Thank-You Cards for Our Helpers

What you need

• Paper, 6 to 10 sheets of card stock or sturdy paper
• Crayons or markers, a handful of markers or crayons
• Envelopes, one per card (optional)

How to do it

Grown-up prep: Gather some card stock or sturdy paper, markers or crayons and a few envelopes if you have them. Clear a table so everyone has room to draw.

1. Make a list of people who help our family all year.
   Ask: Who helps us that we hardly ever get to see?
2. Pick your helpers and fold one card for each.
3. Draw each helper doing their job on the front.
4. Inside, write one sentence about a time they helped you.
   Ask: What is one time this helper made your day better?
5. Sign your name and add a little doodle.
6. Slide each card into an envelope and write the helper's name.
7. Deliver your cards with a grown-up during Thanksgiving week. Ask for help if you need it
   Ask: How do you think they will feel when they read your card?
8. Who else could get a thank-you card? How many helpers can you thank this year?

Play it again

• Secret helper: leave a card for someone without signing it and keep it a mystery.
• Helper of the month: pick one new helper each month and make them a card.
• Family card: everyone adds one drawing or sentence to the same big card.