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Today, the first day of 2013 – wow!!! At the start of each year, most of us make a New Year’s resolution – the top one’s being: quit smoking, loose weight, exercise more, find a partner – and not to start the day off on a negative note, but most of us do not keep our New Year’s resolutions – no matter how good our intentions! So instead of making a resolution that you may not keep – why not make a resolution that lasts all years and focuses on the positives in your life? Sounds good to me!! This is a new tradition we are going to start in our house!
Gratitude & Memory Jar
Items Needed
Glass jar
Pretty jar
Paper slips
Decorations
Glue or decoupage glue
Paint Brush
1. If you want to decorate your jar – great – make it reflective of your uniqueness!! Or you can use a beautiful jar you already have. We decided to cut out the flowers from some wrapping paper and decoupage them onto our glass jars. I found the jars at Goodwill for a $1 each.
1A. Cut out the flowers and other items from magazines, etc.
1B. Glue the cut out items onto your glass jar and/or decorate with other items.
2. Throughout the year fill the jar with notes of your good memories, great things that have happened to you and things that make you happy.
3. New Year’s Eve 2013/2014 open the jar and read your notes, reflect back and remember your good memories of 2013.
Place our jar in a place that you will remember to write your notes and I think when I pass the memory jar a smile will slowly cross my face – just thinking about the notes that are already in there and about the kids making them and the fun they had!
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This is a wonderful post. We had a gratitude “box” one year and kept it on the kitchen counter with paper and pen sitting by it. It was fun to go through the notes throughout the year! I love that the kids are doing this. Heard a quote recently: FAST ON THE NEGATIVES. FEAST ON THE POSITIVES. This craft project is definitely a feasting on the positives!! (Again, you need to write that book and put all this wonderful ideas together.)
Great idea Pamela !
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Love it!
great way to be in touch with all the goodness of life…I’m going to suggest this as a Gigi project with Mia & Blake so their family can have gratitude jars! thanks Pamela for the idea…may good health & sweet adventures be your constant companions in 2013! XO
We loved having you with us on this occasion Pamela. The kids are so proud of their jars. You were a patient teacher to them. We miss you and Miss Stella. She was such fun!