfect resource to teach your kids about an important biblical doctrine, while helping them apply God’s Word to their lives today.
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