Prayer Pails

                        About a year a ago 

I pinned Prayer Pail on 

Pinterest and like 99%

of the things I pin I 

didn't even click on the link to look 

at it, I just thought it looked like a 

good idea and went on looking. 

The kids and I needed a craft 

this week

so I thought of this.

I didn't really read how others did 

theirs but I know my children

can't really read so I thought we

would make ours 

with pictures!

So we printed a picture

of all the kids, cousins, aunts, uncles, 

& grandparents.

I cut their faces out!

The girls insisted that we

include "Uncle Rob",

he is our pastor so I agreed.

We should all pray for our pastors. 

I let the kids color and decorate the sticks

to make the activity more

hands on. 

Nixon decorated all her 

sticks with 

"I Love You".

(she's just excited she knows

how to write the phrase by herself"

I decided to hot glue the faces on the sticks.

Isla and nixon helped 

me stick them on!

Nixon kept pretending it was burning her.

(I kept warning her it was

VERY hot) 

Our finished project! 

(Oh! I actually finally

did vinyl letters

with my Cricut!)

Every night at dinner time

the kids will choose 

(with their eyes closed or we will be

there all night) one stick to 

pray for specifically. 

Tonight Jared went 1st

to show the kids an example

 of praying specifically.  

He chose our niece 

Johnna Katherine. 

He prayed for her safety,

for her to ober her parents,

and for her to come to know Jesus. 

I chose my sister Jessica.

(Sorry, no pic)

Roman chose Pop!

He was so excited!

He prayed for Pop!

(that's all he really 

can say)

Nixon picked cousin Sara.

She prayed for her to obey 

her parents, for her sister and brother,

and for her safety. 

Isla picked Nina! 

She was also very excited.

She prayed for Nina  

not to get sick, and to have a safe to trip 

when she comes to visit.

(Nina isn't coming anytime soon

but I guess that was her way

of asking God for her to visit) 

After I had planned this out I 

did go and check other people who had done 

this. Many suggest praying for missionaries,

lost friends, church family, etc. 

But because our family is sooo big

(we have 34 sticks total)

I decided to only include close family.

The possibilities are endless and

I am already thinking of 

ways we can extend this

idea! 

Jared and I really think this is a

great way to teach our 4 young 

children how to pray specifically

for people and not just pray the

same generic prayer over and over. 

It's a way to show them to love and to 

care about others.

And honestly, it made me 

think about how

 much I need to pray more 

specifically for 

my family members

and others. 

The kids really had a fun time

tonight doing this and I  

look forward to many nights of

our Prayer Pail to

come!