Since making a conscious effort to be more grateful I’ve noticed, like mindfulness, practicing gratitude doesn’t always come naturally. These days there are many ways to keep up your gratitude game. Online, you can find everything from gratitude and mindfulness bracelets and necklaces to bookmarks with gratitude quotes. If you prefer decorative work instead, there are many options to purchase gratitude/mindfulness artwork or you always have the choice to make it yourself. In our case, we had a long white counter wall so this was a perfect place to put up a gratitude wall for the family. Here’s how we did it.
What you’ll need:
- Blackboard chalkboard wall decal (You can find it on Amazon.com or Etsy.com)
- Chalk markers -or- *chalk
- Chalkboard cleaner spray (Or wet wipes work to erase just the same)
- *Chalkboard eraser if using regular chalk
We chose to draw with chalk markers because it has a cleaner look and only comes off with a wet cleaning spray or wipes. After we drew what we wanted on the gratitude wall, we gave our kids regular chalk so they could draw and dry erase at their leisure while leaving our original images intact. They loved the wall and kept adding to it every day. Drawing pictures works well for kids who are too young to read and write but can still express gratitude with images. It gets them into the habit of an attitude of gratitude.
There was also a little extra room for a fun Family Rules section (idea found online) which definitely added nice color and an extra element of fun to the decorative wall. Hope you found this idea helpful to incorporate more gratitude into your life. ♡
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Fantastic idea!!
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Thank you. 🙂
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Such a lovely idea 🙂
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🙂 Thank you Jeyda
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This is a great idea to nurture gratitude. When my kids were little we did something similar at Thanksgiving. I’d use brown bags to cut out the shape of a tree. Then I would cut “leaves” out of construction paper and put them in a basket by the cabinet where I put the “tree”. We called it the Thankful Tree. We’d write on the leaves things we were thankful for and tape it to the tree. Everyone who came through the house during November had to put up a leaf. I like how your gratitude wall can stay up all the year.
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What a wonderful idea. Going to try this this year! Thank you LuAnne.
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Hi, Great idea- very “outside of the box” and fosters the creative side as well! Thanks for sharing and for stopping by my blog!
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Thank you! I especially like your Culinary and Travel posts (and of course Gratitude for Attitude). Looking forward to reading more. 🙂
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I love this! So creative & uplifting. Thank you for sharing! I love your blog.🌷💚
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Thank you for your kind words Dr. Dinardo 🙂 Appreciate your follow. Looking forward to reading more from you.
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😊😊😊
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