Gratitude Coloring Pages — Affirmations and Quotes

About this resource

Gratitude grows when students slow down long enough to notice the good. These gratitude coloring pages build in that slowdown, pairing detailed designs with 20 messages about thankfulness and appreciation. They help students notice small blessings and the people around them, in the Social Awareness competency for Grades 2–8.

What students practice

• Noticing life’s little blessings
• Appreciating the people around them
• Starting with thanks
• Seeing gratitude as a quiet strength

What’s inside these gratitude coloring pages

• 40 pages to color: 20 messages in portrait and landscape
• “Thankful Heart Check-In,” an 8-question reflection page
• A 12-task choice board in four categories, with tasks like drawing a “gratitude jar” and filling it with things you are thankful for, or telling someone “thank you” today and writing about how it felt
• Guides for classroom and counseling use, plus a printing guide
• The full list of all 20 messages; 56 pages in all

A look inside

• Among the 20 messages: “I notice life’s little blessings.” “I appreciate the people around me.”
• And more: “Start with thanks.” “Gratitude is a quiet strength.”

Grade fit

Think of the set as gratitude affirmation coloring pages with SEL reflection built in; the slow, detailed coloring makes them mindfulness coloring pages too. The set fits November, the end of the year or any week the class needs a lift. The set fits Grades 2–8.

Pairs well with

Gratitude Bookmarks to Color makes a nice thank-you gift. For more practice in caring for others, see Kindness Coloring Pages — Affirmations and Quotes.