Prayer Before-and-After-Meals Banner

• Light-colored 9" x 12" construction paper (one per child)
• 4" x 6" copies of the Prayer Before Meals and the Prayer After Meals (one copy per child)
• 12" pieces of yarn (one per child)
• Hole puncher
• Crayons and markers

• Tell the children that sometimes it is difficult to remember to say the Prayer Before Meals and the Prayer After Meals.
• Say: In order to help our families remember, we are going to create prayer banners that have one prayer on one side and the other prayer on the other side.
• After the children create their banners, they can take them home and have their families display them near the kitchen table so that they remember to practice the prayers.
• Distribute the materials. Tell each child to glue one of the prayers on one side of the paper and the other prayer on the opposite side.
• Have them use the markers and crayons to decorate around the prayers, drawing their family members eating or special foods they like to eat.
• While they are decorating the borders, punch two holes in the top of each banner and lace and tie the yarn into a knot for each banner.

Prayer Before Meals:

Bless us, O Lord, and these your gifts
which we are about to receive from your goodness.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Prayer After Meals:

We give you thanks
for all your gifts,
almighty God,
living and reigning
now and for ever.
Amen.